diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index a5f9834eb..9cbe23434 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import logging
 import json
 import os
 import subprocess as sp
+from prometheus_client import REGISTRY, generate_latest
 import pytz
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR, MAX_SEGMENT_DURATION, RECORD_DIR
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings
 from frigate.object_processing import TrackedObject
+from frigate.prometheus_exporter import FrigateCollector
 from frigate.stats import stats_snapshot
 from frigate.util import (
     clean_camera_user_pass,
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ def create_app(
 
     app.register_blueprint(bp)
 
+    
+
     return app
 
 
@@ -820,6 +824,12 @@ def stats():
     return jsonify(stats)
 
 
+@bp.route("/metrics")
+def metrics():
+
+    return generate_latest()
+
+
 @bp.route("/<camera_name>")
 def mjpeg_feed(camera_name):
     fps = int(request.args.get("fps", "3"))
diff --git a/frigate/prometheus_exporter.py b/frigate/prometheus_exporter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66765ca79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frigate/prometheus_exporter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from typing import Dict
+import json
+import re
+import time
+import random
+from os import path
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+import yaml
+from prometheus_client.core import GaugeMetricFamily, REGISTRY, CounterMetricFamily
+
+
+def add_metric(metric, label, data, key, multiplier=1.0):
+    try:
+        string = str(data[key])
+        value = float(re.findall(r'\d+', string)[0])
+        metric.add_metric([label], value * multiplier)
+    except (KeyError, TypeError, IndexError):
+        pass
+
+class FrigateCollector(object):
+
+    def __init__ (self, metricsobject, dataobject):
+        self.metricsobject = metricsobject
+        self.dataobject = dataobject
+
+
+
+    def collect(self):
+
+
+class PromMetricsClass:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.metrics = dict()
+
+class PromDataClass:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.values_in = dict()
+        self.values_out = dict()