diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70040664..8e817a73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ debug
 
 hack/kind/autoscaler
 .vscode
+.idea
 __debug_bin
 node_modules
 /dist
diff --git a/cmd/controller.go b/cmd/controller.go
index ab33019c..b1047b52 100644
--- a/cmd/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/controller.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var includeNamespaces []string
 var ignoreControllerKind []string
 var excludeNamespaces []string
 var dryRun bool
+var vpaRecommenders []string
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(controllerCmd)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&includeNamespaces, "include-namespaces", []string{}, "Comma delimited list of namespaces to include from recommendations.")
 	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&excludeNamespaces, "exclude-namespaces", []string{}, "Comma delimited list of namespaces to exclude from recommendations.")
 	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&ignoreControllerKind, "ignore-controller-kind", []string{}, "Comma delimited list of controller kinds to exclude from recommendations.")
+	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&vpaRecommenders, "vpa-recommenders", []string{}, "Comma-separated list of VPA recommender names to set on created VerticalPodAutoscaler resources (autoscaling.k8s.io/v1 spec.recommenders). Empty uses the default recommender.")
 }
 
 var controllerCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ var controllerCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		vpaReconciler.IncludeNamespaces = includeNamespaces
 		vpaReconciler.ExcludeNamespaces = excludeNamespaces
 		vpaReconciler.IgnoreControllerKind = ignoreControllerKind
+		vpaReconciler.RecommenderNames = vpaRecommenders
 
 		klog.V(4).Infof("Starting controller with Reconciler: %+v", vpaReconciler)
 
diff --git a/pkg/vpa/vpa.go b/pkg/vpa/vpa.go
index 73e0a7c8..002e1565 100644
--- a/pkg/vpa/vpa.go
+++ b/pkg/vpa/vpa.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type Reconciler struct {
 	IncludeNamespaces     []string
 	ExcludeNamespaces     []string
 	IgnoreControllerKind  []string
+	RecommenderNames      []string
 }
 
 type Controller struct {
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ func (r Reconciler) getVPAObject(existingVPA *vpav1.VerticalPodAutoscaler, ns *c
 			UpdateMode: updateMode,
 		},
 		ResourcePolicy: resourcePolicy,
+		Recommenders:   recommenderSelectors(r.RecommenderNames),
 	}
 
 	if minReplicas != nil {
@@ -377,6 +379,21 @@ func (r Reconciler) getVPAObject(existingVPA *vpav1.VerticalPodAutoscaler, ns *c
 	return desiredVPA
 }
 
+func recommenderSelectors(names []string) []*vpav1.VerticalPodAutoscalerRecommenderSelector {
+	var out []*vpav1.VerticalPodAutoscalerRecommenderSelector
+	for _, n := range names {
+		n = strings.TrimSpace(n)
+		if n == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, &vpav1.VerticalPodAutoscalerRecommenderSelector{Name: n})
+	}
+	if len(out) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 var allowedUpdateModes = []vpav1.UpdateMode{
 	vpav1.UpdateModeOff,
 	vpav1.UpdateModeInitial,
diff --git a/pkg/vpa/vpa_test.go b/pkg/vpa/vpa_test.go
index 08676adb..4614d30c 100644
--- a/pkg/vpa/vpa_test.go
+++ b/pkg/vpa/vpa_test.go
@@ -158,6 +158,34 @@ func Test_getVPAObject(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_getVPAObject_recommenders(t *testing.T) {
+	setupVPAForTests(t)
+	rec := GetInstance()
+	t.Cleanup(func() { rec.RecommenderNames = nil })
+
+	rec.RecommenderNames = []string{"extra-recommender", "another-recommender"}
+
+	mode, _ := vpaUpdateModeForResource(&nsLabeledTrueUpdateModeAuto)
+	resourcePolicy, _ := vpaResourcePolicyForResource(&nsLabeledTrueUpdateModeAuto)
+	minReplicas, _ := vpaMinReplicasForResource(&nsLabeledTrueUpdateModeAuto)
+	controller := Controller{
+		APIVersion:   "apps/v1",
+		Kind:         "Deployment",
+		Name:         "hamster",
+		Unstructured: nil,
+	}
+	vpaObj := rec.getVPAObject(nil, &nsLabeledTrueUpdateModeAuto, controller, mode, resourcePolicy, minReplicas)
+
+	a := assert.New(t)
+	a.Len(vpaObj.Spec.Recommenders, 2)
+	a.Equal("extra-recommender", vpaObj.Spec.Recommenders[0].Name)
+	a.Equal("another-recommender", vpaObj.Spec.Recommenders[1].Name)
+
+	rec.RecommenderNames = nil
+	vpaObj = rec.getVPAObject(nil, &nsLabeledTrueUpdateModeAuto, controller, mode, resourcePolicy, minReplicas)
+	a.Nil(vpaObj.Spec.Recommenders)
+}
+
 func Test_createVPA(t *testing.T) {
 	setupVPAForTests(t)
 	VPAClient := GetInstance().VPAClient