diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 827ce877..df40e094 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.3
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210722164352-7f3ee0f31471
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
diff --git a/pkg/devfile/generator/generators.go b/pkg/devfile/generator/generators.go
index 6a2c5a18..7ceafc19 100644
--- a/pkg/devfile/generator/generators.go
+++ b/pkg/devfile/generator/generators.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package generator
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
 	v1 "github.com/devfile/api/v2/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/devfile/library/pkg/devfile/parser"
 	"github.com/devfile/library/pkg/devfile/parser/data/v2/common"
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ type DeploymentParams struct {
 	Containers        []corev1.Container
 	Volumes           []corev1.Volume
 	PodSelectorLabels map[string]string
+	Replicas          *int32
 }
 
 // GetDeployment gets a deployment object
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func GetDeployment(devfileObj parser.DevfileObj, deployParams DeploymentParams)
 	deploySpecParams := deploymentSpecParams{
 		PodTemplateSpec:   *getPodTemplateSpec(podTemplateSpecParams),
 		PodSelectorLabels: deployParams.PodSelectorLabels,
+		Replicas:          deployParams.Replicas,
 	}
 
 	containerAnnotations, err := getContainerAnnotations(devfileObj, common.DevfileOptions{})
diff --git a/pkg/devfile/generator/generators_test.go b/pkg/devfile/generator/generators_test.go
index 733064e7..49b1b31a 100644
--- a/pkg/devfile/generator/generators_test.go
+++ b/pkg/devfile/generator/generators_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -1000,14 +1001,6 @@ func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 			Name: "container2",
 		},
 	}
-	deploymentParams := DeploymentParams{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				"preserved-key": "preserved-value",
-			},
-		},
-		Containers: containers,
-	}
 
 	objectMeta := metav1.ObjectMeta{
 		Annotations: map[string]string{
@@ -1027,6 +1020,7 @@ func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                string
 		containerComponents []v1.Component
+		deploymentParams    DeploymentParams
 		expected            appsv1.Deployment
 	}{
 		{
@@ -1050,6 +1044,15 @@ func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}, &trueBool),
 			},
+			deploymentParams: DeploymentParams{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"preserved-key": "preserved-value",
+					},
+				},
+				Containers: containers,
+				Replicas:   pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			},
 			expected: appsv1.Deployment{
 				ObjectMeta: objectMetaDedicatedPod,
 				Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
@@ -1065,6 +1068,7 @@ func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 							Containers: containers,
 						},
 					},
+					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -1087,6 +1091,14 @@ func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}, nil),
 			},
+			deploymentParams: DeploymentParams{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"preserved-key": "preserved-value",
+					},
+				},
+				Containers: containers,
+			},
 			expected: appsv1.Deployment{
 				ObjectMeta: objectMeta,
 				Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
@@ -1125,7 +1137,7 @@ func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 			devObj := parser.DevfileObj{
 				Data: mockDevfileData,
 			}
-			deploy, err := GetDeployment(devObj, deploymentParams)
+			deploy, err := GetDeployment(devObj, tt.deploymentParams)
 			// Checks for unexpected error cases
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("TestGetDeployment(): unexpected error %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/devfile/generator/utils.go b/pkg/devfile/generator/utils.go
index 0b1567ae..35af3243 100644
--- a/pkg/devfile/generator/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/devfile/generator/utils.go
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ func getPodTemplateSpec(podTemplateSpecParams podTemplateSpecParams) *corev1.Pod
 type deploymentSpecParams struct {
 	PodTemplateSpec   corev1.PodTemplateSpec
 	PodSelectorLabels map[string]string
+	Replicas          *int32
 }
 
 // getDeploymentSpec gets a deployment spec
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ func getDeploymentSpec(deploySpecParams deploymentSpecParams) *appsv1.Deployment
 			MatchLabels: deploySpecParams.PodSelectorLabels,
 		},
 		Template: deploySpecParams.PodTemplateSpec,
+		Replicas: deploySpecParams.Replicas,
 	}
 
 	return deploymentSpec