diff --git a/mlrun/model_monitoring/batch.py b/mlrun/model_monitoring/batch.py
index dfb3bc5047cc..7bffa5b93aed 100644
--- a/mlrun/model_monitoring/batch.py
+++ b/mlrun/model_monitoring/batch.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import v3io
 import v3io.dataplane
 import v3io_frames
+from v3io_frames.frames_pb2 import IGNORE
 
 import mlrun.common.helpers
 import mlrun.common.model_monitoring.helpers
@@ -592,6 +593,15 @@ def _initialize_v3io_configurations(self):
             container=self.tsdb_container,
             token=self.v3io_access_key,
         )
+        logger.info(
+            "Creating table in TSDB if it does not already exist", table=self.tsdb_path
+        )
+        self.frames.create(
+            backend="tsdb",
+            table=self.tsdb_path,
+            if_exists=IGNORE,
+            rate="1/s",
+        )
 
     def post_init(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/system/model_monitoring/test_model_monitoring.py b/tests/system/model_monitoring/test_model_monitoring.py
index 2d2f680de0c8..10d4a6bf70e1 100644
--- a/tests/system/model_monitoring/test_model_monitoring.py
+++ b/tests/system/model_monitoring/test_model_monitoring.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import mlrun.serving.routers
 from mlrun.errors import MLRunNotFoundError
 from mlrun.model import BaseMetadata
+from mlrun.model_monitoring.writer import _TSDB_BE, ModelMonitoringWriter
 from mlrun.runtimes import BaseRuntime
 from mlrun.utils.v3io_clients import get_frames_client
 from tests.system.base import TestMLRunSystem
@@ -959,3 +960,77 @@ def test_model_monitoring_with_kafka_stream(self):
 
         assert model_endpoint.status.metrics["generic"]["latency_avg_5m"] > 0
         assert model_endpoint.status.metrics["generic"]["predictions_count_5m"] > 0
+
+
+@TestMLRunSystem.skip_test_if_env_not_configured
+@pytest.mark.enterprise
+class TestModelInferenceTSDBRecord(TestMLRunSystem):
+    """
+    Test that batch inference records results to V3IO TSDB when tracking is
+    enabled and the selected model does not have a serving endpoint.
+    """
+
+    project_name = "infer-model-tsdb"
+    name_prefix = "infer-model-only"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def custom_setup_class(cls) -> None:
+        dataset = load_iris()
+        cls.train_set = pd.DataFrame(
+            dataset.data,  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
+            columns=[
+                "sepal_length_cm",
+                "sepal_width_cm",
+                "petal_length_cm",
+                "petal_width_cm",
+            ],
+        )
+        cls.model_name = "clf_model"
+
+        cls.infer_results_df = cls.train_set.copy()
+        cls.infer_results_df[
+            mlrun.common.schemas.EventFieldType.TIMESTAMP
+        ] = datetime.utcnow()
+
+    def _log_model(self) -> str:
+        model = self.project.log_model(  # pyright: ignore[reportOptionalMemberAccess]
+            self.model_name,
+            model_dir=os.path.relpath(self.assets_path),
+            model_file="model.pkl",
+            training_set=self.train_set,
+            artifact_path=f"v3io:///projects/{self.project_name}",
+        )
+        return model.uri
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _test_v3io_tsdb_record(cls) -> None:
+        frames = ModelMonitoringWriter._get_v3io_frames_client(
+            v3io_container="users",
+        )
+        df: pd.DataFrame = frames.read(
+            backend=_TSDB_BE,
+            table=f"pipelines/{cls.project_name}/model-endpoints/events",
+            start="now-5m",
+        )
+        assert len(df) == 1, "Expected a single record in the TSDB"
+        assert {
+            "endpoint_id",
+            "record_type",
+            "hellinger_mean",
+            "kld_mean",
+            "tvd_mean",
+        } == set(df.columns), "Unexpected columns in the TSDB record"
+
+    def test_record(self) -> None:
+        model_uri = self._log_model()
+        mlrun.model_monitoring.api.record_results(
+            project=self.project_name,
+            infer_results_df=self.infer_results_df,
+            model_path=model_uri,
+            trigger_monitoring_job=True,
+            model_endpoint_name=f"{self.name_prefix}-test",
+            context=mlrun.get_or_create_ctx(
+                name=f"{self.name_prefix}-context"
+            ),  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
+        )
+        self._test_v3io_tsdb_record()