1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugin/forward/metrics.go b/plugin/forward/metrics.go
index 0b63ce1e7..98f2805c1 100644
--- a/plugin/forward/metrics.go
+++ b/plugin/forward/metrics.go
@@ -52,4 +52,16 @@ var (
 		Name:      "max_concurrent_rejects_total",
 		Help:      "Counter of the number of queries rejected because the concurrent queries were at maximum.",
 	})
+	ConnCacheHitsCount = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: plugin.Namespace,
+		Subsystem: "forward",
+		Name:      "conn_cache_hits_total",
+		Help:      "Counter of connection cache hits per upstream and protocol.",
+	}, []string{"to", "proto"})
+	ConnCacheMissesCount = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: plugin.Namespace,
+		Subsystem: "forward",
+		Name:      "conn_cache_misses_total",
+		Help:      "Counter of connection cache misses per upstream and protocol.",
+	}, []string{"to", "proto"})
 )