diff --git a/contrib/prometheus-exporter/README b/contrib/prometheus-exporter/README
index 4e4bf053c..0b760cc72 100644
--- a/contrib/prometheus-exporter/README
+++ b/contrib/prometheus-exporter/README
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ Exported metrics
 | haproxy_process_bytes_out_total                | Total number of bytes emitted.                                                |
 | haproxy_process_spliced_bytes_out_total        | Total number of bytes emitted through a kernel pipe.                          |
 | haproxy_process_bytes_out_rate                 | Number of bytes emitted over the last elapsed second.                         |
+| haproxy_process_recv_logs_total                | Total number of log messages received by log-forwarding listeners on this     |
+|                                                | worker process since started                                                  |
 +------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 * Frontend metrics
diff --git a/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c b/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c
index debe2f60c..e62ad948c 100644
--- a/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c
+++ b/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ const struct promex_metric promex_global_metrics[INF_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
 	[INF_TOTAL_SPLICED_BYTES_OUT]        = { .n = IST("spliced_bytes_out_total"),       .type = PROMEX_MT_COUNTER, .flags = PROMEX_FL_INFO_METRIC },
 	[INF_BYTES_OUT_RATE]                 = { .n = IST("bytes_out_rate"),                .type = PROMEX_MT_GAUGE,   .flags = PROMEX_FL_INFO_METRIC },
 	//[INF_DEBUG_COMMANDS_ISSUED]          ignored
+	[INF_CUM_LOG_MSGS]                   = { .n = IST("recv_logs_total"),               .type = PROMEX_MT_COUNTER, .flags = PROMEX_FL_INFO_METRIC },
 };
 
 /* frontend/backend/server fields */