diff --git a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter.go b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter.go
index 7dda5ea9f8b9..eefc52cdb9f4 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	mesh_proto "github.com/Kong/kuma/api/mesh/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/Kong/kuma/pkg/core"
 	mesh_k8s "github.com/Kong/kuma/pkg/plugins/resources/k8s/native/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -72,6 +75,12 @@ func (p *PodConverter) DataplaneFor(pod *kube_core.Pod, services []*kube_core.Se
 	}
 	dataplane.Networking.Outbound = ofaces
 
+	metrics, err := MetricsFor(pod)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	dataplane.Metrics = metrics
+
 	return dataplane, nil
 }
 
@@ -84,3 +93,31 @@ func GatewayFor(pod *kube_core.Pod, services []*kube_core.Service) (*mesh_proto.
 		Tags: interfaces[0].Tags, // InboundInterfacesFor() returns either a non-empty list or an error
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func MetricsFor(pod *kube_core.Pod) (*mesh_proto.MetricsBackend, error) {
+	path := pod.GetAnnotations()[injector_metadata.KumaMetricsPrometheusPath]
+	port := pod.GetAnnotations()[injector_metadata.KumaMetricsPrometheusPort]
+	if path == "" && port == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	cfg := &mesh_proto.PrometheusMetricsBackendConfig{
+		Path: path,
+	}
+	if port != "" {
+		portValue, err := strconv.ParseUint(port, 10, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "could not parse port from %s annotation", injector_metadata.KumaMetricsPrometheusPort)
+		}
+		cfg.Port = uint32(portValue)
+	}
+
+	str, err := util_proto.ToStruct(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &mesh_proto.MetricsBackend{
+		Type: mesh_proto.MetricsPrometheusType,
+		Conf: &str,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter_test.go b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter_test.go
index 5c6808cd5889..ea93c1902436 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/pod_converter_test.go
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ var _ = Describe("PodToDataplane(..)", func() {
 			otherServices:   "06.other-services.yaml",
 			dataplane:       "06.dataplane.yaml",
 		}),
+		Entry("07.Pod with metrics override", testCase{
+			pod:            "07.pod.yaml",
+			servicesForPod: "07.services-for-pod.yaml",
+			dataplane:      "07.dataplane.yaml",
+		}),
 	)
 
 	Context("when Dataplane cannot be generated", func() {
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.dataplane.yaml b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.dataplane.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9aac79d7aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.dataplane.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+mesh: default
+metadata:
+  creationTimestamp: null
+spec:
+  metrics:
+    conf:
+      path: /non-standard-path
+      port: 1234
+    type: prometheus
+  networking:
+    address: 192.168.0.1
+    inbound:
+      - port: 7070
+        tags:
+          app: example
+          protocol: tcp
+          service: sample.playground.svc:7071
+          version: "0.1"
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.pod.yaml b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..572b6d86f7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+metadata:
+  namespace: demo
+  name: example
+  labels:
+    app: example
+    version: "0.1"
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.metrics.kuma.io/port: "1234"
+    prometheus.metrics.kuma.io/path: "/non-standard-path"
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - ports:
+        - containerPort: 7070
+status:
+  podIP: 192.168.0.1
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.services-for-pod.yaml b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.services-for-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4011de72b1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugins/discovery/k8s/controllers/testdata/07.services-for-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+metadata:
+  namespace: playground
+  name: sample
+spec:
+  clusterIP: 192.168.0.1
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 7071
+      targetPort: 7070