diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/replication-controller.api.ts b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/replication-controller.api.ts
index b0e733815d..8190220b07 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/replication-controller.api.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/replication-controller.api.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import type { DerivedKubeApiOptions, KubeApiDependencies } from "../kube-api";
 import { KubeApi } from "../kube-api";
 import type {
-  BaseKubeObjectCondition,
+  BaseKubeObjectCondition, KubeObjectMetadata,
   KubeObjectStatus,
   NamespaceScopedMetadata,
 } from "../kube-object";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class ReplicationControllerApi extends KubeApi<ReplicationController> {
     return `${this.formatUrlForNotListing(params)}/scale`;
   }
 
-  getScale(params: { namespace: string; name: string }) {
+  getScale(params: { namespace: string; name: string }): Promise<Scale> {
     return this.request.get(this.getScaleApiUrl(params));
   }
 
@@ -37,9 +37,25 @@ export class ReplicationControllerApi extends KubeApi<ReplicationController> {
           replicas,
         },
       },
+    }, {
+      headers: {
+        "content-type": "application/strategic-merge-patch+json",
+      },
     });
   }
+}
 
+export interface Scale {
+  apiVersion: "autoscaling/v1";
+  kind: "Scale";
+  metadata: KubeObjectMetadata;
+  spec: {
+    replicas: number;
+  };
+  status: {
+    replicas: number;
+    selector: string;
+  };
 }
 
 export interface ReplicationControllerSpec {
@@ -115,8 +131,8 @@ export class ReplicationController extends KubeObject<
     return this.status?.replicas;
   }
 
-  getDesiredReplicas(): number | undefined {
-    return this.spec?.replicas;
+  getDesiredReplicas(): number {
+    return this.spec?.replicas ?? 0;
   }
 
   getAvailableReplicas(): number | undefined {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.module.scss b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.module.scss
index 5de391e4f4..5ebd954dda 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.module.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.module.scss
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@
  */
 
 .ReplicationControllerDetails {
+
+  .desiredReplicas {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: calc(var(--margin) * 2);
+    align-items: center;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.tsx b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.tsx
index 0202cf6438..094e3d5344 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicationcontrollers/replicationcontroller-details.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import styles from "./replicationcontroller-details.module.scss";
 import React from "react";
+import { makeObservable, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { withInjectables } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-react";
 import { DrawerItem, DrawerTitle } from "../drawer";
@@ -12,17 +13,106 @@ import { Badge } from "../badge";
 import type { KubeObjectDetailsProps } from "../kube-object-details";
 import type { ReplicationControllerStore } from "./replicationcontroller-store";
 import replicationControllerStoreInjectable from "./replicationcontroller-store.injectable";
-import type { ReplicationController } from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints";
+import type {
+  ReplicationController,
+  ReplicationControllerApi,
+} from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints";
+import replicationControllerApiInjectable
+  from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/replication-controller.api.injectable";
+import { Button } from "../button";
+import { Input } from "../input";
+import showErrorNotificationInjectable from "../notifications/show-error-notification.injectable";
+import type { ShowNotification } from "../notifications";
+import hideDetailsInjectable from "../kube-detail-params/hide-details.injectable";
 
 export interface ReplicationControllerDetailsProps extends KubeObjectDetailsProps<ReplicationController> {
 }
 
 interface Dependencies {
   store: ReplicationControllerStore;
+  api: ReplicationControllerApi;
+  showNotificationError: ShowNotification;
+
+  hideDetails(): void;
 }
 
 @observer
-class NonInjectedReplicationControllerDetails extends React.Component<ReplicationControllerDetailsProps & Dependencies> {
+class NonInjectedReplicationControllerDetails<Props extends ReplicationControllerDetailsProps & Dependencies> extends React.Component<Props> {
+  @observable showScaleDialog = false;
+
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    makeObservable(this);
+  }
+
+  inputRef = React.createRef<Input>();
+
+  scale(replicas: number) {
+    const { object: resource, api } = this.props;
+
+    return api.scale({
+      name: resource.getName(),
+      namespace: resource.getNs(),
+    }, replicas);
+  }
+
+  renderReplicasAndScaleDialog() {
+    const { object: resource, showNotificationError, hideDetails } = this.props;
+
+    if (this.showScaleDialog) {
+      return (
+        <div className={styles.desiredReplicas}>
+          <Input
+            type="number"
+            min={1}
+            max={100}
+            defaultValue={resource.getDesiredReplicas().toString()}
+            ref={this.inputRef}
+          />
+          <Button
+            accent
+            label="Cancel"
+            onClick={() => this.showScaleDialog = false}
+          />
+          <Button
+            primary
+            label="Scale"
+            onClick={async () => {
+              const inputComponent = this.inputRef.current;
+              const newScaleVal = Number(inputComponent?.getValue());
+
+              if (isNaN(newScaleVal)) return;
+
+              try {
+                await this.scale(newScaleVal);
+                this.showScaleDialog = false;
+                hideDetails();
+              } catch (err) {
+                showNotificationError(String(err));
+              }
+            }}
+          />
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <div className={styles.desiredReplicas}>
+        <div>
+          {resource.getDesiredReplicas()}
+        </div>
+        <Button
+          primary
+          label="Scale"
+          onClick={() => {
+            this.showScaleDialog = true;
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => this.inputRef.current?.focus());
+          }}
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   render() {
     const { object: resource } = this.props;
 
@@ -32,7 +122,7 @@ class NonInjectedReplicationControllerDetails extends React.Component<Replicatio
           Spec
         </DrawerTitle>
         <DrawerItem name="Desired Replicas">
-          {resource.getDesiredReplicas()}
+          {this.renderReplicasAndScaleDialog()}
         </DrawerItem>
         <DrawerItem name="Selectors" labelsOnly>
           {
@@ -67,5 +157,8 @@ export const ReplicationControllerDetails = withInjectables<Dependencies, Replic
   getProps: (di, props) => ({
     ...props,
     store: di.inject(replicationControllerStoreInjectable),
+    api: di.inject(replicationControllerApiInjectable),
+    showNotificationError: di.inject(showErrorNotificationInjectable),
+    hideDetails: di.inject(hideDetailsInjectable),
   }),
 });