diff --git a/installers/charm/mon/config.yaml b/installers/charm/mon/config.yaml
index 3d90286..04f52c0 100644
--- a/installers/charm/mon/config.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/mon/config.yaml
@@ -129,3 +129,7 @@
     description: Enables the security context of the pods
     type: boolean
     default: false
+  vm_infra_metrics:
+    description: Enables querying the VIMs asking for the status of the VMs
+    type: boolean
+    default: true
diff --git a/installers/charm/mon/src/charm.py b/installers/charm/mon/src/charm.py
index d04779a..db047c0 100755
--- a/installers/charm/mon/src/charm.py
+++ b/installers/charm/mon/src/charm.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     openstack_default_granularity: int
     global_request_timeout: int
     collector_interval: int
+    vm_infra_metrics: bool
     evaluator_interval: int
     grafana_url: str
     grafana_user: str
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@
                 "OSMMON_GLOBAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": config.global_request_timeout,
                 "OSMMON_GLOBAL_LOGLEVEL": config.log_level,
                 "OSMMON_COLLECTOR_INTERVAL": config.collector_interval,
+                "OSMMON_COLLECTOR_VM_INFRA_METRICS": config.vm_infra_metrics,
                 "OSMMON_EVALUATOR_INTERVAL": config.evaluator_interval,
                 # Kafka configuration
                 "OSMMON_MESSAGE_DRIVER": "kafka",