diff --git a/api/types/runner_group.go b/api/types/runner_group.go
index c47f105..3ba5abf 100644
--- a/api/types/runner_group.go
+++ b/api/types/runner_group.go
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ type RunnerGroupSpec struct {
 	NodeAffinity map[string][]string `json:"nodeAffinity,omitempty" yaml:"nodeAffinity"`
 	// ServiceAccount is the name of the ServiceAccount to use to run runners.
 	ServiceAccount *string `json:"serviceAccount,omitempty" yaml:"serviceAccount"`
+	// OwnerReference is to mark the runner group depending on this object.
+	//
+	// FORMAT: APIVersion:Kind:Name:UID
+	OwnerReference *string `json:"ownerReference,omitempty" yaml:"ownerReference"`
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kperf/commands/multirunners/server.go b/cmd/kperf/commands/multirunners/server.go
index a18963d..58a15aa 100644
--- a/cmd/kperf/commands/multirunners/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kperf/commands/multirunners/server.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ var serverCommand = cli.Command{
 			Usage:    "The runner's conainer image",
 			Required: true,
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "runner-owner",
+			Usage: "The runners depend on this object (FORMAT: APIServer:Kind:Name:UID)",
+		},
 		cli.StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:     "address",
 			Usage:    "Address for the server",
@@ -79,6 +83,11 @@ func buildRunnerGroupHandlers(cliCtx *cli.Context, serverName string) ([]*runner
 	imgRef := cliCtx.String("runner-image")
 	namespace := cliCtx.String("namespace")
 
+	ownerRef := ""
+	if cliCtx.IsSet("runner-owner") {
+		ownerRef = cliCtx.String("runner-owner")
+	}
+
 	groups := make([]*runnergroup.Handler, 0, len(specURIs))
 	for idx, specURI := range specURIs {
 		spec, err := runnergroup.NewRunnerGroupSpecFromURI(clientset, specURI)
@@ -86,6 +95,10 @@ func buildRunnerGroupHandlers(cliCtx *cli.Context, serverName string) ([]*runner
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		if ownerRef != "" {
+			spec.OwnerReference = &ownerRef
+		}
+
 		groupName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", serverName, idx)
 		g, err := runnergroup.NewHandler(clientset, namespace, groupName, spec, imgRef)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/runner/group/handler.go b/runner/group/handler.go
index 71fa2dd..133b496 100644
--- a/runner/group/handler.go
+++ b/runner/group/handler.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	apitypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ type Handler struct {
 	name      string
 	namespace string
 
-	spec *types.RunnerGroupSpec
+	spec     *types.RunnerGroupSpec
+	ownerRef *metav1.OwnerReference
 
 	// FIXME(weifu): should we migrate this field into RunnerGroupSpec?
 	imageRef string
@@ -49,10 +51,16 @@ func NewHandler(
 	spec *types.RunnerGroupSpec,
 	imageRef string,
 ) (*Handler, error) {
+	ownRef, err := buildOwnerReference(spec.OwnerReference)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &Handler{
 		name:      name,
 		namespace: namespace,
 		spec:      spec,
+		ownerRef:  ownRef,
 		imageRef:  imageRef,
 		clientset: clientset,
 	}, nil
@@ -108,6 +116,9 @@ func (h *Handler) uploadLoadProfileAsConfigMap(ctx context.Context) error {
 			configMapDataKeyLoadProfile: string(raw),
 		},
 	}
+	if h.ownerRef != nil {
+		cm.OwnerReferences = append(cm.OwnerReferences, *h.ownerRef)
+	}
 	_, err = cli.Create(ctx, cm, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	return err
 }
@@ -322,6 +333,10 @@ func (h *Handler) buildBatchJobObject(uploadURL string) *batchv1.Job {
 		},
 	}
 
+	if h.ownerRef != nil {
+		job.OwnerReferences = append(job.OwnerReferences, *h.ownerRef)
+	}
+
 	job.Spec.Template.Spec = corev1.PodSpec{
 		Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{},
 		Containers: []corev1.Container{
@@ -424,6 +439,25 @@ func (h *Handler) buildBatchJobObject(uploadURL string) *batchv1.Job {
 	return job
 }
 
+func buildOwnerReference(ref *string) (*metav1.OwnerReference, error) {
+	if ref == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	tokens := strings.SplitN(*ref, ":", 4)
+	if len(tokens) != 4 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s own reference is not apiVersion:kind:name:uid format", *ref)
+	}
+
+	return &metav1.OwnerReference{
+		APIVersion: tokens[0],
+		Kind:       tokens[1],
+		Name:       tokens[2],
+		UID:        apitypes.UID(tokens[3]),
+		Controller: toPtr(true),
+	}, nil
+}
+
 func jobFinished(job *batchv1.Job) bool {
 	return job.Status.Failed+job.Status.Succeeded == *job.Spec.Completions
 }