diff --git a/components/BUILD.yaml b/components/BUILD.yaml
index 1408708f00b803..9ffc0a24939aa1 100644
--- a/components/BUILD.yaml
+++ b/components/BUILD.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ packages:
       - components/image-builder-mk3:docker
       - components/local-app:docker
       - components/public-api-server:docker
+      - components/usage-controller:docker
       - components/openvsx-proxy:docker
       - components/proxy:docker
       - components/registry-facade:docker
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/BUILD.yaml b/components/usage-controller/BUILD.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bdff4f8ec2748a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/BUILD.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+packages:
+  - name: app
+    type: go
+    srcs:
+      - "**/*.go"
+      - "go.mod"
+      - "go.sum"
+    deps:
+      - components/common-go:lib
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      - GOOS=linux
+    config:
+      packaging: app
+      buildCommand: ["go", "build", "-trimpath", "-ldflags", "-buildid= -w -s -X 'github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage-controller/cmd.Version=commit-${__git_commit}'"]
+  - name: docker
+    type: docker
+    deps:
+      - :app
+    argdeps:
+      - imageRepoBase
+    config:
+      buildArgs:
+        VERSION: ${version}
+      dockerfile: leeway.Dockerfile
+      metadata:
+        helm-component: usage-controller
+      image:
+        - ${imageRepoBase}/usage-controller:${version}
+        - ${imageRepoBase}/usage-controller:commit-${__git_commit}
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/cmd/root.go b/components/usage-controller/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4ea94816fc7f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	// ServiceName is the name we use for tracing/logging
+	ServiceName = "usage-controller"
+	// Version of this service - set during build
+	Version = ""
+)
+
+// rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   ServiceName,
+	Short: "Runs usage controller",
+}
+
+func Execute() {
+	if err := rootCmd.ExecuteContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to execute command.")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/cmd/run.go b/components/usage-controller/cmd/run.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..93f167986546bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/cmd/run.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(run())
+}
+
+func run() *cobra.Command {
+	var (
+		verbose bool
+	)
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "run",
+		Short:   "Starts the service",
+		Version: Version,
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			log.Init(ServiceName, Version, true, verbose)
+
+			log.Info("Hello world usage-controller")
+
+			done := make(chan bool, 1)
+			sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+			signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+			go func() {
+				<-sigs
+				log.Info("Received termination signal")
+				done <- true
+			}()
+
+			log.Info("Awaiting signal to terminate...")
+			<-done
+			log.Info("Exiting.")
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "Toggle verbose logging (debug level)")
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/go.mod b/components/usage-controller/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..04191803f54b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+module github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage-controller
+
+go 1.18
+
+replace github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go => ../common-go // leeway
+
+replace k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/apiserver => k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/cloud-provider => k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap => k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/csi-translation-lib => k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/kube-aggregator => k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/kube-controller-manager => k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/kube-proxy => k8s.io/kube-proxy v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/kube-scheduler => k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/kubelet => k8s.io/kubelet v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers => k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/controller-manager => k8s.io/controller-manager v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/kubectl => k8s.io/kubectl v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/mount-utils => k8s.io/mount-utils v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+replace k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.23.5 // leeway indirect from components/common-go:lib
+
+require (
+	github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/go.sum b/components/usage-controller/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e6f27b2c7ae0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7 h1:81/ik6ipDQS2aGcBfIN5dHDB36BwrStyeAQquSYCV4o=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 h1:dJKuHgqk1NNQlqoA6BTlM1Wf9DOH3NBjQyu0h9+AZZE=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0 h1:y+wJpx64xcgO1V+RcnwW0LEHxTKRi2ZDPSBjWnrg88Q=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Wo4iy3BUC+X2Fybo0PDqwJIv3dNRiZLHQymsfxlB84g=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9 h1:XfKQ4OlFl8okEOr5UvAqFRVj8pY/4yfcXrddB8qAbU0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b h1:h8qDotaEPuJATrMmW04NCwg7v22aHH28wwpauUhK9Oo=
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/leeway.Dockerfile b/components/usage-controller/leeway.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..039f732da07076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/leeway.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+# See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+FROM alpine:3.15
+
+# Ensure latest packages are present, like security updates.
+RUN  apk upgrade --no-cache \
+  && apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
+
+RUN adduser -S -D -H -h /app -u 1000 appuser
+COPY components-usage-controller--app/usage-controller /app/usage-controller
+RUN chown -R appuser /app
+
+USER appuser
+
+ARG __GIT_COMMIT
+ARG VERSION
+
+ENV GITPOD_BUILD_GIT_COMMIT=${__GIT_COMMIT}
+ENV GITPOD_BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/usage-controller" ]
+CMD [ "-v", "help" ]
diff --git a/components/usage-controller/main.go b/components/usage-controller/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..60a50def47639d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage-controller/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package main
+
+import "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage-controller/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}