diff --git a/ocs_ci/deployment/fusion_data_foundation.py b/ocs_ci/deployment/fusion_data_foundation.py
index 36a82c2024b..f11ca7eef34 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/deployment/fusion_data_foundation.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/deployment/fusion_data_foundation.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 class FusionDataFoundationDeployment:
     def __init__(self):
         self.pre_release = config.DEPLOYMENT.get("fdf_pre_release", False)
+        self.live_deployment = config.DEPLOYMENT.get("live_deployment", False)
         self.kubeconfig = config.RUN["kubeconfig"]
         self.lso_enabled = config.DEPLOYMENT.get("local_storage", False)
         self.fdf_skip_storage_setup = config.DEPLOYMENT.get(
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def deploy(self):
         """
 
         logger.info("Installing IBM Fusion Data Foundation")
-        if self.pre_release:
+        if self.pre_release and not self.live_deployment:
             self.create_image_tag_mirror_set()
             self.create_image_digest_mirror_set()
             self.setup_fdf_pre_release_deployment()
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/framework/fusion_fdf_init.py b/ocs_ci/utility/framework/fusion_fdf_init.py
index 8a9bcc28d22..e885862bbd1 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/framework/fusion_fdf_init.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/framework/fusion_fdf_init.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ def init_config(self, args: list) -> None:
                 load_config([cfg_file])
             if args.fdf_image_tag:
                 config.DEPLOYMENT["fdf_image_tag"] = args.fdf_image_tag
+            if args.live_deploy:
+                config.DEPLOYMENT["live_deployment"] = args.live_deploy
 
     def init_cli(self, args: list) -> list:
         """
@@ -151,6 +153,12 @@ def init_cli(self, args: list) -> list:
             parser.add_argument(
                 "--fdf-image-tag", default=None, help="Image tag of FDF to install"
             )
+            parser.add_argument(
+                "--live-deploy",
+                action="store_true",
+                default=False,
+                help="Deploy FDF from live registry (GA)",
+            )
 
         parsed_args, _ = parser.parse_known_args(args)