diff --git a/cmd/postgres-operator/main.go b/cmd/postgres-operator/main.go
index 50faf7f2ad..1447b8e8cd 100644
--- a/cmd/postgres-operator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/postgres-operator/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 
 	//"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/internal/controller/pgupgrade"
-
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/internal/controller/pgupgrade"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/internal/controller/postgrescluster"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/internal/controller/runtime"
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ func main() {
 		namespaces,
 		cfg,
 		false,
+		false,
 		features,
 	)
 	assertNoError(err)
diff --git a/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go b/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go
index e6b3770b71..95642a807e 100644
--- a/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go
+++ b/percona/controller/pgcluster/controller_test.go
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Watching secrets", Ordered, func() {
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 		Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
-		mgr, err := runtime.CreateRuntimeManager(namespace.Name, cfg, true, gate)
+		mgr, err := runtime.CreateRuntimeManager(namespace.Name, cfg, true, true, gate)
 		Expect(err).To(Succeed())
 		Expect(v2.AddToScheme(mgr.GetScheme())).To(Succeed())
 
diff --git a/percona/runtime/runtime.go b/percona/runtime/runtime.go
index f8e8181680..6c36603bc3 100644
--- a/percona/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/percona/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ var refreshInterval = 60 * time.Minute
 
 // CreateRuntimeManager does the same thing as `internal/controller/runtime.CreateRuntimeManager`,
 // excet it configures the manager to watch multiple namespaces.
-func CreateRuntimeManager(namespaces string, config *rest.Config, disableMetrics bool, features feature.MutableGate) (manager.Manager, error) {
+func CreateRuntimeManager(namespaces string, config *rest.Config, disableMetrics, disableLeaderElection bool, features feature.MutableGate) (manager.Manager, error) {
 
 	options := manager.Options{
 		Cache: cache.Options{
 			SyncPeriod: &refreshInterval,
 		},
 		Scheme:           r.Scheme,
-		LeaderElection:   true,
+		LeaderElection:   disableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID: "08db3feb.percona.com",
 	}