diff --git a/jibri.yml b/jibri.yml
index 9eb9a79..38eb698 100644
--- a/jibri.yml
+++ b/jibri.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ services:
         cap_add:
             - SYS_ADMIN
         environment:
+            - AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE
+            - AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_ID
+            - AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_GROUP_NAME
+            - AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_INSTANCE_ID
+            - AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_PORT
+            - AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_REGION
+            - AUTOSCALER_URL
             - CHROMIUM_FLAGS
             - DISPLAY=:0
             - ENABLE_STATS_D
+            - JIBRI_WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIBERS
             - JIBRI_HTTP_API_EXTERNAL_PORT
             - JIBRI_HTTP_API_INTERNAL_PORT
             - JIBRI_RECORDING_RESOLUTION
@@ -25,6 +33,7 @@ services:
             - JIBRI_RECORDING_DIR
             - JIBRI_FINALIZE_RECORDING_SCRIPT_PATH
             - JIBRI_STRIP_DOMAIN_JID
+            - LOCAL_ADDRESS
             - PUBLIC_URL
             - TZ
             - XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN
diff --git a/jibri/Dockerfile b/jibri/Dockerfile
index 8924c60..1a680b2 100644
--- a/jibri/Dockerfile
+++ b/jibri/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ARG CHROMEDRIVER_MAJOR_RELEASE=113
 COPY rootfs/ /
 
 RUN apt-dpkg-wrap apt-get update && \
-    apt-dpkg-wrap apt-get install -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" jibri libgl1-mesa-dri procps jitsi-upload-integrations jq pulseaudio dbus dbus-x11 rtkit unzip && \
+    apt-dpkg-wrap apt-get install -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" jibri libgl1-mesa-dri procps jitsi-upload-integrations jitsi-autoscaler-sidecar jq pulseaudio dbus dbus-x11 rtkit unzip && \
     /usr/bin/install-chrome.sh && \
     apt-cleanup && \
     adduser jibri rtkit
diff --git a/jibri/rootfs/defaults/autoscaler-sidecar.config b/jibri/rootfs/defaults/autoscaler-sidecar.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b20a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jibri/rootfs/defaults/autoscaler-sidecar.config
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{ $JIBRI_HTTP_API_EXTERNAL_PORT := .Env.JIBRI_HTTP_API_EXTERNAL_PORT | default "2222" -}}
+export PORT={{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_PORT }}
+export GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_SCRIPT="/opt/jitsi/jibri/wait_graceful_shutdown.sh"
+export TERMINATE_SCRIPT="/opt/jitsi/jibri/shutdown.sh"
+export ENABLE_REPORT_STATS=true
+export POLLING_URL="{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_URL  }}/sidecar/poll"
+export STATUS_URL="{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_URL }}/sidecar/status"
+export STATS_RETRIEVE_URL="http://localhost:{{ $JIBRI_HTTP_API_EXTERNAL_PORT }}/jibri/api/v1.0/health"
+export STATS_REPORT_URL="{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_URL }}/sidecar/stats"
+export ASAP_SIGNING_KEY_FILE="{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE }}"
+export ASAP_JWT_KID="{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_ID }}"
+export INSTANCE_TYPE="jibri"
+export INSTANCE_ID="{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_INSTANCE_ID }}"
+export INSTANCE_METADATA='{"environment":"{{ .Env.XMPP_ENV_NAME }}","region":"{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_REGION }}","group":"{{ .Env.AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_GROUP_NAME }}","name":"{{ .Env.JIBRI_INSTANCE_ID }}","version":"{{ .Env.JIBRI_VERSION }}","privateIp":"{{ .Env.LOCAL_ADDRESS }}"}'
diff --git a/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf b/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf
index bc786a2..c4a616a 100644
--- a/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf
+++ b/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ jibri {
       finalize-script = "{{ .Env.JIBRI_FINALIZE_RECORDING_SCRIPT_PATH }}"
       {{ end -}}
     }
-
+{{ if .Env.JIBRI_WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIBERS -}}
+    webhook {
+      subscribers = [{{ range $index, $element := splitList "," .Env.JIBRI_WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIBERS }}{{ if gt $index 0}},{{ end }}"{{ $element }}"{{ end }}]
+    }{{ end }}
     ffmpeg {
       resolution =  "{{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_RESOLUTION }}"
       // The audio source that will be used to capture audio on Linux
diff --git a/jibri/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config b/jibri/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config
index 2cf1522..a90c673 100644
--- a/jibri/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config
+++ b/jibri/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config
@@ -30,6 +30,37 @@ fi
 # set random jibri nickname for the instance if is not set
 [ -z "${JIBRI_INSTANCE_ID}" ] && export JIBRI_INSTANCE_ID="jibri-$(date +%N)"
 
+# check for AUTOSCALER_URL, AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE and AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_ID as indicator that sidecar should be enabled
+if [ -n "$AUTOSCALER_URL" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE" ]; then
+        export AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE="/etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/asap.pem"
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_ID" ]; then
+        # assume key id is equal to the base real path of the key file minus .pem
+        export AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_ID="$(basename "$(realpath "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE")" | tr -d '.pem')"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE" ]; then
+        echo "AUTOSCALER_URL found, enabling autoscaler sidecar"
+
+        export JIBRI_VERSION="$(dpkg -s jibri | grep Version | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/..$//')"
+
+        [ -z "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_PORT" ] && export AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_PORT="6000"
+        [ -z "$JIBRI_WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIBERS" ] && export JIBRI_WEBHOOK_SUBSCRIBERS="http://localhost:$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_PORT/hook"
+        [ -z "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_INSTANCE_ID" ] && export AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_INSTANCE_ID="$JIBRI_INSTANCE_ID"
+        [ -z "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_REGION" ] && export AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_REGION="docker"
+        [ -z "$AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_GROUP_NAME" ] && export AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_GROUP_NAME="docker-jibri"
+        [ -z "$LOCAL_ADDRESS" ] && export LOCAL_ADDRESS="$(ip route get 1 | grep -oP '(?<=src ).*' | awk '{ print $1 '})"
+
+        mkdir -p /etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar
+        tpl /defaults/autoscaler-sidecar.config > /etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/config
+    else
+        echo "No key file at $AUTOSCALER_SIDECAR_KEY_FILE, leaving autoscaler sidecar disabled"
+    fi
+else
+    echo "No AUTOSCALER_URL defined, leaving autoscaler sidecar disabled"
+fi
+
 # always recreate configs
 tpl /defaults/jibri.conf > /etc/jitsi/jibri/jibri.conf
 tpl /defaults/logging.properties > /etc/jitsi/jibri/logging.properties
diff --git a/jibri/rootfs/etc/services.d/50-autoscaler-sidecar/run b/jibri/rootfs/etc/services.d/50-autoscaler-sidecar/run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22f7750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jibri/rootfs/etc/services.d/50-autoscaler-sidecar/run
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+
+if [[ -n "$AUTOSCALER_URL" ]] && [[ -f "/etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/config" ]]; then
+    DAEMON="/usr/bin/node /usr/share/jitsi-autoscaler-sidecar/app.js"
+    exec s6-setuidgid autoscaler-sidecar /bin/bash -c ". /etc/jitsi/autoscaler-sidecar/config && exec $DAEMON"
+else
+    # if autoscaler-sidecar should not be started,
+    # prevent s6 from restarting this script again and again
+    s6-svc -O /var/run/s6/services/50-autoscaler-sidecar
+fi