diff --git a/dmci/__init__.py b/dmci/__init__.py
index e0468dc..986f5cc 100644
--- a/dmci/__init__.py
+++ b/dmci/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from dmci.config import Config
+from prometheus_flask_exporter import PrometheusMetrics
 
 
 def _init_logging(log_obj):
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ def api_main():
         sys.exit(1)
 
     dmci_app = App()
+    PrometheusMetrics(dmci_app)
     sys.exit(dmci_app.run())
 
 # END api_main entry point
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d080586..5789663 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ solrindexer @ git+https://github.com/metno/solr-indexer@v2.1.0
 requests>=2.22
 pyyaml>=5.1
 flask>=1.0
+prometheus_flask_exporter
 lxml>=4.2.0
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_init.py b/tests/test_core/test_init.py
index cf5be88..0727a8d 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_init.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         def run(self):
             return
 
+    monkeypatch.setattr("dmci.PrometheusMetrics", lambda x: False)
+
     exampleConf = os.path.join(rootDir, "example_config.yaml")
     monkeypatch.setenv("DMCI_CONFIG", exampleConf)
     monkeypatch.setattr("dmci.api.App", mockAPI)