diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5f3ba855a..618ff645e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/mongodb-community-operator/pkg/util/envvar"
 	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/images"
 	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/multicluster"
+	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/pprof"
 	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/telemetry"
 	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/util/architectures"
@@ -277,6 +278,16 @@ func main() {
 		log.Info("Not running telemetry component!")
 	}
 
+	pprofEnabledString := env.ReadOrDefault(util.OperatorPprofEnabledEnv, "")
+	if pprofEnabled, err := pprof.IsPprofEnabled(pprofEnabledString, getOperatorEnv()); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Unable to check if pprof is enabled: %s", err)
+	} else if pprofEnabled {
+		port := env.ReadIntOrDefault(util.OperatorPprofPortEnv, util.OperatorPprofDefaultPort)
+		if err := mgr.Add(pprof.NewRunnable(port, log)); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Unable to start pprof server: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	log.Info("Starting the Cmd.")
 
 	// Start the Manager
diff --git a/pkg/pprof/pprof.go b/pkg/pprof/pprof.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c66f4e13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pprof/pprof.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package pprof
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/pprof"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/util"
+)
+
+type Runnable struct {
+	port int
+	log  *zap.SugaredLogger
+}
+
+func NewRunnable(port int, log *zap.SugaredLogger) *Runnable {
+	return &Runnable{
+		port: port,
+		log:  log,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Runnable) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	pprofAddress := fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", p.port)
+
+	handler := http.NewServeMux()
+	handler.HandleFunc("GET /debug/pprof/", pprof.Index)
+	handler.HandleFunc("GET /debug/pprof/cmdline/", pprof.Cmdline)
+	handler.HandleFunc("GET /debug/pprof/profile/", pprof.Profile)
+	handler.HandleFunc("GET /debug/pprof/symbol/", pprof.Symbol)
+	handler.HandleFunc("GET /debug/pprof/trace/", pprof.Trace)
+
+	server := &http.Server{
+		Addr:              pprofAddress,
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		Handler:           handler,
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		p.log.Infof("Starting pprof server at %s", pprofAddress)
+		if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+			if !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+				p.log.Errorf("unable to start pprof server: %s", err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+		p.log.Info("pprof server stopped")
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		p.log.Info("Stopping pprof server")
+		if err := server.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			p.log.Errorf("unable to shutdown pprof server: %s", err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IsPprofEnabled checks if pprof is enabled based on the MDB_OPERATOR_PPROF_ENABLED
+// and OPERATOR_ENV environment variables. It returns true if:
+// - MDB_OPERATOR_PPROF_ENABLED is set to true
+// - OPERATOR_ENV is set to dev or local and MDB_OPERATOR_PPROF_ENABLED is not set
+// Otherwise, it returns false.
+func IsPprofEnabled(pprofEnabledString string, operatorEnv util.OperatorEnvironment) (bool, error) {
+	if pprofEnabledString != "" {
+		pprofEnabled, err := strconv.ParseBool(pprofEnabledString)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse %s environment variable: %w", util.OperatorPprofEnabledEnv, err)
+		}
+
+		return pprofEnabled, nil
+	}
+
+	return operatorEnv == util.OperatorEnvironmentDev || operatorEnv == util.OperatorEnvironmentLocal, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pprof/pprof_test.go b/pkg/pprof/pprof_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d8c4c3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pprof/pprof_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package pprof
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes/pkg/util"
+)
+
+func TestIsPprofEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		pprofEnabledString string
+		operatorEnv        util.OperatorEnvironment
+		expected           bool
+		expectedErrMsg     string
+	}{
+		"pprof enabled by default in dev": {
+			operatorEnv: util.OperatorEnvironmentDev,
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		"pprof enabled by default in local": {
+			operatorEnv: util.OperatorEnvironmentLocal,
+			expected:    true,
+		},
+		"pprof disabled by default in prod": {
+			operatorEnv: util.OperatorEnvironmentProd,
+			expected:    false,
+		},
+		"pprof enabled in prod": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "true",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentProd,
+			expected:           true,
+		},
+		"pprof explicitly enabled in dev": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "true",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentDev,
+			expected:           true,
+		},
+		"pprof explicitly enabled in local": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "true",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentLocal,
+			expected:           true,
+		},
+		"pprof disabled in dev": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "false",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentDev,
+			expected:           false,
+		},
+		"pprof disabled in local": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "false",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentLocal,
+			expected:           false,
+		},
+		"pprof disabled explicitly in prod": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "false",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentProd,
+			expected:           false,
+		},
+		"pprof misconfigured": {
+			pprofEnabledString: "false11",
+			operatorEnv:        util.OperatorEnvironmentProd,
+			expected:           false,
+			expectedErrMsg:     "unable to parse MDB_OPERATOR_PPROF_ENABLED environment variable: strconv.ParseBool: parsing \"false11\": invalid syntax",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := IsPprofEnabled(test.pprofEnabledString, test.operatorEnv)
+			if test.expectedErrMsg != "" {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, test.expectedErrMsg, err.Error())
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/constants.go b/pkg/util/constants.go
index 86219ee05..a359838c0 100644
--- a/pkg/util/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/util/constants.go
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ const (
 	LDAP                              = "LDAP"
 	MinimumScramSha256MdbVersion      = "4.0.0"
 
+	// pprof variables
+	OperatorPprofEnabledEnv  = "MDB_OPERATOR_PPROF_ENABLED"
+	OperatorPprofPortEnv     = "MDB_OPERATOR_PPROF_PORT"
+	OperatorPprofDefaultPort = 10081
+
 	// these were historically used and constituted a security issue—if set they should be changed
 	InvalidKeyFileContents         = "DUMMYFILE"
 	InvalidAutomationAgentPassword = "D9XK2SfdR2obIevI9aKsYlVH" //nolint //Part of the algorithm