diff --git a/src/node/db/DB.js b/src/node/db/DB.js
index c0993e8ec..e1097e905 100644
--- a/src/node/db/DB.js
+++ b/src/node/db/DB.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 const ueberDB = require('ueberdb2');
 const settings = require('../utils/Settings');
 const log4js = require('log4js');
+const stats = require('../stats');
 const util = require('util');
 
 // set database settings
@@ -48,6 +49,13 @@ exports.init = async () => await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
+    if (db.metrics != null) {
+      for (const [metric, value] of Object.entries(db.metrics)) {
+        if (typeof value !== 'number') continue;
+        stats.gauge(`ueberdb_${metric}`, () => db.metrics[metric]);
+      }
+    }
+
     // everything ok, set up Promise-based methods
     ['get', 'set', 'findKeys', 'getSub', 'setSub', 'remove'].forEach((fn) => {
       exports[fn] = util.promisify(db[fn].bind(db));