diff --git a/chart/values.schema.json b/chart/values.schema.json
index 2f00aaf68..3fdcb5dbe 100755
--- a/chart/values.schema.json
+++ b/chart/values.schema.json
@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@
       "type": "object",
       "description": "APIServiceService holds the service name and namespace of the host apiservice."
     },
+    "AutoSleepExclusion": {
+      "properties": {
+        "selector": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/LabelSelector"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "AutoSleepExclusion holds conifiguration for excluding workloads from sleeping by label(s)"
+    },
+    "AutoWakeup": {
+      "properties": {
+        "schedule": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "AutoWakeup holds the cron schedule to wake workloads automatically"
+    },
     "BackingStore": {
       "properties": {
         "etcd": {
@@ -2913,6 +2933,48 @@
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "type": "object"
     },
+    "SleepMode": {
+      "properties": {
+        "enabled": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Enabled toggles the sleep mode functionality, allowing for disabling sleep mode without removing other config"
+        },
+        "timeZone": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Timezone represents the timezone a sleep schedule should run against, defaulting to UTC if unset"
+        },
+        "autoSleep": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/SleepModeAutoSleep",
+          "description": "AutoSleep holds autoSleep details"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "SleepMode holds configuration for native/workload only sleep mode"
+    },
+    "SleepModeAutoSleep": {
+      "properties": {
+        "afterInactivity": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "AfterInactivity represents how long a vCluster can be idle before workloads are automaticaly put to sleep"
+        },
+        "schedule": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Schedule represents a cron schedule for when to sleep workloads"
+        },
+        "wakeup": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/AutoWakeup",
+          "description": "Wakeup holds configuration for waking the vCluster on a schedule rather than waiting for some activity."
+        },
+        "exclude": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/AutoSleepExclusion",
+          "description": "Exclude holds configuration for labels that, if present, will prevent a workload from going to sleep"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "SleepModeAutoSleep holds configuration for allowing a vCluster to sleep its workloads automatically"
+    },
     "StatefulSetImage": {
       "properties": {
         "registry": {
@@ -3653,6 +3715,10 @@
         "$ref": "#/$defs/Plugin"
       },
       "description": "Plugin specifies which vCluster plugins to enable. Use \"plugins\" instead. Do not use this option anymore."
+    },
+    "sleepMode": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/SleepMode",
+      "description": "SleepMode holds the native sleep mode configuration for Pro clusters"
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 444ee1c6d..cf6737b05 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/invopop/jsonschema"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Plugin specifies which vCluster plugins to enable. Use "plugins" instead. Do not use this option anymore.
 	Plugin map[string]Plugin `json:"plugin,omitempty"`
+
+	// SleepMode holds the native sleep mode configuration for Pro clusters
+	SleepMode *SleepMode `json:"sleepMode,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Integrations holds config for vCluster integrations with other operators or tools running on the host cluster
@@ -2315,3 +2320,69 @@ func addProToJSONSchema(base *jsonschema.Schema, t reflect.Type) {
 		central.Extras["pro"] = true
 	}
 }
+
+// SleepMode holds configuration for native/workload only sleep mode
+type SleepMode struct {
+	// Enabled toggles the sleep mode functionality, allowing for disabling sleep mode without removing other config
+	Enabled bool `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+	// Timezone represents the timezone a sleep schedule should run against, defaulting to UTC if unset
+	TimeZone string `json:"timeZone,omitempty"`
+	// AutoSleep holds autoSleep details
+	AutoSleep SleepModeAutoSleep `json:"autoSleep,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// SleepModeAutoSleep holds configuration for allowing a vCluster to sleep its workloads
+// automatically
+type SleepModeAutoSleep struct {
+	// AfterInactivity represents how long a vCluster can be idle before workloads are automaticaly put to sleep
+	AfterInactivity Duration `json:"afterInactivity,omitempty"`
+
+	// Schedule represents a cron schedule for when to sleep workloads
+	Schedule string `json:"schedule,omitempty"`
+
+	// Wakeup holds configuration for waking the vCluster on a schedule rather than waiting for some activity.
+	Wakeup AutoWakeup `json:"wakeup,omitempty"`
+
+	// Exclude holds configuration for labels that, if present, will prevent a workload from going to sleep
+	Exclude AutoSleepExclusion `json:"exclude,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Duration allows for automatic Marshalling from strings like "1m" to a time.Duration
+type Duration time.Duration
+
+// MarshalJSON implements Marshaler
+func (d Duration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(time.Duration(d).String())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements Marshaler
+func (d *Duration) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var v interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch value := v.(type) {
+	case float64:
+		*d = Duration(time.Duration(value))
+		return nil
+	case string:
+		tmp, err := time.ParseDuration(value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*d = Duration(tmp)
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return errors.New("invalid duration")
+	}
+}
+
+// AutoWakeup holds the cron schedule to wake workloads automatically
+type AutoWakeup struct {
+	Schedule string `json:"schedule,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// AutoSleepExclusion holds conifiguration for excluding workloads from sleeping by label(s)
+type AutoSleepExclusion struct {
+	Selector LabelSelector `json:"selector,omitempty"`
+}