diff --git a/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResource.java b/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResource.java
index 6b1f729df..b7bb7d72d 100644
--- a/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResource.java
+++ b/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResource.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.metrics.MetricUnits;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ public class UsingMicroProfilePingPongResource {
 
     private static final String PING_PONG = "ping pong";
     private static final long DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE = 100L;
+    private static long gaugeValue = DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE;
 
     @GET
     @Counted(name = "simple_counter_mp", absolute = true)
@@ -25,13 +27,24 @@ public String simpleScenario() {
 
     @GET
     @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
-    @Path("/gauge")
-    public long highestPrimeNumberSoFar() {
-        return getDefaultGauge();
+    @Path("/gauges")
+    public long gauges(@QueryParam("inc") long inc) {
+        gaugeValue += inc;
+        return getFirstGauge() + getSecondGauge() + getThirdGauge();
     }
 
-    @Gauge(name = "simple_gauge_mp", unit = MetricUnits.NONE)
-    public long getDefaultGauge() {
-        return DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE;
+    @Gauge(name = "first_gauge_mp", unit = MetricUnits.NONE)
+    public long getFirstGauge() {
+        return gaugeValue;
+    }
+
+    @Gauge(name = "second_gauge_mp", unit = MetricUnits.NONE)
+    public long getSecondGauge() {
+        return gaugeValue;
+    }
+
+    @Gauge(unit = MetricUnits.NONE)
+    public long getThirdGauge() {
+        return gaugeValue;
     }
 }
diff --git a/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResourceIT.java b/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResourceIT.java
index 092039866..3c9799db8 100644
--- a/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResourceIT.java
+++ b/monitoring/micrometer-prometheus/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/micrometer/prometheus/UsingMicroProfilePingPongResourceIT.java
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import io.quarkus.test.scenarios.QuarkusScenario;
+import io.restassured.response.ValidatableResponse;
+import io.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification;
 
 @QuarkusScenario
 public class UsingMicroProfilePingPongResourceIT {
@@ -16,37 +19,59 @@ public class UsingMicroProfilePingPongResourceIT {
     private static final String PING_PONG = "ping pong";
     private static final String PING_PONG_ENDPOINT = "/using-microprofile-pingpong";
     private static final String COUNTER_FORMAT = "simple_counter_mp_total{scope=\"application\",} %s.0";
-    private static final String GAUGE_FORMAT = "simple_gauge_mp{scope=\"application\",} %s";
+    private static final String FIRST_GAUGE_FORMAT = "first_gauge_mp{scope=\"application\",} %s";
+    private static final String SECOND_GAUGE_FORMAT = "second_gauge_mp{scope=\"application\",} %s";
+    private static final String THIRD_GAUGE_FORMAT = "getThirdGauge{scope=\"application\",} %s";
     private static final long DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE = 100;
+    private static final long GAUGE_INCREMENT = 1;
 
     @Test
     public void testShouldReturnCountOne() {
-        whenCallPingPong("/counter", PING_PONG);
+        whenCallCounter();
         thenCounterIs(1);
     }
 
+    @Tag("QUARKUS-1545")
     @Test
-    public void testShouldReturnDefaultGauge() {
-        whenCallPingPong("/gauge", "" + DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE);
-        thenGaugeIs(DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE);
+    public void testShouldReturnAndModifyGauges() {
+        final long incrementedGaugeValue = DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE + GAUGE_INCREMENT;
+        whenCallGauges(GAUGE_INCREMENT, incrementedGaugeValue * 3);
+        thenGaugesAreSampled(incrementedGaugeValue);
+        whenCallGauges(-GAUGE_INCREMENT, DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE * 3);
+        thenGaugesAreSampled(DEFAULT_GAUGE_VALUE);
     }
 
-    private void whenCallPingPong(String path, String expectedBody) {
-        given()
-                .when().get(PING_PONG_ENDPOINT + path)
-                .then().statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
+    private void whenCallCounter() {
+        callPingPong(given(), "/counter", PING_PONG);
+    }
+
+    private void whenCallGauges(long increment, long expectedGaugeValue) {
+        callPingPong(given().queryParam("inc", increment), "/gauges", String.valueOf(expectedGaugeValue));
+    }
+
+    private void callPingPong(RequestSpecification requestSpecification, String path, String expectedBody) {
+        requestSpecification.when()
+                .get(PING_PONG_ENDPOINT + path)
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
                 .body(is(expectedBody));
     }
 
     private void thenCounterIs(int expectedCounter) {
-        when().get("/q/metrics").then()
-                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
-                .body(containsString(String.format(COUNTER_FORMAT, expectedCounter)));
+        callMetrics().body(containsString(String.format(COUNTER_FORMAT, expectedCounter)));
     }
 
-    private void thenGaugeIs(double expectedGauge) {
-        when().get("/q/metrics").then()
-                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
-                .body(containsString(String.format(GAUGE_FORMAT, expectedGauge)));
+    private void thenGaugesAreSampled(double expectedGaugeValue) {
+        callMetrics().body(
+                containsString(String.format(FIRST_GAUGE_FORMAT, expectedGaugeValue)),
+                containsString(String.format(SECOND_GAUGE_FORMAT, expectedGaugeValue)),
+                containsString(String.format(THIRD_GAUGE_FORMAT, expectedGaugeValue)));
+    }
+
+    private ValidatableResponse callMetrics() {
+        return when()
+                .get("/q/metrics")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
     }
 }