diff --git a/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/index.md b/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/index.md
index 4801b470905..999af309e41 100644
--- a/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/administration/provisioning/index.md
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ Data sources tagged with _HTTP\*_ communicate using the HTTP protocol, which inc
 | cacheLevel                    | string  | Prometheus                                                       | Determines the duration of the browser cache. Valid values include: `Low`, `Medium`, `High`, and `None`. This field is configurable when you enable the `prometheusResourceBrowserCache` feature flag.                                                                                        |
 | incrementalQuerying           | string  | Prometheus                                                       | Experimental: Turn on incremental querying to enhance dashboard reload performance with slow data sources                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | incrementalQueryOverlapWindow | string  | Prometheus                                                       | Experimental: Configure incremental query overlap window. Requires a valid duration string, i.e. `180s` or `15m` Default value is `10m` (10 minutes).                                                                                                                                         |
+| disableRecordingRules         | boolean | Prometheus                                                       | Experimental: Turn off Prometheus recording rules                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | implementation                | string  | AlertManager                                                     | The implementation of the AlertManager data source, such as `prometheus`, `cortex` or `mimir`                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | handleGrafanaManagedAlerts    | boolean | AlertManager                                                     | When enabled, Grafana-managed alerts are sent to this Alertmanager                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/_index.md b/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/_index.md
index 07d3466b746..3f46a67dfe5 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/_index.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ prometheusVersion: 2.44.0
 incrementalQuerying: true
 incrementalQueryOverlapWindow: 10m
 cacheLevel: 'High'
-incrementalQuerying: true
+disableRecordingRules: false
 incrementalQueryOverlapWindow: 10m
 exemplarTraceIdDestinations:
 # Field with internal link pointing to data source in Grafana.
@@ -141,3 +141,7 @@ This can be toggled on or off in the data source configuration or provisioning f
 Additionally, the amount of overlap between incremental queries can be configured using the `incrementalQueryOverlapWindow` jsonData field, the default value is `10m` (10 minutes).
 
 Increasing the duration of the `incrementalQueryOverlapWindow` will increase the size of every incremental query, but might be helpful for instances that have inconsistent results for recent data.
+
+## Recording Rules (beta)
+
+The Prometheus data source can be configured to disable recording rules under the data source configuration or provisioning file (under `disableRecordingRules` in jsonData).
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/configuration/PromSettings.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/configuration/PromSettings.tsx
index d67ce0e6a7f..91bb6f26a16 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/configuration/PromSettings.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/configuration/PromSettings.tsx
@@ -440,8 +440,25 @@ export const PromSettings = (props: Props) => {
             </InlineField>
           )}
         </div>
-      </div>
 
+        <div className="gf-form-inline">
+          <div className="gf-form max-width-30">
+            <InlineField
+              label="Disable recording rules (beta)"
+              labelWidth={PROM_CONFIG_LABEL_WIDTH}
+              tooltip={<>This feature will disable recording rules Turn this on to improve dashboard performance</>}
+              interactive={true}
+              className={styles.switchField}
+              disabled={options.readOnly}
+            >
+              <Switch
+                value={options.jsonData.disableRecordingRules ?? false}
+                onChange={onUpdateDatasourceJsonDataOptionChecked(props, 'disableRecordingRules')}
+              />
+            </InlineField>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <h3 className="page-heading">Other</h3>
       <div className="gf-form-group">
         <div className="gf-form-inline">
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.tsx
index ee234893944..8f522f2fba6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export class PrometheusDatasource
   customQueryParameters: any;
   datasourceConfigurationPrometheusFlavor?: PromApplication;
   datasourceConfigurationPrometheusVersion?: string;
+  disableRecordingRules: boolean;
   defaultEditor?: QueryEditorMode;
   exemplarsAvailable: boolean;
   subType: PromApplication;
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export class PrometheusDatasource
     this.datasourceConfigurationPrometheusFlavor = instanceSettings.jsonData.prometheusType;
     this.datasourceConfigurationPrometheusVersion = instanceSettings.jsonData.prometheusVersion;
     this.defaultEditor = instanceSettings.jsonData.defaultEditor;
+    this.disableRecordingRules = instanceSettings.jsonData.disableRecordingRules ?? false;
     this.variables = new PrometheusVariableSupport(this, this.templateSrv, this.timeSrv);
     this.exemplarsAvailable = true;
     this.cacheLevel = instanceSettings.jsonData.cacheLevel ?? PrometheusCacheLevel.Low;
@@ -160,7 +162,9 @@ export class PrometheusDatasource
   }
 
   init = async () => {
-    this.loadRules();
+    if (!this.disableRecordingRules) {
+      this.loadRules();
+    }
     this.exemplarsAvailable = await this.areExemplarsAvailable();
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/types.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/types.ts
index 8d22449b9e6..df895ce838f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/types.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface PromOptions extends DataSourceJsonData {
   defaultEditor?: QueryEditorMode;
   incrementalQuerying?: boolean;
   incrementalQueryOverlapWindow?: string;
+  disableRecordingRules?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type ExemplarTraceIdDestination = {