diff --git a/docs/metrics/workload/deployment-metrics.md b/docs/metrics/workload/deployment-metrics.md
index e8d0fdb42..cab9ff154 100644
--- a/docs/metrics/workload/deployment-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/metrics/workload/deployment-metrics.md
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 | kube_deployment_labels                                      | Gauge       | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels controlled via [--metric-labels-allowlist](../../developer/cli-arguments.md)           | `deployment`=&lt;deployment-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;deployment-namespace&gt; <br> `label_DEPLOYMENT_LABEL`=&lt;DEPLOYMENT_LABEL&gt;                                   | STABLE       |
 | kube_deployment_created                                     | Gauge       | Unix creation timestamp                                                                                                                 | `deployment`=&lt;deployment-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;deployment-namespace&gt;                                                                                          | STABLE       |
 | kube_deployment_deletion_timestamp                          | Gauge       | Unix deletion timestamp                                                                                                                 | `deployment`=&lt;deployment-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;deployment-namespace&gt;                                                                                          | EXPIREMENTAL |
+| kube_deployment_owner                                      | Gauge       | Information about the Deployment's owner.                                                                                              | `deployment`=&lt;deployment-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;deployment-namespace&gt; <br> `owner_kind`=&lt;owner-kind&gt; <br> `owner_name`=&lt;owner-name&gt; <br> `owner_is_controller`=&lt;true\|false&gt; | ALPHA        |
diff --git a/internal/store/deployment.go b/internal/store/deployment.go
index 31e3b200a..b610a387c 100644
--- a/internal/store/deployment.go
+++ b/internal/store/deployment.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strconv"
 
 	basemetrics "k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 
@@ -60,6 +61,51 @@ var (
 
 func deploymentMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) []generator.FamilyGenerator {
 	return []generator.FamilyGenerator{
+		*generator.NewFamilyGeneratorWithStability(
+			"kube_deployment_owner",
+			"Information about the Deployment's owner.",
+			metric.Gauge,
+			basemetrics.ALPHA,
+			"",
+			wrapDeploymentFunc(func(d *v1.Deployment) *metric.Family {
+				labelKeys := []string{"owner_kind", "owner_name", "owner_is_controller"}
+
+				owners := d.GetOwnerReferences()
+				if len(owners) == 0 {
+					return &metric.Family{
+						Metrics: []*metric.Metric{
+							{
+								LabelKeys:   labelKeys,
+								LabelValues: []string{"", "", ""},
+								Value:       1,
+							},
+						},
+					}
+				}
+
+				ms := make([]*metric.Metric, len(owners))
+
+				for i, owner := range owners {
+					if owner.Controller != nil {
+						ms[i] = &metric.Metric{
+							LabelKeys:   labelKeys,
+							LabelValues: []string{owner.Kind, owner.Name, strconv.FormatBool(*owner.Controller)},
+							Value:       1,
+						}
+					} else {
+						ms[i] = &metric.Metric{
+							LabelKeys:   labelKeys,
+							LabelValues: []string{owner.Kind, owner.Name, "false"},
+							Value:       1,
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				return &metric.Family{
+					Metrics: ms,
+				}
+			}),
+		),
 		*generator.NewFamilyGeneratorWithStability(
 			"kube_deployment_created",
 			"Unix creation timestamp",
diff --git a/internal/store/deployment_test.go b/internal/store/deployment_test.go
index a0e3f4aa1..d8f0bd1d5 100644
--- a/internal/store/deployment_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/deployment_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ func TestDeploymentStore(t *testing.T) {
 	// Fixed metadata on type and help text. We prepend this to every expected
 	// output so we only have to modify a single place when doing adjustments.
 	const metadata = `
+		# HELP kube_deployment_owner Information about the Deployment's owner.
+		# TYPE kube_deployment_owner gauge
 		# HELP kube_deployment_annotations Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels.
 		# TYPE kube_deployment_annotations gauge
 		# HELP kube_deployment_created [STABLE] Unix creation timestamp
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ func TestDeploymentStore(t *testing.T) {
 			Want: metadata + `
         kube_deployment_annotations{annotation_company_io_team="my-brilliant-team",deployment="depl1",namespace="ns1"} 1
         kube_deployment_created{deployment="depl1",namespace="ns1"} 1.5e+09
+        kube_deployment_owner{deployment="depl1",namespace="ns1",owner_kind="",owner_name="",owner_is_controller=""} 1
         kube_deployment_metadata_generation{deployment="depl1",namespace="ns1"} 21
         kube_deployment_spec_paused{deployment="depl1",namespace="ns1"} 0
         kube_deployment_spec_replicas{deployment="depl1",namespace="ns1"} 200
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ func TestDeploymentStore(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Want: metadata + `
         kube_deployment_metadata_generation{deployment="depl2",namespace="ns2"} 14
+        kube_deployment_owner{deployment="depl2",namespace="ns2",owner_kind="",owner_name="",owner_is_controller=""} 1
         kube_deployment_spec_paused{deployment="depl2",namespace="ns2"} 1
         kube_deployment_spec_replicas{deployment="depl2",namespace="ns2"} 5
         kube_deployment_spec_strategy_rollingupdate_max_surge{deployment="depl2",namespace="ns2"} 1
@@ -213,6 +217,7 @@ func TestDeploymentStore(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Want: metadata + `
         kube_deployment_metadata_generation{deployment="depl3",namespace="ns3"} 0
+        kube_deployment_owner{deployment="depl3",namespace="ns3",owner_kind="",owner_name="",owner_is_controller=""} 1
         kube_deployment_spec_paused{deployment="depl3",namespace="ns3"} 0
         kube_deployment_spec_replicas{deployment="depl3",namespace="ns3"} 1
         kube_deployment_status_condition{condition="Available",deployment="depl3",namespace="ns3",reason="unknown",status="true"} 0
@@ -252,6 +257,59 @@ func TestDeploymentStore(t *testing.T) {
 					kube_deployment_deletion_timestamp{deployment="deployment-terminating",namespace="ns4"} 1.8e+09`,
 			MetricNames: []string{"kube_deployment_deletion_timestamp"},
 		},
+		{
+			Obj: &v1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "deployment-with-owner",
+					Namespace: "ns5",
+					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+						{
+							Kind:       "Application",
+							Name:       "my-app",
+							Controller: &[]bool{true}[0],
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: v1.DeploymentSpec{
+					Replicas: &depl1Replicas,
+				},
+			},
+			Want: metadata + `
+				kube_deployment_owner{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5",owner_kind="Application",owner_name="my-app",owner_is_controller="true"} 1
+				kube_deployment_metadata_generation{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_spec_paused{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_spec_replicas{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 200
+				kube_deployment_status_observed_generation{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_available{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_ready{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_unavailable{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_updated{deployment="deployment-with-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+			`,
+		},
+		{
+			Obj: &v1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "deployment-without-owner",
+					Namespace: "ns5",
+				},
+				Spec: v1.DeploymentSpec{
+					Replicas: &depl1Replicas,
+				},
+			},
+			Want: metadata + `
+				kube_deployment_owner{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5",owner_kind="",owner_name="",owner_is_controller=""} 1
+				kube_deployment_metadata_generation{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_spec_paused{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_spec_replicas{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 200
+				kube_deployment_status_observed_generation{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_available{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_ready{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_unavailable{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+				kube_deployment_status_replicas_updated{deployment="deployment-without-owner",namespace="ns5"} 0
+			`,
+		},
 	}
 	for i, c := range cases {
 		c.Func = generator.ComposeMetricGenFuncs(deploymentMetricFamilies(c.AllowAnnotationsList, nil))