diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml
index 8c81b9a3c72a..ff764cad7419 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ rules:
       - create
       - patch
       - delete
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "autoscaling.k8s.io"
+    resources:
+      - verticalpodautoscalers/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - patch
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml
index 42a89bfb0090..7756dfe8d56a 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ spec:
         type: object
     served: true
     storage: true
-    subresources: {}
+    subresources:
+      status: {}
   - deprecated: true
     deprecationWarning: autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2 API is deprecated
     name: v1beta2
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
index aff68d6fe406..0bc2e60f8806 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type VerticalPodAutoscalerList struct {
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +kubebuilder:storageversion
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=vpa
+// +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Mode",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.updatePolicy.updateMode"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="CPU",type="string",JSONPath=".status.recommendation.containerRecommendations[0].target.cpu"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Mem",type="string",JSONPath=".status.recommendation.containerRecommendations[0].target.memory"
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
index 7fa869390be4..1ccee971fbbc 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func patchVpa(vpaClient vpa_api.VerticalPodAutoscalerInterface, vpaName string,
 		return
 	}
 
-	return vpaClient.Patch(context.TODO(), vpaName, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, meta.PatchOptions{})
+	return vpaClient.Patch(context.TODO(), vpaName, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, meta.PatchOptions{}, "status")
 }
 
 // UpdateVpaStatusIfNeeded updates the status field of the VPA API object.