diff --git a/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/_deployment.tpl b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/_deployment.tpl
index e0a0ffd..a4eb110 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/_deployment.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/_deployment.tpl
@@ -159,6 +159,49 @@
           name: {{ include "common.fullname" $dot }}-backup
           readOnly: true
         resources: {{ include "common.resources" $dot | nindent 10 }}
+      {{- if (default false $dot.Values.metrics.enabled) }}
+      - name: {{ include "common.name" $dot }}-metrics
+        image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.dockerHubRepository" . }}/{{ $dot.Values.metrics.image }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ $dot.Values.global.pullPolicy | default $dot.Values.metrics.pullPolicy | quote}}
+        env:
+          - name: POSTGRES_METRICS_EXTRA_FLAGS
+            value: {{ default "" (join " " $dot.Values.metrics.extraFlags) | quote }}
+          - name: DATA_SOURCE_USER
+            value: "{{ $dot.Values.metrics.postgresUser }}"
+          - name: DATA_SOURCE_PASS
+            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" $dot "uid" (include "common.postgres.secret.rootPassUID" .) "key" "password") | indent 12 }}
+        command:
+          - sh
+          - -c
+          - |
+            DATA_SOURCE_URI="127.0.0.1:5432/?sslmode=disable" ./bin/postgres_exporter $POSTGRES_METRICS_EXTRA_FLAGS
+        ports:
+          {{- range $index, $metricPort := $dot.Values.metrics.ports }}
+          - name: {{ $metricPort.name }}
+            containerPort: {{ $metricPort.port }}
+            protocol: TCP
+        {{- end }}
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /metrics
+            port: tcp-metrics
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+          timeoutSeconds: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+          successThreshold: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.livenessProbe.successThreshold }}
+          failureThreshold: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.livenessProbe.failureThreshold }}
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /metrics
+            port: tcp-metrics
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+          timeoutSeconds: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+          successThreshold: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
+          failureThreshold: {{ $dot.Values.metrics.readinessProbe.failureThreshold }}
+        {{ include "common.containerSecurityContext" $dot | indent 10 | trim }}
+        resources: {{- toYaml $dot.Values.metrics.resources | nindent 12 }}
+        {{ end }}
         {{- if $dot.Values.nodeSelector }}
         nodeSelector:
 {{ toYaml $dot.Values.nodeSelector | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/metrics-svc-primary.yaml b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/metrics-svc-primary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..790dd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/metrics-svc-primary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2023 Deutsche Telekom
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+{{- if default false .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.service.name2  }}-metrics
+  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
+  labels: {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if .Values.metrics.service.annotations }}
+  annotations: {{- include "common.tplValue" (dict "value" .Values.metrics.service.annotations "context" .) | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.metrics.service.type2 }}
+  ports:
+    - name: tcp-metrics
+      port: {{ .Values.metrics.service.port2 }}
+      targetPort: tcp-metrics
+  selector:
+    name: {{ .Values.container.name.primary }}
+    release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/metrics-svc-replica.yaml b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/metrics-svc-replica.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aa8d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/metrics-svc-replica.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2023 Deutsche Telekom
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+{{- if default false .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.service.name3  }}-metrics
+  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
+  labels: {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if .Values.metrics.service.annotations }}
+  annotations: {{- include "common.tplValue" (dict "value" .Values.metrics.service.annotations "context" .) | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.metrics.service.type3 }}
+  ports:
+    - name: tcp-metrics
+      port: {{ .Values.metrics.service.port3 }}
+      targetPort: tcp-metrics
+  selector:
+    name: {{ .Values.container.name.replica }}
+    release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73faba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/common/postgres/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2023 Deutsche Telekom
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+{{- if .Values.metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled }}
+{{  include "common.serviceMonitor" . }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/postgres/values.yaml b/kubernetes/common/postgres/values.yaml
index 93f6d66..51b7759 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/postgres/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/postgres/values.yaml
@@ -149,3 +149,101 @@
       cpu: 1
       memory: 2Gi
   unlimited: {}
+
+metrics:
+  enabled: false
+  ## Bitnami Postgres Prometheus exporter image
+  ## ref: https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/postgres-exporter/tags/
+  ##
+  image: bitnami/postgres-exporter:0.11.1
+  pullPolicy: Always
+  ports:
+  - name: tcp-metrics
+    port: 9187
+  ## Postgres exporter additional command line flags
+  ## Can be used to specify command line flags
+  ## E.g.:
+  ## extraFlags:
+  ##   - --collect.binlog_size
+  ##
+  extraFlags: []
+  ## Postgres Prometheus exporter containers' resource requests and limits
+  ## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/compute-resources/
+  ##
+  resources:
+    # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
+    # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
+    # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
+    # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
+    limits:
+      cpu: 0.5
+      memory: 256Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 0.5
+      memory: 256Mi
+  ## Postgres metrics container's liveness and readiness probes
+  ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/#container-probes
+  ##
+  postgresUser: "postgres"
+  livenessProbe:
+    enabled: true
+    initialDelaySeconds: 30
+    periodSeconds: 10
+    timeoutSeconds: 180
+    successThreshold: 1
+    failureThreshold: 3
+  readinessProbe:
+    enabled: true
+    initialDelaySeconds: 30
+    periodSeconds: 10
+    timeoutSeconds: 180
+    successThreshold: 1
+    failureThreshold: 3
+  ## Postgres Prometheus exporter service parameters
+  ##
+  service:
+    type2: ClusterIP
+    port2: 9187
+    type3: ClusterIP
+    port3: 9187
+    annotations:
+      prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+      prometheus.io/port: "9187"
+  serviceMonitor:
+    enabled: false
+    basicAuth:
+      enabled: false
+    ## Namespace in which Prometheus is running
+    ##
+    ## namespace: monitoring
+    ##
+    ## Interval at which metrics should be scraped.
+    ## ref: https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/blob/master/Documentation/api.md#endpoint
+    ##
+    ## interval: 10s
+    ##
+    ## Timeout after which the scrape is ended
+    ## ref: https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/blob/master/Documentation/api.md#endpoint
+    ##
+    ## scrapeTimeout: 10s
+    ## Add your label under which prometheus is discovering resources
+    ## labels:
+      ## release: kube-prometheus-stack
+    ##
+    ## ServiceMonitor selector labels
+    ## ref: https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/master/bitnami/prometheus-operator#prometheus-configuration
+    ##
+    ## selector:
+      ## monitoring: enabled
+    ##
+    ## RelabelConfigs to apply to samples before scraping
+    ## ref: https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/blob/master/Documentation/api.md#relabelconfig
+    ## Value is evalued as a template
+    ##
+    relabelings: []
+    ##
+    ## MetricRelabelConfigs to apply to samples before ingestion
+    ## ref: https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/blob/master/Documentation/api.md#relabelconfig
+    ## Value is evalued as a template
+    ##
+    metricRelabelings: []