diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
     depends_on:
       - zookeeper
 
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus
+    command:
+      # Needed for the reverse-proxy
+      - "--web.external-url=/prometheus"
+    volumes:
+      - "./prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
   nginx:
     image: nginx
     volumes:
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
       rewrite ^/objstorage/(.*)$ /$1 break;
       proxy_pass $upstream;
     }
+    location /prometheus {
+      set $upstream "http://prometheus:9090";
+      proxy_pass $upstream;
+    }
     location / {
       set $upstream "http://swh-web:5004";
       proxy_pass $upstream;
diff --git a/prometheus.yml b/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# my global config
+global:
+  scrape_interval:     15s # Set the scrape interval to every 15 seconds. Default is every 1 minute.
+  evaluation_interval: 15s # Evaluate rules every 15 seconds. The default is every 1 minute.
+  # scrape_timeout is set to the global default (10s).
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: prometheus
+    static_configs:
+    - targets:
+        - localhost:9090
+    metrics_path: /prometheus/metrics