diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c95a06a90..6d95db0438 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+- Add metrics from `/proc/[pid]/io`
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/metric/system/process/process_linux_common.go b/metric/system/process/process_linux_common.go
index 026cf45699..e5a4a498ee 100644
--- a/metric/system/process/process_linux_common.go
+++ b/metric/system/process/process_linux_common.go
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ func FillPidMetrics(hostfs resolve.Resolver, pid int, state ProcState, filter fu
 	if err != nil {
 		return state, fmt.Errorf("error creating username for pid %d: %w", pid, err)
 	}
+
+	state.IO, err = getIOData(hostfs, pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return state, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IO metrics for pid %d: %w", pid, err)
+	}
+
 	return state, nil
 }
 
@@ -301,6 +307,44 @@ func getMemData(hostfs resolve.Resolver, pid int) (ProcMemInfo, error) {
 	return state, nil
 }
 
+func getIOData(hostfs resolve.Resolver, pid int) (ProcIOInfo, error) {
+	state := ProcIOInfo{}
+	path := hostfs.Join("proc", strconv.Itoa(pid), "io")
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return state, fmt.Errorf("error fetching IO metrics: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, metric := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
+		raw := strings.Split(metric, ": ")
+		if len(raw) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		value, err := strconv.ParseUint(raw[1], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return state, fmt.Errorf("error converting counters '%s' in io stat file: %w", raw, err)
+		}
+
+		switch raw[0] {
+		case "rchar":
+			state.ReadChar = opt.UintWith(value)
+		case "wchar":
+			state.WriteChar = opt.UintWith(value)
+		case "syscr":
+			state.ReadSyscalls = opt.UintWith(value)
+		case "syscw":
+			state.WriteSyscalls = opt.UintWith(value)
+		case "read_bytes":
+			state.ReadBytes = opt.UintWith(value)
+		case "write_bytes":
+			state.WriteBytes = opt.UintWith(value)
+		case "cancelled_write_bytes":
+			state.CancelledWriteBytes = opt.UintWith(value)
+		}
+	}
+	return state, nil
+}
+
 func getCPUTime(hostfs resolve.Resolver, pid int) (ProcCPUInfo, error) {
 	state := ProcCPUInfo{}
 
diff --git a/metric/system/process/process_linux_test.go b/metric/system/process/process_linux_test.go
index 401b0533cf..dbd36d96af 100644
--- a/metric/system/process/process_linux_test.go
+++ b/metric/system/process/process_linux_test.go
@@ -133,3 +133,21 @@ func TestParseProcStat(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, want, got, "")
 }
+
+func TestParseIO(t *testing.T) {
+	path := resolve.NewTestResolver("testdata/")
+	data, err := getIOData(path, 42)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	good := ProcIOInfo{
+		ReadChar:            opt.UintWith(10418),
+		WriteChar:           opt.UintWith(8),
+		ReadSyscalls:        opt.UintWith(14),
+		WriteSyscalls:       opt.UintWith(1),
+		ReadBytes:           opt.UintWith(5243),
+		WriteBytes:          opt.UintWith(128),
+		CancelledWriteBytes: opt.UintWith(4),
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, good, data)
+}
diff --git a/metric/system/process/process_types.go b/metric/system/process/process_types.go
index 27740b23cf..5603ad6a36 100644
--- a/metric/system/process/process_types.go
+++ b/metric/system/process/process_types.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type ProcState struct {
 	CPU     ProcCPUInfo                       `struct:"cpu,omitempty"`
 	FD      ProcFDInfo                        `struct:"fd,omitempty"`
 	Network *sysinfotypes.NetworkCountersInfo `struct:"-,omitempty"`
+	IO      ProcIOInfo                        `struct:"io,omitempty"`
 
 	// cgroups
 	Cgroup cgroup.CGStats `struct:"cgroup,omitempty"`
@@ -79,6 +80,24 @@ type CPUTotal struct {
 	Norm  opt.PctOpt `struct:"norm,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// ProcIOInfo is the struct for I/O counters from /proc/[pid]/io
+type ProcIOInfo struct {
+	// ReadChar is bytes read from the system, as passed from read() and similar syscalls
+	ReadChar opt.Uint `struct:"read_char,omitempty"`
+	// WriteChar is bytes written to the system, as passed to various syscalls
+	WriteChar opt.Uint `struct:"write_char,omitempty"`
+	//ReadSyscalls counts the number of read operations
+	ReadSyscalls opt.Uint `struct:"read_ops,omitempty"`
+	//WriteSyscalls counts the number of write operations
+	WriteSyscalls opt.Uint `struct:"write_ops,omitempty"`
+	// ReadBytes is the count of bytes that were actually fetched from the storage layer
+	ReadBytes opt.Uint `struct:"read_bytes,omitempty"`
+	// WriteBytes is the count of bytes that were actually written to the storage layer
+	WriteBytes opt.Uint `struct:"write_bytes,omitempty"`
+	// the number of bytes which this process caused to not happen, by truncating pagecache
+	CancelledWriteBytes opt.Uint `struct:"cancelled_write_bytes,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // ProcMemInfo is the struct for cpu.memory metrics
 type ProcMemInfo struct {
 	Size  opt.Uint   `struct:"size,omitempty"`
diff --git a/metric/system/process/testdata/proc/42/io b/metric/system/process/testdata/proc/42/io
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..862e22c6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metric/system/process/testdata/proc/42/io
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+rchar: 10418
+wchar: 8
+syscr: 14
+syscw: 1
+read_bytes: 5243
+write_bytes: 128
+cancelled_write_bytes: 4