diff --git a/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go b/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go
index 36f3bb296..ce51d4227 100644
--- a/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go
+++ b/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ const (
 	// RackLabel is the operator's label for the rack name
 	CassOperatorProgressLabel = "cassandra.datastax.com/operator-progress"
 
+	// PromMetricsLabel is a service label that can be selected for prometheus metrics scraping
+	PromMetricsLabel = "cassandra.datastax.com/prom-metrics"
+
 	// CassNodeState
 	CassNodeState = "cassandra.datastax.com/node-state"
 
diff --git a/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service.go b/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service.go
index 645b0056d..9c3778005 100644
--- a/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service.go
+++ b/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func newNodePortServiceForCassandraDatacenter(dc *api.CassandraDatacenter) *core
 func newAllPodsServiceForCassandraDatacenter(dc *api.CassandraDatacenter) *corev1.Service {
 	service := makeGenericHeadlessService(dc)
 	service.ObjectMeta.Name = dc.GetAllPodsServiceName()
+	service.ObjectMeta.Labels[api.PromMetricsLabel] = "true"
 	service.Spec.PublishNotReadyAddresses = true
 
 	nativePort := api.DefaultNativePort
diff --git a/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service_test.go b/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service_test.go
index a19635c47..b8ca2200f 100644
--- a/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service_test.go
+++ b/operator/pkg/reconciliation/construct_service_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 package reconciliation
 
 import (
+	"github.com/datastax/cass-operator/operator/pkg/oplabels"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -27,3 +29,27 @@ func TestCassandraDatacenter_buildLabelSelectorForSeedService(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("buildLabelSelectorForSeedService = %v, want %v", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCassandraDatacenter_allPodsServiceLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	dc := &api.CassandraDatacenter{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "dc1",
+		},
+		Spec: api.CassandraDatacenterSpec{
+			ClusterName: "bob",
+		},
+	}
+	wantLabels := map[string]string{
+		oplabels.ManagedByLabel: oplabels.ManagedByLabelValue,
+		api.ClusterLabel:        "bob",
+		api.DatacenterLabel:     "dc1",
+		api.PromMetricsLabel:    "true",
+	}
+
+	service := newAllPodsServiceForCassandraDatacenter(dc)
+
+	gotLabels := service.ObjectMeta.Labels
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wantLabels, gotLabels) {
+		t.Errorf("allPodsService labels = %v, want %v", gotLabels, wantLabels)
+	}
+}