diff --git a/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/kqp_workload_service.cpp b/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/kqp_workload_service.cpp
index 3118f62f651d..82fd72bc63da 100644
--- a/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/kqp_workload_service.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/kqp_workload_service.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class TKqpWorkloadService : public TActorBootstrapped<TKqpWorkloadService> {
 
         EnabledResourcePools = AppData()->FeatureFlags.GetEnableResourcePools();
         EnabledResourcePoolsOnServerless = AppData()->FeatureFlags.GetEnableResourcePoolsOnServerless();
+        EnableResourcePoolsCounters = AppData()->FeatureFlags.GetEnableResourcePoolsCounters();
         if (EnabledResourcePools) {
             InitializeWorkloadService();
         }
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ class TKqpWorkloadService : public TActorBootstrapped<TKqpWorkloadService> {
 
         EnabledResourcePools = event.GetConfig().GetFeatureFlags().GetEnableResourcePools();
         EnabledResourcePoolsOnServerless = event.GetConfig().GetFeatureFlags().GetEnableResourcePoolsOnServerless();
+        EnableResourcePoolsCounters = event.GetConfig().GetFeatureFlags().GetEnableResourcePoolsCounters();
         if (EnabledResourcePools) {
             LOG_I("Resource pools was enanbled");
             InitializeWorkloadService();
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ class TKqpWorkloadService : public TActorBootstrapped<TKqpWorkloadService> {
 
         LOG_I("Creating new handler for pool " << poolKey);
 
-        const auto poolHandler = Register(CreatePoolHandlerActor(database, poolId, poolConfig, Counters.Counters));
+        const auto poolHandler = Register(CreatePoolHandlerActor(database, poolId, poolConfig, EnableResourcePoolsCounters ? Counters.Counters : MakeIntrusive<NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters>()));
         const auto poolState = &PoolIdToState.insert({poolKey, TPoolState{.PoolHandler = poolHandler, .ActorContext = ActorContext()}}).first->second;
 
         Counters.ActivePools->Inc();
@@ -560,6 +562,7 @@ class TKqpWorkloadService : public TActorBootstrapped<TKqpWorkloadService> {
 
     bool EnabledResourcePools = false;
     bool EnabledResourcePoolsOnServerless = false;
+    bool EnableResourcePoolsCounters = false;
     bool ServiceInitialized = false;
     bool IdleChecksStarted = false;
     ETablesCreationStatus TablesCreationStatus = ETablesCreationStatus::Cleanup;
diff --git a/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/ut/common/kqp_workload_service_ut_common.cpp b/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/ut/common/kqp_workload_service_ut_common.cpp
index 44c2606d22ce..d97bb5794427 100644
--- a/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/ut/common/kqp_workload_service_ut_common.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/kqp/workload_service/ut/common/kqp_workload_service_ut_common.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class TWorkloadServiceYdbSetup : public IYdbSetup {
     TAppConfig GetAppConfig() const {
         TAppConfig appConfig;
         appConfig.MutableFeatureFlags()->SetEnableResourcePools(Settings_.EnableResourcePools_);
+        appConfig.MutableFeatureFlags()->SetEnableResourcePoolsCounters(true);
 
         return appConfig;
     }
diff --git a/ydb/core/protos/feature_flags.proto b/ydb/core/protos/feature_flags.proto
index 2175cc3b8823..23b50af10a46 100644
--- a/ydb/core/protos/feature_flags.proto
+++ b/ydb/core/protos/feature_flags.proto
@@ -151,4 +151,5 @@ message TFeatureFlags {
     optional bool EnableResourcePoolsOnServerless = 132 [default = false];
     optional bool EnableVectorIndex = 133 [default = false];
     optional bool EnableChangefeedsOnIndexTables = 134 [default = false];
+    optional bool EnableResourcePoolsCounters = 135 [default = false];
 }