diff --git a/flink-autoscaler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/autoscaler/realizer/FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer.java b/flink-autoscaler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/autoscaler/realizer/FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39bc621344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-autoscaler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/autoscaler/realizer/FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.apache.flink.autoscaler.realizer;
+
+import org.apache.flink.core.plugin.Plugin;
+
+/* Flink Autoscaler Scaling Realizer */
+public interface FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer extends Plugin, ScalingRealizer {}
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/FlinkOperator.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/FlinkOperator.java
index e2cca03988..0d0f493ba0 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/FlinkOperator.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/FlinkOperator.java
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ void registerDeploymentController() {
         var statusRecorder = StatusRecorder.create(client, metricManager, listeners);
         var clusterResourceManager =
                 ClusterResourceManager.of(configManager.getDefaultConfig(), client);
-        var autoscaler = AutoscalerFactory.create(client, eventRecorder, clusterResourceManager);
+        var autoscaler =
+                AutoscalerFactory.create(
+                        client, eventRecorder, clusterResourceManager, configManager);
         var reconcilerFactory = new ReconcilerFactory(eventRecorder, statusRecorder, autoscaler);
         var observerFactory = new FlinkDeploymentObserverFactory(eventRecorder);
         var canaryResourceManager = new CanaryResourceManager<FlinkDeployment>(configManager);
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ void registerSessionJobController() {
         var metricManager =
                 MetricManager.createFlinkSessionJobMetricManager(baseConfig, metricGroup);
         var statusRecorder = StatusRecorder.create(client, metricManager, listeners);
-        var autoscaler = AutoscalerFactory.create(client, eventRecorder, null);
+        var autoscaler = AutoscalerFactory.create(client, eventRecorder, null, configManager);
         var reconciler = new SessionJobReconciler(eventRecorder, statusRecorder, autoscaler);
         var observer = new FlinkSessionJobObserver(eventRecorder);
         var canaryResourceManager = new CanaryResourceManager<FlinkSessionJob>(configManager);
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactory.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactory.java
index 7bbb5492ec..7c2c82e774 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactory.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactory.java
@@ -22,31 +22,54 @@
 import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.RestApiMetricsCollector;
 import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.ScalingExecutor;
 import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.ScalingMetricEvaluator;
+import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.realizer.FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer;
+import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.realizer.ScalingRealizer;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.autoscaler.state.ConfigMapStore;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.autoscaler.state.KubernetesAutoScalerStateStore;
+import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.config.FlinkConfigManager;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.resources.ClusterResourceManager;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.EventRecorder;
+import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.PluginDiscoveryUtils;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /** The factory of {@link JobAutoScaler}. */
 public class AutoscalerFactory {
 
+    private static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AutoscalerFactory.class);
+
     public static JobAutoScaler<ResourceID, KubernetesJobAutoScalerContext> create(
             KubernetesClient client,
             EventRecorder eventRecorder,
-            ClusterResourceManager clusterResourceManager) {
+            ClusterResourceManager clusterResourceManager,
+            FlinkConfigManager configManager) {
 
         var stateStore = new KubernetesAutoScalerStateStore(new ConfigMapStore(client));
         var eventHandler = new KubernetesAutoScalerEventHandler(eventRecorder);
 
+        Set<FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer> discoveredFlinkAutoscalerRealizers =
+                PluginDiscoveryUtils.discoverResources(
+                        configManager, FlinkAutoscalerScalingRealizer.class);
+
+        ScalingRealizer scalingRealizer = new KubernetesScalingRealizer();
+
+        if (!discoveredFlinkAutoscalerRealizers.isEmpty()) {
+            scalingRealizer = discoveredFlinkAutoscalerRealizers.stream().findFirst().get();
+
+            LOG.info("Overriding ScalingRealizer to {}", scalingRealizer.getClass().getName());
+        }
+
         return new JobAutoScalerImpl<>(
                 new RestApiMetricsCollector<>(),
                 new ScalingMetricEvaluator(),
                 new ScalingExecutor<>(eventHandler, stateStore, clusterResourceManager),
                 eventHandler,
-                new KubernetesScalingRealizer(),
+                scalingRealizer,
                 stateStore);
     }
 }
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/utils/PluginDiscoveryUtils.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/utils/PluginDiscoveryUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7966ca8e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/utils/PluginDiscoveryUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils;
+
+import org.apache.flink.configuration.ConfigConstants;
+import org.apache.flink.core.plugin.PluginUtils;
+import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.config.FlinkConfigManager;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class PluginDiscoveryUtils {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PluginDiscoveryUtils.class);
+
+    public static <T> Set<T> discoverResources(
+            FlinkConfigManager configManager, Class<T> resourceClass) {
+        var conf = configManager.getDefaultConfig();
+
+        Set<T> resources = new HashSet<>();
+
+        PluginUtils.createPluginManagerFromRootFolder(conf)
+                .load(resourceClass)
+                .forEachRemaining(
+                        resource -> {
+                            LOG.info(
+                                    "Discovered resource from plugin directory [{}]: {}.",
+                                    System.getenv()
+                                            .getOrDefault(
+                                                    ConfigConstants.ENV_FLINK_PLUGINS_DIR,
+                                                    ConfigConstants.DEFAULT_FLINK_PLUGINS_DIRS),
+                                    resource.getClass().getName());
+                            resources.add(resource);
+                        });
+
+        return resources;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactoryTest.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactoryTest.java
index f848d491a6..6b884044b8 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/autoscaler/AutoscalerFactoryTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.JobAutoScaler;
 import org.apache.flink.autoscaler.JobAutoScalerImpl;
+import org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.config.FlinkConfigManager;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.resources.ClusterResourceManager;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.EventRecorder;
 import org.apache.flink.kubernetes.operator.utils.FlinkResourceEventCollector;
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ void testLoadDefaultImplementation() {
                         new EventRecorder(
                                 new FlinkResourceEventCollector(),
                                 new FlinkStateSnapshotEventCollector()),
-                        new ClusterResourceManager(Duration.ZERO, kubernetesClient));
+                        new ClusterResourceManager(Duration.ZERO, kubernetesClient),
+                        new FlinkConfigManager(new Configuration()));
         Assertions.assertTrue(autoScaler instanceof JobAutoScalerImpl);
     }
 }
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/controller/TestingFlinkDeploymentController.java b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/controller/TestingFlinkDeploymentController.java
index 5eca939457..e00cc7384b 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/controller/TestingFlinkDeploymentController.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/operator/controller/TestingFlinkDeploymentController.java
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ public TestingFlinkDeploymentController(
                                 flinkService.getKubernetesClient(),
                                 eventRecorder,
                                 new ClusterResourceManager(
-                                        Duration.ZERO, flinkService.getKubernetesClient())));
+                                        Duration.ZERO, flinkService.getKubernetesClient()),
+                                configManager));
         canaryResourceManager = new CanaryResourceManager<>(configManager);
         flinkDeploymentController =
                 new FlinkDeploymentController(