diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/BUILD.bazel
index 801fe35cdae3..ba6b7405fbc5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/BUILD.bazel
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ go_library(
         "pgx.go",
         "pgx_blocklist.go",
         "pop.go",
+        "prometheus.go",
         "psycopg.go",
         "psycopg_blocklist.go",
         "python_helpers.go",
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/prometheus.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/prometheus.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a19d192fe09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/prometheus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+// included in the file licenses/BSL.txt.
+//
+// As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+// the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+// by the Apache License, Version 2.0, included in the file
+// licenses/APL.txt.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type prometheus struct {
+	c              *cluster
+	prometheusNode nodeListOption
+	nodes          nodeListOption
+}
+
+// initPrometheus installs and runs prometheus on prometheusNode, which scrapes
+// prometheus metrics from the given nodes.
+// The prometheus instance should be killed with the cleanup method.
+func initPrometheus(
+	ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster, prometheusNode nodeListOption, nodes nodeListOption,
+) *prometheus {
+	p := &prometheus{
+		c:              c,
+		prometheusNode: prometheusNode,
+		nodes:          nodes,
+	}
+
+	ips, err := c.ExternalIP(ctx, nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for i, ip := range ips {
+		ips[i] = fmt.Sprintf("'%s:2112'", ip)
+	}
+	cfg := fmt.Sprintf(
+		`
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 10s
+  scrape_timeout: 5s
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: 'workload'
+    static_configs:
+    - targets: [%s]
+    metrics_path: '/'
+`,
+		strings.Join(ips, ","),
+	)
+
+	if err := repeatRunE(
+		ctx,
+		c,
+		prometheusNode,
+		"install prometheus",
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			`rm -rf /tmp/prometheus && mkdir /tmp/prometheus && cd /tmp/prometheus &&
+			wget -O prometheus.tar.gz https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.27.1/prometheus-2.27.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz &&
+			tar xvf prometheus.tar.gz --strip-components=1 &&
+			echo "%s" > prometheus.yml
+		`,
+			cfg,
+		),
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		// TODO: use stopper to cleanup properly.
+		if err := p.c.RunE(
+			ctx,
+			p.prometheusNode,
+			`cd /tmp/prometheus &&
+			./prometheus --config.file=prometheus.yml --storage.tsdb.path=data/ --web.enable-admin-api`,
+		); err != nil {
+			shout(ctx, c.l, os.Stderr, "failed to initialize prometheus: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return p
+}
+
+// cleanup kills the prometheus instance using SIGINT, which exits
+// the prometheus thread cleanly.
+func (p *prometheus) cleanup(ctx context.Context) {
+	if err := p.c.RunE(
+		ctx,
+		p.prometheusNode,
+		`pgrep prometheus | xargs kill -2`,
+	); err != nil {
+		shout(ctx, p.c.l, os.Stderr, "failed to kill prometheus: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// snapshot takes a snapshot of prometheus data from the prometheus
+// node and store a compressed version in the cluster artifacts dir
+// as the given filename.
+func (p *prometheus) snapshot(ctx context.Context, filename string) {
+	if err := p.c.RunE(
+		ctx,
+		p.prometheusNode,
+		`curl -XPOST http://localhost:9090/api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot &&
+	cd /tmp/prometheus && tar cvf prometheus-snapshot.tar.gz data/snapshots`,
+	); err != nil {
+		shout(ctx, p.c.l, os.Stderr, "failed to make prometheus snapshot: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := p.c.Get(
+		ctx,
+		p.c.l,
+		"/tmp/prometheus/prometheus-snapshot.tar.gz",
+		filepath.Join(p.c.t.ArtifactsDir(), filename),
+		p.prometheusNode,
+	); err != nil {
+		shout(ctx, p.c.l, os.Stderr, "failed to get prometheus snapshot: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go
index e5b68ad1c618..fea6f2c5b12a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpcc.go
@@ -140,7 +140,21 @@ func runTPCC(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster, opts tpccOptions) {
 		}
 		rampDuration = 30 * time.Second
 	}
+
 	crdbNodes, workloadNode := setupTPCC(ctx, t, c, opts)
+
+	// TODO(otan): make this work locally as well.
+	if !c.isLocal() {
+		t.Status("initializing prometheus")
+		p := initPrometheus(ctx, t, c, workloadNode, workloadNode)
+		defer func() {
+			t.Status("make prometheus snapshot")
+			p.snapshot(ctx, "workload-prometheus-snapshot.tar.gz")
+			t.Status("cleaning up prometheus")
+			p.cleanup(ctx)
+		}()
+	}
+
 	t.Status("waiting")
 	m := newMonitor(ctx, c, crdbNodes)
 	m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) error {