diff --git a/slasher/main.go b/slasher/main.go
index 5de54f53ab02..69d71df79407 100644
--- a/slasher/main.go
+++ b/slasher/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ var appFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	cmd.TraceSampleFractionFlag,
 	cmd.MonitoringHostFlag,
 	flags.MonitoringPortFlag,
+	cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag,
 	cmd.LogFileName,
 	cmd.LogFormat,
 	cmd.ClearDB,
diff --git a/slasher/node/node.go b/slasher/node/node.go
index 9bf6627d49b5..dcd9cf6d59b4 100644
--- a/slasher/node/node.go
+++ b/slasher/node/node.go
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ func NewSlasherNode(cliCtx *cli.Context) (*SlasherNode, error) {
 		services:              registry,
 		stop:                  make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	if err := slasher.registerPrometheusService(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+
+	if !cliCtx.Bool(cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag.Name) {
+		if err := slasher.registerPrometheusService(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := slasher.startDB(); err != nil {
diff --git a/slasher/usage.go b/slasher/usage.go
index f441dff59ff8..760e5851f81a 100644
--- a/slasher/usage.go
+++ b/slasher/usage.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var appHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			cmd.TraceSampleFractionFlag,
 			cmd.MonitoringHostFlag,
 			flags.MonitoringPortFlag,
+			cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag,
 			cmd.LogFormat,
 			cmd.LogFileName,
 			cmd.ForceClearDB,
diff --git a/validator/flags/flags.go b/validator/flags/flags.go
index 50241b110121..778e1a7d1920 100644
--- a/validator/flags/flags.go
+++ b/validator/flags/flags.go
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ var (
 		Name:  "tls-cert",
 		Usage: "Certificate for secure gRPC. Pass this and the tls-key flag in order to use gRPC securely.",
 	}
+	// EnableRPCFlag enables controlling the validator client via gRPC (without web UI).
+	EnableRPCFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "rpc",
+		Usage: "Enables the RPC server for the validator client (without Web UI)",
+		Value: false,
+	}
 	// RPCHost defines the host on which the RPC server should listen.
 	RPCHost = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "rpc-host",
diff --git a/validator/main.go b/validator/main.go
index 9f74a212a4e1..c6c1354f1ec5 100644
--- a/validator/main.go
+++ b/validator/main.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ var appFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	flags.UnencryptedKeysFlag,
 	flags.InteropStartIndex,
 	flags.InteropNumValidators,
+	flags.EnableRPCFlag,
 	flags.RPCHost,
 	flags.RPCPort,
 	flags.GRPCGatewayPort,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ var appFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	flags.DisableAccountMetricsFlag,
 	cmd.MonitoringHostFlag,
 	flags.MonitoringPortFlag,
+	cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag,
 	flags.SlasherRPCProviderFlag,
 	flags.SlasherCertFlag,
 	flags.DeprecatedPasswordsDirFlag,
diff --git a/validator/node/node.go b/validator/node/node.go
index 646e203f818f..f0a21cd2276c 100644
--- a/validator/node/node.go
+++ b/validator/node/node.go
@@ -221,8 +221,10 @@ func (s *ValidatorClient) initializeFromCLI(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not initialize db")
 	}
 	s.db = valDB
-	if err := s.registerPrometheusService(); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !cliCtx.Bool(cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag.Name) {
+		if err := s.registerPrometheusService(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	if featureconfig.Get().SlasherProtection {
 		if err := s.registerSlasherClientService(); err != nil {
@@ -232,11 +234,13 @@ func (s *ValidatorClient) initializeFromCLI(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err := s.registerClientService(keyManagerV1, keyManagerV2); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.registerRPCService(cliCtx); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.registerRPCGatewayService(cliCtx); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if cliCtx.Bool(flags.EnableRPCFlag.Name) {
+		if err := s.registerRPCService(cliCtx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := s.registerRPCGatewayService(cliCtx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -286,8 +290,10 @@ func (s *ValidatorClient) initializeForWeb(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not initialize db")
 	}
 	s.db = valDB
-	if err := s.registerPrometheusService(); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !cliCtx.Bool(cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag.Name) {
+		if err := s.registerPrometheusService(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	if featureconfig.Get().SlasherProtection {
 		if err := s.registerSlasherClientService(); err != nil {
diff --git a/validator/usage.go b/validator/usage.go
index ddf9712dc714..b82cde417d3d 100644
--- a/validator/usage.go
+++ b/validator/usage.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ var appHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			cmd.TraceSampleFractionFlag,
 			cmd.MonitoringHostFlag,
 			flags.MonitoringPortFlag,
+			cmd.DisableMonitoringFlag,
 			cmd.LogFormat,
 			cmd.LogFileName,
 			cmd.ConfigFileFlag,
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ var appHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			flags.DisablePenaltyRewardLogFlag,
 			flags.UnencryptedKeysFlag,
 			flags.GraffitiFlag,
+			flags.EnableRPCFlag,
 			flags.RPCHost,
 			flags.RPCPort,
 			flags.GRPCGatewayPort,