diff --git a/artifacts/nginx/canary.yaml b/artifacts/nginx/canary.yaml
index 13eb15c9..bca0a709 100644
--- a/artifacts/nginx/canary.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/nginx/canary.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
     kind: Ingress
     name: podinfo
+  # HPA reference (optional)
+  autoscalerRef:
+    apiVersion: autoscaling/v2beta1
+    kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+    name: podinfo
   # the maximum time in seconds for the canary deployment
   # to make progress before it is rollback (default 600s)
   progressDeadlineSeconds: 60
diff --git a/artifacts/nginx/hpa.yaml b/artifacts/nginx/hpa.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa2b5a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacts/nginx/hpa.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2beta1
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: test
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: podinfo
+  minReplicas: 2
+  maxReplicas: 4
+  metrics:
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: cpu
+      # scale up if usage is above
+      # 99% of the requested CPU (100m)
+      targetAverageUtilization: 99