diff --git a/cmd/nfd-master/main.go b/cmd/nfd-master/main.go
index 949a31a585..238bace773 100644
--- a/cmd/nfd-master/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nfd-master/main.go
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*master.Args, *master.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 		"Enable NFD CRD API controller for processing NodeFeature and NodeFeatureRule objects.")
 	flagset.IntVar(&args.Port, "port", 8080,
 		"Port on which to listen for connections.")
+	flagset.IntVar(&args.MetricsPort, "metrics", 8081,
+		"Port on which to expose metrics.")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&args.Prune, "prune", false,
 		"Prune all NFD related attributes from all nodes of the cluaster and exit.")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&args.VerifyNodeName, "verify-node-name", false,
diff --git a/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go b/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go
index 02866257d9..351260c9ea 100644
--- a/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nfd-worker/main.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func initFlags(flagset *flag.FlagSet) (*worker.Args, *worker.ConfigOverrideArgs)
 		"Kubeconfig to use")
 	flagset.BoolVar(&args.Oneshot, "oneshot", false,
 		"Do not publish feature labels")
+	flagset.IntVar(&args.MetricsPort, "metrics", 8081,
+		"Port on which to expose metrics.")
 	flagset.StringVar(&args.Options, "options", "",
 		"Specify config options from command line. Config options are specified "+
 			"in the same format as in the config file (i.e. json or yaml). These options")
diff --git a/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml b/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml
index bcf0b38405..b1042b789f 100644
--- a/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/master/master-deployment.yaml
@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ spec:
           command:
             - "nfd-master"
           ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8081
             - name: grpc
               containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml b/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml
index f93bf175f7..2132498ce8 100644
--- a/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/worker-daemonset/worker-daemonset.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ spec:
             - "nfd-worker"
           args:
             - "-server=nfd-master:8080"
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8081
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml
index e40b31ab08..8350299e8b 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/master.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ spec:
             - "-key-file=/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/certs/tls.key"
             - "-cert-file=/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/certs/tls.crt"
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.metrics.prometheus.enable }}
+            - "-metrics={{ .Values.metrics.port }}"       
+            {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.metrics.enable }}
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.metrics.port }}
+          {{- else }}   
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 0
+          {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             {{- if .Values.tls.enable }}
             - name: nfd-master-cert
@@ -139,7 +151,6 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: nfd-master.conf
                 path: nfd-master.conf
-
     {{- with .Values.master.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/prometheus.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/prometheus.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d2033afa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/prometheus.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{{- if .Values.metrics.prometheus.enable }}
+# Prometheus Monitor Service (Metrics)
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: nfd-metrics
+  labels:
+    app: nfd
+spec:
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+    - honorLabels: true
+      interval: 10s
+      path: /metrics
+      port: metrics
+      scheme: http
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+    - node-feature-discovery      
+  selector:
+    matchExpressions:
+    - {key: app, operator: Exists}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+  namespace: monitoring
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: prometheus-operator
+  namespace: monitoring
+
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml
index c1240bdc93..f5d1bf153b 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/worker.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ spec:
         - "-key-file=/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/certs/tls.key"
         - "-cert-file=/etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/certs/tls.crt"
 {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.metrics.enable }}
+        - "-metrics={{ .Values.metrics.port }}"       
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.metrics.enable }}
+        ports:
+          - name: metrics
+            containerPort: {{ .Values.metrics.port }}   
+      {{- end }}
         volumeMounts:
         - name: host-boot
           mountPath: "/host-boot"
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
index d2f5c965e7..2636357f1c 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/values.yaml
@@ -493,3 +493,8 @@ topologyGC:
 tls:
   enable: false
   certManager: false
+
+metrics:
+  prometheus:
+    enable: false
+    port: 8081
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
index 8774b59f8e..28ce9f51f1 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ components:
 - ../../components/worker-config
 - ../../components/common
 - ../../components/master-config
+- ../../components/prometheus
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/prometheus/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..272b34ff76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+namespace: node-feature-discovery
+
+resources:
+- namespace.yaml
+
+components:
+- ../../components/prometheus
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/prometheus/monitor.yaml b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f21ea284b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Prometheus Monitor Service (Metrics)
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: nfd-metrics
+  labels:
+    app: nfd
+spec:
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+    - honorLabels: true
+      interval: 10s
+      path: /metrics
+      port: metrics
+      scheme: http
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+    - node-feature-discovery      
+  selector:
+    matchExpressions:
+    - {key: app, operator: In, values: ["nfd-master", "nfd-worker"]}
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/prometheus/namespace.yaml b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e54de2e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: node-feature-discovery
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/prometheus/rbac.yaml b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a968a9c1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/overlays/prometheus/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+  namespace: node-feature-discovery
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: prometheus-k8s
+  namespace: monitoring
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: prometheus-operator
+  namespace: monitoring
diff --git a/docs/deployment/helm.md b/docs/deployment/helm.md
index 341211dad3..f822728cb0 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/helm.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/helm.md
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ We have introduced the following Chart parameters.
