diff --git a/gateway/src/apicast/metrics/upstream.lua b/gateway/src/apicast/metrics/upstream.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a7fa573f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/apicast/metrics/upstream.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+local tonumber = tonumber
+
+local prometheus = require('apicast.prometheus')
+
+local _M = {}
+
+local upstream_status_codes = prometheus(
+  'counter',
+  'upstream_status',
+  'HTTP status from upstream servers',
+  { 'status' }
+)
+
+local upstream_resp_times = prometheus(
+  'histogram',
+  'upstream_resp_times',
+  'Response times from upstream servers'
+)
+
+local function inc_status_codes_counter(status)
+  if status and upstream_status_codes then
+    upstream_status_codes:inc(1, { status })
+  end
+end
+
+local function add_resp_time(response_time)
+  if response_time and upstream_resp_times then
+    upstream_resp_times:observe(tonumber(response_time))
+  end
+end
+
+function _M.report(status, response_time)
+  inc_status_codes_counter(status)
+  add_resp_time(response_time)
+end
+
+return _M
diff --git a/gateway/src/apicast/policy/nginx_metrics/nginx_metrics.lua b/gateway/src/apicast/policy/nginx_metrics/nginx_metrics.lua
index 158b726ea..1d9a99622 100644
--- a/gateway/src/apicast/policy/nginx_metrics/nginx_metrics.lua
+++ b/gateway/src/apicast/policy/nginx_metrics/nginx_metrics.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ local select = select
 local find = string.find
 local pairs = pairs
 
+local upstream_metrics = require('apicast.metrics.upstream')
+
 local new = _M.new
 
 local log_levels_list = {
@@ -110,4 +112,8 @@ function _M:metrics()
   end
 end
 
+function _M.log()
+  upstream_metrics.report(ngx.var.upstream_status, ngx.var.upstream_response_time)
+end
+
 return _M