diff --git a/config/charts/inferencepool/README.md b/config/charts/inferencepool/README.md
index 5a5663d1a..b6629d2b8 100644
--- a/config/charts/inferencepool/README.md
+++ b/config/charts/inferencepool/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ inferenceExtension:
 
 **Note:** Prometheus monitoring requires the Prometheus Operator and ServiceMonitor CRD to be installed in the cluster.
 
-For GKE environments, monitoring is automatically configured when `provider.name` is set to `gke`.
+For GKE environments, monitoring is enabled by setting `provider.name` to `gke` and `inferenceExtension.monitoring.gke.enabled` to `true`. This will create the necessary `PodMonitoring` and RBAC resources for metrics collection.
+
+If you are using a GKE Autopilot cluster, you also need to set `provider.gke.autopilot` to `true`.
 
 Then apply it with:
 
@@ -174,8 +176,10 @@ The following table list the configurable parameters of the chart.
 | `inferenceExtension.monitoring.interval`   | Metrics scraping interval for monitoring. Defaults to `10s`.                                                           |
 | `inferenceExtension.monitoring.secret.name` | Name of the service account token secret for metrics authentication. Defaults to `inference-gateway-sa-metrics-reader-secret`. |
 | `inferenceExtension.monitoring.prometheus.enabled` | Enable Prometheus ServiceMonitor creation for EPP metrics collection. Defaults to `false`.                      |
+| `inferenceExtension.monitoring.gke.enabled` | Enable GKE monitoring resources (`PodMonitoring` and RBAC). Defaults to `false`. |
 | `inferenceExtension.pluginsCustomConfig`    | Custom config that is passed to EPP as inline yaml.      |
 | `provider.name`                             | Name of the Inference Gateway implementation being used. Possible values: `gke`. Defaults to `none`.                   |
+| `provider.gke.autopilot` | Set to `true` if the cluster is a GKE Autopilot cluster. This is only used if `provider.name` is `gke`. Defaults to `false`. |
 
 ## Notes
 
diff --git a/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/epp-sa-token-secret.yaml b/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/epp-sa-token-secret.yaml
index 9abee0fcd..df54b3475 100644
--- a/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/epp-sa-token-secret.yaml
+++ b/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/epp-sa-token-secret.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if or .Values.inferenceExtension.monitoring.prometheus.enabled .Values.inferenceExtension.monitoring.gke.enabled }}
+{{- if .Values.inferenceExtension.monitoring.prometheus.enabled }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
diff --git a/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/gke.yaml b/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/gke.yaml
index f2296aafb..59e186a94 100644
--- a/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/gke.yaml
+++ b/config/charts/inferencepool/templates/gke.yaml
@@ -35,11 +35,44 @@ spec:
     timeoutSec: 300    # 5-minute timeout (adjust as needed)
     logging:
       enabled: true    # log all requests by default
+{{- if .Values.inferenceExtension.monitoring.gke.enabled }}
+{{- $metricsReadSA := printf "%s-metrics-reader-sa" .Release.Name -}}
+{{- $metricsReadSecretName := printf "%s-metrics-reader-secret" .Release.Name -}}
+{{- $metricsReadRoleName := printf "%s-%s-metrics-reader" .Release.Namespace .Release.Name -}}
+{{- $metricsReadRoleBindingName := printf "%s-%s-metrics-reader-role-binding" .Release.Namespace .Release.Name -}}
+{{- $secretReadRoleName := printf "%s-metrics-reader-secret-read" .Release.Name -}}
+{{- $gmpNamespace := "gmp-system" -}}
+{{- $isAutopilot := false -}}
+{{- with .Values.provider.gke }}
+  {{- $isAutopilot = .autopilot | default false -}}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if $isAutopilot -}}
+{{-   $gmpNamespace = "gke-gmp-system" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- $gmpCollectorRoleBindingName := printf "%s:collector:%s-%s-metrics-reader-secret-read" $gmpNamespace .Release.Namespace .Release.Name -}}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $metricsReadSA }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $metricsReadSecretName }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "gateway-api-inference-extension.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: {{ $metricsReadSA }}
+type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
 ---
 apiVersion: monitoring.googleapis.com/v1
-kind: ClusterPodMonitoring
+kind: PodMonitoring
 metadata:
-  name: {{ .Release.Namespace }}-{{ .Release.Name }}
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   labels:
     {{- include "gateway-api-inference-extension.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
@@ -52,10 +85,58 @@ spec:
       type: Bearer
       credentials:
         secret:
-          name: {{ .Values.inferenceExtension.monitoring.secret.name }}
+          name: {{ $metricsReadSecretName }}
           key: token
-          namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "gateway-api-inference-extension.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $metricsReadRoleName }}
+rules:
+- nonResourceURLs:
+  - /metrics
+  verbs:
+  - get
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $metricsReadRoleBindingName }}
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ $metricsReadSA }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ $metricsReadRoleName }}
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $secretReadRoleName }}
+rules:
+- resources:
+  - secrets
+  apiGroups: [""]
+  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  resourceNames: [{{ $metricsReadSecretName | quote }}]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $gmpCollectorRoleBindingName }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+roleRef:
+  name: {{ $secretReadRoleName }}
+  kind: Role
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+subjects:
+- name: collector
+  namespace: {{ $gmpNamespace }}
+  kind: ServiceAccount
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/config/charts/inferencepool/values.yaml b/config/charts/inferencepool/values.yaml
index f61b64e37..6476bd800 100644
--- a/config/charts/inferencepool/values.yaml
+++ b/config/charts/inferencepool/values.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ inferenceExtension:
     # Prometheus ServiceMonitor will be created when enabled for EPP metrics collection
     prometheus:
       enabled: false
+    
+    gke:
+      enabled: false
 
 inferencePool:
   targetPorts:
@@ -67,3 +70,8 @@ inferencePool:
 provider:
   name: none
 
+  # GKE-specific configuration.
+  # This block is only used if name is "gke".
+  gke:
+    # Set to true if the cluster is an Autopilot cluster.
+    autopilot: false