diff --git a/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua b/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua
index bfca1ccba5a2..3562cc7ec63c 100644
--- a/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua
+++ b/apisix/cli/ngx_tpl.lua
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ http {
 
     {% if enabled_plugins["prometheus"] and not enabled_stream_plugins["prometheus"] then %}
     lua_shared_dict prometheus-metrics {* http.lua_shared_dict["prometheus-metrics"] *};
+    {% if not use_apisix_base then %}
+    lua_shared_dict prometheus-cache {* meta.lua_shared_dict["prometheus-cache"] *};
+    {% end %}
     {% end %}
 
     {% if enabled_plugins["skywalking"] then %}
diff --git a/t/cli/test_prometheus_stream.sh b/t/cli/test_prometheus_stream.sh
index d9cca32644eb..e3b86b57ebe1 100755
--- a/t/cli/test_prometheus_stream.sh
+++ b/t/cli/test_prometheus_stream.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sleep 1 # wait for sync
 
 out="$(curl http://127.0.0.1:9091/apisix/prometheus/metrics)"
 if ! echo "$out" | grep "apisix_stream_connection_total{route=\"1\"} 1" > /dev/null; then
-    echo "failed: prometheus can't work in stream subsystem"
+    echo "failed: prometheus can't work in both http & stream subsystem"
     exit 1
 fi