 | `tls.enable` | bool | false | Specifies whether to use TLS for communications between components |
 | `tls.certManager` | bool | false | If enabled, requires [cert-manager](https://cert-manager.io/docs/) to be installed and will automatically create the required TLS certificates |
 | `enableNodeFeatureApi` | bool  | false | Enable the [NodeFeature](../usage/custom-resources.md#nodefeature) CRD API for communicating node features. This will automatically disable the gRPC communication.
+| `metrics.prometheus.enable` | bool | false | Specifies whether to expose mtrics using prometheus.Operator |
+| `metrics.prometheus.port` | integer | 8081 | Port on which to expose metrics from components to prometheus.Operator |
+
+Metrics are configured to be exposed using prometheus.Operator API's by
+default. If you want to expose metrics using the prometheus.Operator
+API's you need to install the prometheus.Operator in your cluster.
 
 ### Master pod parameters
 
diff --git a/docs/deployment/kustomize.md b/docs/deployment/kustomize.md
index 6e5abccefc..3080b6f20a 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/kustomize.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/kustomize.md
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ scenarios under
   see [Master Worker Topologyupdater](#master-worker-topologyupdater) below
 - [`topologyupdater`](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/blob/{{site.release}}/deployment/overlays/topologyupdater):
   see [Topology Updater](#topologyupdater) below
+- [`Metrics`](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/blob/{{site.release}}/deployment/overlays/prometheus):
+  see [Metrics](#metrics) below
 - [`prune`](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/blob/{{site.release}}/deployment/overlays/prune):
   clean up the cluster after uninstallation, see
   [Removing feature labels](uninstallation.md#removing-feature-labels)
@@ -137,6 +139,28 @@ kubectl apply -k https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/deplo
 
 ```
 
+# Metrics
+
+To Add metrics scraping for prometheus-operator,
+To allow [prometheus-operator][prometheus-operator]
+to scrape metrics from node-feature-discovery,
+run the following command:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -k https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/deployment/overlays/default?ref={{ site.release }}
+kubectl apply -k https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/deployment/overlays/prometheus?ref={{ site.release }}
+```
+
+The exposed metrics are
+
+| Metric        | Type | Meaning |
+| --------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
+|  `nfd_master_build_info`           | Gauge | Version from which nfd-master was built. |
+|  `nfd_worker_build_info`           | Gauge | Version from which nfd-worker was built. |
+|  `nfd_updated_nodes`           |  Counter | Time taken to label a node |
+|  `nfd_crd_processing_time`          |  Gauge | Time taken to process a NodeFeatureRule CRD |
+| `nfd_feature_discovery_duration_seconds` |  HistogramVec | Time taken to discover features on a node |
+
 ## Uninstallation
 
 Simplest way is to invoke `kubectl delete` on the overlay that was used for
@@ -162,3 +186,4 @@ kubectl delete clusterrolebinding nfd-master
 
 <!-- Links -->
 [kustomize]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
+[prometheus-operator]: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ef5221688a..fb5ea32e10 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.4
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.6
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1
 	github.com/smartystreets/assertions v1.2.0
 	github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.6.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.7.0 // indirect
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libopenstorage/openstorage v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lithammer/dedent v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mistifyio/go-zfs v2.1.2-0.20190413222219-f784269be439+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1 // indirect
@@ -129,10 +130,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.42.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rubiojr/go-vhd v0.0.0-20200706105327-02e210299021 // indirect
 	github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 // indirect
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.1.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220223155221-ee480838109b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.60.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 50b6f34f89..41106d81ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a h1:idn718Q4
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.24/go.mod h1:tlPOdRjfxPBpNIwqDj61rmsnA85v9jc0Ps9+muhnW+k=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
-github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
@@ -123,8 +122,9 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInq
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 h1:YRXhKfTDauu4ajMg1TPgFO5jnlC2HCbmLXMcTG5cbYE=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 h1:1Lwwip6Q2QGsAdl/ZKPCwTe9fe0CjlUbqj5bFNSjIRk=
