diff --git a/manageiq-operator/deploy/crds/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml b/manageiq-operator/deploy/crds/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml
index 143118a06..7cc382a90 100644
--- a/manageiq-operator/deploy/crds/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml
+++ b/manageiq-operator/deploy/crds/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ spec:
             databaseVolumeCapacity:
               description: 'Database volume size (default: 15Gi)'
               type: string
+            deployMessagingService:
+              description: 'Flag to indicate if Kafka and Zookeeper should be deployed
+                (default: false)'
+              type: boolean
             enableApplicationLocalLogin:
               description: 'Flag to allow logging into the application without SSO
                 (default: true)'
diff --git a/manageiq-operator/deploy/olm-catalog/manageiq-operator/0.0.1/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml b/manageiq-operator/deploy/olm-catalog/manageiq-operator/0.0.1/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml
index 143118a06..7cc382a90 100644
--- a/manageiq-operator/deploy/olm-catalog/manageiq-operator/0.0.1/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml
+++ b/manageiq-operator/deploy/olm-catalog/manageiq-operator/0.0.1/manageiq.org_manageiqs_crd.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ spec:
             databaseVolumeCapacity:
               description: 'Database volume size (default: 15Gi)'
               type: string
+            deployMessagingService:
+              description: 'Flag to indicate if Kafka and Zookeeper should be deployed
+                (default: false)'
+              type: boolean
             enableApplicationLocalLogin:
               description: 'Flag to allow logging into the application without SSO
                 (default: true)'
diff --git a/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/manageiq_types.go b/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/manageiq_types.go
index 4870f5e4b..0f4180cc1 100644
--- a/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/manageiq_types.go
+++ b/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/manageiq_types.go
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ type ManageIQSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	PostgresqlSharedBuffers string `json:"postgresqlSharedBuffers"`
 
+	// Flag to indicate if Kafka and Zookeeper should be deployed (default: false)
+	// +optional
+	DeployMessagingService *bool `json:"deployMessagingService"`
+
 	// Image used for the kafka deployment (default: docker.io/bitnami/kafka)
 	// +optional
 	KafkaImageName string `json:"kafkaImageName"`
@@ -354,6 +358,10 @@ func (m *ManageIQ) Initialize() {
 		spec.PostgresqlSharedBuffers = "1GB"
 	}
 
+	if spec.DeployMessagingService == nil {
+		spec.DeployMessagingService = new(bool)
+	}
+
 	if spec.KafkaImageName == "" {
 		spec.KafkaImageName = "docker.io/bitnami/kafka"
 	}
diff --git a/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 297442fde..b647fffb2 100644
--- a/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/manageiq-operator/pkg/apis/manageiq/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ func (in *ManageIQSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ManageIQSpec) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.DeployMessagingService != nil {
+		in, out := &in.DeployMessagingService, &out.DeployMessagingService
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/manageiq-operator/pkg/controller/manageiq/manageiq_controller.go b/manageiq-operator/pkg/controller/manageiq/manageiq_controller.go
index bad3a07ae..68c863e80 100644
--- a/manageiq-operator/pkg/controller/manageiq/manageiq_controller.go
+++ b/manageiq-operator/pkg/controller/manageiq/manageiq_controller.go
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ func (r *ReconcileManageIQ) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Resu
 	if e := r.generateMemcachedResources(miqInstance); e != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, e
 	}
-	if e := r.generateKafkaResources(miqInstance); err != nil {
-		return reconcile.Result{}, e
+	if *miqInstance.Spec.DeployMessagingService {
+		if e := r.generateKafkaResources(miqInstance); e != nil {
+			return reconcile.Result{}, e
+		}
 	}
 	if e := r.generateOrchestratorResources(miqInstance); e != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, e
diff --git a/manageiq-operator/pkg/helpers/miq-components/orchestrator.go b/manageiq-operator/pkg/helpers/miq-components/orchestrator.go
index e6f64756a..39d96d102 100644
--- a/manageiq-operator/pkg/helpers/miq-components/orchestrator.go
+++ b/manageiq-operator/pkg/helpers/miq-components/orchestrator.go
@@ -11,6 +11,56 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
+func addMessagingEnv(cr *miqv1alpha1.ManageIQ, c *corev1.Container) {
+	if !*cr.Spec.DeployMessagingService {
+		return
+	}
+
+	messagingEnv := []corev1.EnvVar{
+		corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name: "MESSAGING_HOSTNAME",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
+					LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{Name: kafkaSecretName(cr)},
+					Key:                  "hostname",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name: "MESSAGING_PASSWORD",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
+					LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{Name: kafkaSecretName(cr)},
+					Key:                  "password",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name:  "MESSAGING_PORT",
+			Value: "9092",
+		},
+		corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name:  "MESSAGING_TYPE",
+			Value: "kafka",
+		},
+		corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name: "MESSAGING_USERNAME",
+			ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+				SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
+					LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{Name: kafkaSecretName(cr)},
+					Key:                  "username",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, env := range messagingEnv {
+		c.Env = append(c.Env, env)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 func NewOrchestratorDeployment(cr *miqv1alpha1.ManageIQ) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
 	delaySecs, err := strconv.Atoi(cr.Spec.OrchestratorInitialDelay)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -144,6 +194,7 @@ func NewOrchestratorDeployment(cr *miqv1alpha1.ManageIQ) (*appsv1.Deployment, er
 		},
 	}
 
+	addMessagingEnv(cr, &container)
 	err = addResourceReqs(cr.Spec.OrchestratorMemoryLimit, cr.Spec.OrchestratorMemoryRequest, cr.Spec.OrchestratorCpuLimit, cr.Spec.OrchestratorCpuRequest, &container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err