diff --git a/controller/telemetry/metrics.go b/controller/telemetry/metrics.go
index 26d4bf5..40f9085 100644
--- a/controller/telemetry/metrics.go
+++ b/controller/telemetry/metrics.go
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ var (
 			Help:      "The invocation duration in seconds for a given function",
 			Buckets:   []float64{0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2},
 		}, labels)
+
+	FunctionBuildCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "morty",
+			Name:      "function_build_count",
+			Help:      "The total number of builds",
+		}, []string{"build_id", "runtime"})
 )
 
 // init() will get called on main() function initialization, so
@@ -29,4 +36,5 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(FunctionInvocationCounter)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(FunctionInvocationDurationHistogram)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(FunctionBuildCounter)
 }
diff --git a/registry/registry/build.go b/registry/registry/build.go
index 345a85a..b50697d 100644
--- a/registry/registry/build.go
+++ b/registry/registry/build.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/morty-faas/morty/controller/telemetry"
 	"github.com/morty-faas/morty/registry/builder"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ func (s *Server) BuildHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	log.Infof("build/%s: function build successful", opts.Id)
 
+	telemetry.FunctionBuildCounter.WithLabelValues(opts.Id, opts.Runtime).Inc()
+
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	_, _ = w.Write([]byte("/v1/functions/" + functionName + "/" + functionVersion))
 }