 github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.3.0 h1:wpFFOoomK3389ue2lAb0Boag6XPht5QYpipxmSNL4d8=
 github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.3.0/go.mod h1:E/eQpaFtUKGOOSEBZgmKAcn+zUUwWxqcaKZlF54wK8E=
@@ -451,8 +451,9 @@ github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czP
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2 h1:hAHbPm5IJGijwng3PWk09JkG9WeqChjprR5s9bBZ+OM=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2/go.mod h1:BSXmuO+STAnVfrANrmjBb36TMTDstsz7MSK+HVaYKv4=
+github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 h1:mmDVorXM7PCGKw94cs5zkfA9PSy5pEvNWRP0ET0TIVo=
+github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4/go.mod h1:BSXmuO+STAnVfrANrmjBb36TMTDstsz7MSK+HVaYKv4=
 github.com/mistifyio/go-zfs v2.1.2-0.20190413222219-f784269be439+incompatible h1:aKW/4cBs+yK6gpqU3K/oIwk9Q/XICqd3zOX/UFuvqmk=
 github.com/mistifyio/go-zfs v2.1.2-0.20190413222219-f784269be439+incompatible/go.mod h1:8AuVvqP/mXw1px98n46wfvcGfQ4ci2FwoAjKYxuo3Z4=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
@@ -553,8 +554,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5Fsn
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0 h1:nJdhIvne2eSX/XRAFV9PcvFFRbrjbcTUj0VP62TMhnw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0/go.mod h1:8vpkKitgIVNcqrRBWh1C4TIUQgYNtG/XQE4E/Zae36Y=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1 h1:8tXpTmJbyH5lydzFPoxSIJ0J46jdh3tylbvM1xCv0LI=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1/go.mod h1:e9yaBhRPU2pPNsZwE+JdQl0KEt1N9XgF6zxWmaC0xOk=
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@@ -852,8 +855,9 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210805134026-6f1e6394065a/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ
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@@ -1003,7 +1008,6 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190628153133-6cdbf07be9d0/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgw
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diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go b/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52687520c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package nfdmaster
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/version"
+)
+
+// When adding metric names, see https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names
+const (
+	buildInfoQuery         = "nfd_master_build_info"
+	updatedNodesQuery      = "nfd_updated_nodes"
+	crdProcessingTimeQuery = "nfd_crd_processing_time"
+)
+
+var (
+	srv *http.Server
+
+	buildInfo = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: buildInfoQuery,
+		Help: "Version from which Node Feature Discovery was built.",
+		ConstLabels: map[string]string{
+			"version": version.Get(),
+		},
+	})
+	updatedNodes = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: updatedNodesQuery,
+		Help: "Number of nodes updated by the master.",
+	})
+	crdProcessingTime = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: crdProcessingTimeQuery,
+		Help: "Time spent processing the NodeFeatureRule CRD.",
+	})
+)
+
+// registerVersion exposes the Operator build version.
+func registerVersion(version string) {
+	buildInfo.SetToCurrentTime()
+}
+
+// runMetricsServer starts a http server to expose metrics
+func runMetricsServer(port int) {
+
+	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	r.MustRegister(buildInfo,
+		updatedNodes,
+		crdProcessingTime)
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(r, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
+
+	klog.InfoS("Metrics server serving on", "port", port)
+	srv = &http.Server{Addr: fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port), Handler: mux}
+	klog.InfoS("Metrics server stopped", "exit code", srv.ListenAndServe())
+}
+
+// stopMetricsServer stops the metrics server
+func stopMetricsServer() {
+	if srv != nil {
+		klog.InfoS("Stopping metrics server", "port", srv.Addr)
+		srv.Close()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
index 078bbe1804..ca0d12eabf 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ type Args struct {
 	VerifyNodeName       bool
 	Options              string
 	EnableLeaderElection bool
+	MetricsPort          int
 
 	Overrides ConfigOverrideArgs
 }
@@ -241,6 +242,14 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) Run() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update master node: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Register to metrics server
+	if m.args.MetricsPort > 0 {
+		go runMetricsServer(m.args.MetricsPort)
+		registerVersion(version.Get())
+		defer stopMetricsServer()
+	}
+
 	// Run gRPC server
 	grpcErr := make(chan error, 1)
 	go m.runGrpcServer(grpcErr)
@@ -381,6 +390,10 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) nfdAPIUpdateHandler() {
 			} else {
 				for nodeName := range updateNodes {
 					m.nodeUpdaterPool.queue.Add(nodeName)
+					if err := m.nfdAPIUpdateOneNode(nodeName); err != nil {
+						klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to update node", "node", nodeName)
