diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -2866,6 +2866,8 @@
 
 elasticsearch::config::path::data: /srv/elasticsearch
 elasticsearch::config::path::logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
+elasticsearch::config::http::port: 9200
+elasticsearch::config::prometheus::indices: false
 
 elasticsearch::config:
   cluster.name: "%{alias('elasticsearch::config::cluster::name')}"
@@ -2874,6 +2876,8 @@
   cluster.initial_master_nodes: "%{alias('elasticsearch::config::cluster::initial_master_nodes')}"
   path.data: "%{alias('elasticsearch::config::path::data')}"
   path.logs: "%{alias('elasticsearch::config::path::logs')}"
+  http.port: "%{alias('elasticsearch::config::http::port')}"
+  prometheus.indices: "%{alias('elasticsearch::config::prometheus::indices')}"
 
 logstash::listen_network: "%{lookup('internal_network')}"
 logstash::elasticsearch::hosts: "%{alias('elasticsearch::hosts')}"
@@ -4291,3 +4295,5 @@
     ip: 192.168.100.128
 opnsense::prometheus::port: 9100
 opnsense::prometheus::metrics_path: /metrics
+
+prometheus::elasticsearch::exporter::version: "%{lookup('elastic::elk_version')}.0"
diff --git a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
@@ -257,3 +257,4 @@
   - search-esnode0
 
 elasticsearch::jvm_options::heap_size: 8g
+elasticsearch::config::prometheus::indices: true
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/elasticsearch.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/elasticsearch.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/elasticsearch.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/elasticsearch.pp
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   $path_data = lookup('elasticsearch::config::path::data')
   $jvm_options = lookup('elasticsearch::jvm_options')
 
+  # for the prometheus exporter
+  $elasticsearch_http_port = lookup('elasticsearch::config::http::port')
+  $elasticsearch_cluster_name = lookup('elasticsearch::config::cluster::name')
 
   apt::pin { 'elasticsearch':
     packages => 'elasticsearch elasticsearch-oss',
@@ -78,4 +81,13 @@
       File[$path_data],
     ],
   }
+
+  include profile::prometheus::elasticsearch
+
+  profile::prometheus::export_scrape_config {"elasticsearch_${::fqdn}":
+    job          => 'elasticsearch',
+    target       => "${::fqdn}:${elasticsearch_http_port}",
+    scheme       => 'http',
+    metrics_path => '/_prometheus/metrics',
+  }
 }
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/elasticsearch.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/elasticsearch.pp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/prometheus/elasticsearch.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Deployment of prometheus elasticsearch exporter
+
+class profile::prometheus::elasticsearch {
+  include profile::prometheus::base
+
+  $version = lookup('prometheus::elasticsearch::exporter::version')
+
+  $archive_url = "https://github.com/vvanholl/elasticsearch-prometheus-exporter/releases/download/${version}/prometheus-exporter-${version}.zip"
+  $archive_path = '/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/prometheus-exporter'
+
+  file { $archive_path:
+    ensure  => directory,
+    owner   => 'elasticsearch',
+    group   => 'elasticsearch',
+    mode    => '0755',
+    require => Package['elasticsearch']
+  }
+  -> archive { 'prometheus-elasticsearch-exporter':
+    path         => "/tmp/prometheus-exporter-${version}.zip",
+    source       => $archive_url,
+    extract      => true,
+    extract_path => '/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/prometheus-exporter',
+    creates      => "${archive_path}/plugin-descriptor.properties",
+    cleanup      => true,
+    user         => 'root',
+    group        => 'root',
+    require      => Package['elasticsearch'],
+  }
+
+  Archive['prometheus-elasticsearch-exporter'] ~> Service['elasticsearch']
+}