diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects.go
index adf5ddeb65c461..d68e3a92ca6efb 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/common"
 	wsmanager "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager"
-	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/config/v1"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/config/v1/experimental"
 )
 
 var Objects = common.CompositeRenderFunc(
@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ var Objects = common.CompositeRenderFunc(
 )
 
 func WSManagerList(ctx *common.RenderContext) []WorkspaceCluster {
+	skipSelf := false
+	_ = ctx.WithExperimental(func(cfg *experimental.Config) error {
+		if cfg.WebApp != nil && cfg.WebApp.WorkspaceManagerBridge != nil {
+			skipSelf = cfg.WebApp.WorkspaceManagerBridge.SkipSelf
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
 	// Registering a local cluster ws-manager only makes sense when we actually deploy one,
 	// (ie when we are doing a full self hosted installation rather than a SaaS install to gitpod.io).
-	if ctx.Config.Kind != config.InstallationFull {
+	if skipSelf {
 		return []WorkspaceCluster{}
 	}
 
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects_test.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2f82fd28c164cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/objects_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See License-MIT.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package wsmanagerbridge
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/config/v1"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/config/v1/experimental"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/config/versions"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestWorkspaceManagerList_WhenSkipSelfIsSet(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		SkipSelf                bool
+		ExpectWorkspaceClusters bool
+	}{
+		{SkipSelf: true, ExpectWorkspaceClusters: false},
+		{SkipSelf: false, ExpectWorkspaceClusters: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		ctx := renderContextWithConfig(t, testCase.SkipSelf)
+
+		wsclusters := WSManagerList(ctx)
+		if testCase.ExpectWorkspaceClusters {
+			require.NotEmptyf(t, wsclusters, "expected to render workspace clusters when skipSelf=%v", testCase.SkipSelf)
+		} else {
+			require.Emptyf(t, wsclusters, "expected not to render workspace clusters when skipSelf=%v", testCase.SkipSelf)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func renderContextWithConfig(t *testing.T, skipSelf bool) *common.RenderContext {
+	ctx, err := common.NewRenderContext(config.Config{
+		Experimental: &experimental.Config{
+			WebApp: &experimental.WebAppConfig{
+				WorkspaceManagerBridge: &experimental.WsManagerBridgeConfig{
+					SkipSelf: skipSelf,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}, versions.Manifest{
+		Components: versions.Components{
+			PublicAPIServer: versions.Versioned{
+				Version: "commit-test-latest",
+			},
+		},
+	}, "test-namespace")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return ctx
+}
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/experimental/experimental.go b/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/experimental/experimental.go
index a26f7b61a82809..3d9c6f8beae932 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/experimental/experimental.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/config/v1/experimental/experimental.go
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ type WorkspaceTemplates struct {
 }
 
 type WebAppConfig struct {
-	PublicAPI          *PublicAPIConfig `json:"publicApi,omitempty"`
-	Server             *ServerConfig    `json:"server,omitempty"`
-	ProxyConfig        *ProxyConfig     `json:"proxy,omitempty"`
-	UsePodAntiAffinity bool             `json:"usePodAntiAffinity"`
+	PublicAPI              *PublicAPIConfig       `json:"publicApi,omitempty"`
+	Server                 *ServerConfig          `json:"server,omitempty"`
+	ProxyConfig            *ProxyConfig           `json:"proxy,omitempty"`
+	WorkspaceManagerBridge *WsManagerBridgeConfig `json:"wsManagerBridge,omitempty"`
+	UsePodAntiAffinity     bool                   `json:"usePodAntiAffinity"`
 }
 
 type WorkspaceDefaults struct {
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ type GithubApp struct {
 	CertSecretName  string `json:"certSecretName"`
 }
 
+type WsManagerBridgeConfig struct {
+	SkipSelf bool `json:"skipSelf"`
+}
+
 type ServerConfig struct {
 	WorkspaceDefaults                 WorkspaceDefaults `json:"workspaceDefaults"`
 	OAuthServer                       OAuthServer       `json:"oauthServer"`