+						updateNodes[nodeName] = struct{}{}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -685,10 +698,13 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) nfdAPIUpdateAllNodes() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// initialize the node updater counter
 	for _, node := range nodes.Items {
 		m.nodeUpdaterPool.queue.Add(node.Name)
+		if err := m.nfdAPIUpdateOneNode(node.Name); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -841,6 +857,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) refreshNodeFeatures(cli *kubernetes.Clientset, nodeName stri
 		return err
 	}
 
+	updatedNodes.Inc()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -964,6 +981,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) processNodeFeatureRule(nodeName string, features *nfdv1alpha
 	}
 
 	// Process all rule CRs
+	processStart := time.Now()
 	for _, spec := range ruleSpecs {
 		switch {
 		case klog.V(3).Enabled():
@@ -990,6 +1008,9 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) processNodeFeatureRule(nodeName string, features *nfdv1alpha
 			features.InsertAttributeFeatures(nfdv1alpha1.RuleBackrefDomain, nfdv1alpha1.RuleBackrefFeature, ruleOut.Vars)
 		}
 	}
+	processingTime := time.Since(processStart)
+	crdProcessingTime.Set(float64(processingTime))
+	klog.V(2).InfoS("processed NodeFeatureRule resources", "processed", len(ruleSpecs), "processing time", processingTime)
 
 	return labels, extendedResources, taints
 }
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-worker/metrics.go b/pkg/nfd-worker/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8370052aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nfd-worker/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package nfdworker
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/version"
+)
+
+// When adding metric names, see https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names
+// When adding metric names, see https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names
+const (
+	buildInfoQuery                = "nfd_worker_build_info"
+	featureDiscoveryDurationQuery = "nfd_feature_discovery_duration_seconds"
+)
+
+var (
+	srv *http.Server
+
+	featureDiscoveryDuration = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Name: featureDiscoveryDurationQuery,
+			Help: "Time taken to discover features",
+		},
+		[]string{"NodeName"},
+	)
+	buildInfo = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: buildInfoQuery,
+		Help: "Version from which Node Feature Discovery was built.",
+		ConstLabels: map[string]string{
+			"version": version.Get(),
+		},
+	})
+)
+
+// registerVersion exposes the Operator build version.
+func registerVersion(version string) {
+	buildInfo.SetToCurrentTime()
+}
+
+// runMetricsServer starts a http server to expose metrics
+func runMetricsServer(port int) {
+
+	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	r.MustRegister(featureDiscoveryDuration)
+	r.MustRegister(buildInfo)
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(r, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
+
+	klog.InfoS("Metrics server serving", "port", port)
+	srv = &http.Server{Addr: fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port), Handler: mux}
+	klog.InfoS("Metrics server stopped", "exit code", srv.ListenAndServe())
+}
+
+// stopMetricsServer stops the metrics server
+func stopMetricsServer() {
+	if srv != nil {
+		klog.InfoS("Stopping metrics server", "port", srv.Addr)
+		srv.Close()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-worker/nfd-worker.go b/pkg/nfd-worker/nfd-worker.go
index 5fe07370ac..6215b71c7b 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-worker/nfd-worker.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-worker/nfd-worker.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ type Args struct {
 	Options              string
 	Server               string
 	ServerNameOverride   string
+	MetricsPort          int
 
 	Overrides ConfigOverrideArgs
 }
@@ -197,10 +198,10 @@ func (w *nfdWorker) runFeatureDiscovery() error {
 
 	discoveryDuration := time.Since(discoveryStart)
 	klog.V(2).InfoS("feature discovery of all sources completed", "duration", discoveryDuration)
+	featureDiscoveryDuration.WithLabelValues(utils.NodeName()).Observe(discoveryDuration.Seconds())
 	if w.config.Core.SleepInterval.Duration > 0 && discoveryDuration > w.config.Core.SleepInterval.Duration/2 {
 		klog.InfoS("feature discovery sources took over half of sleep interval ", "duration", discoveryDuration, "sleepInterval", w.config.Core.SleepInterval.Duration)
 	}
-
 	// Get the set of feature labels.
 	labels := createFeatureLabels(w.labelSources, w.config.Core.LabelWhiteList.Regexp)
 
@@ -239,6 +240,13 @@ func (w *nfdWorker) Run() error {
 	labelTrigger.Reset(w.config.Core.SleepInterval.Duration)
 	defer labelTrigger.Stop()
 
+	// Register to metrics server
+	if w.args.MetricsPort > 0 {
+		go runMetricsServer(w.args.MetricsPort)
+		registerVersion(version.Get())
+		defer stopMetricsServer()
+	}
+
 	err = w.runFeatureDiscovery()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err