diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/bbsim-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/bbsim-tests.groovy
index 017010e..edfcb6c 100755
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/bbsim-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/bbsim-tests.groovy
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@
         JENKINS_NODE_COOKIE="dontKillMe" _TAG="bbsim\${i}" bash -c "while true; do kubectl port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 -n ${volthaNamespace} svc/bbsim\${i} \${bbsimDmiPortFwd}:50075; done"&
         ((bbsimDmiPortFwd++))
       done
-      JENKINS_NODE_COOKIE="dontKillMe" _TAG="nem-monitoring-prometheus-server" bash -c "while true; do kubectl port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 -n default svc/nem-monitoring-prometheus-server 31301:80; done"&
+      if [ ${withMonitoring} = true ] ; then
+        JENKINS_NODE_COOKIE="dontKillMe" _TAG="nem-monitoring-prometheus-server" bash -c "while true; do kubectl port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 -n default svc/nem-monitoring-prometheus-server 31301:80; done"&
+      fi
       ps aux | grep port-forward
       """
       // setting ONOS log level
diff --git a/jjb/voltha-e2e.yaml b/jjb/voltha-e2e.yaml
index 08a2f97..1f1eb3c 100755
--- a/jjb/voltha-e2e.yaml
+++ b/jjb/voltha-e2e.yaml
@@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@
     volthaHelmChartsChange: ''
     extraHelmFlags: ''
     enableMacLearning: false
+    withMonitoring: false
     robot-args: ''
     branch-regexp: '{all-branches-regexp}'
     testTargets: |
@@ -1688,6 +1689,11 @@
           default: '{registry}'
           description: 'Which registry to use (amazon vs menlo)'
 
+      - bool:
+          name: withMonitoring
+          default: '{withMonitoring}'
+          description: 'Option to install Prometheus'
+
       - string:
           name: logLevel
           default: '{logLevel}'