diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3ef760edb..4347c546f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func main() {
 		RequestTimeout:                 cfg.RequestTimeout,
 		DefaultTargets:                 cfg.DefaultTargets,
 		OCPRouterName:                  cfg.OCPRouterName,
+		UpdateEvents:                   cfg.UpdateEvents,
 	}
 
 	// Lookup all the selected sources by names and pass them the desired configuration.
diff --git a/source/store.go b/source/store.go
index da7ce2a65..9194030b2 100644
--- a/source/store.go
+++ b/source/store.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RequestTimeout                 time.Duration
 	DefaultTargets                 []string
 	OCPRouterName                  string
+	UpdateEvents                   bool
 }
 
 // ClientGenerator provides clients
@@ -270,8 +271,7 @@ func BuildWithConfig(ctx context.Context, source string, p ClientGenerator, cfg
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		startInformer := true
-		return NewCRDSource(crdClient, cfg.Namespace, cfg.CRDSourceKind, cfg.AnnotationFilter, cfg.LabelFilter, scheme, startInformer)
+		return NewCRDSource(crdClient, cfg.Namespace, cfg.CRDSourceKind, cfg.AnnotationFilter, cfg.LabelFilter, scheme, cfg.UpdateEvents)
 	case "skipper-routegroup":
 		apiServerURL := cfg.APIServerURL
 		tokenPath := ""