diff --git a/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom.c b/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom.c
index 9e79e3e0f03..94ce1009408 100644
--- a/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom.c
+++ b/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom.c
@@ -313,4 +313,5 @@ struct flb_output_plugin out_prometheus_exporter_plugin = {
     .flags       = FLB_OUTPUT_NET | FLB_OUTPUT_HTTP_SERVER,
     .event_type  = FLB_OUTPUT_METRICS,
     .config_map  = config_map,
+    .workers     = 1,
 };
diff --git a/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom_http.c b/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom_http.c
index 842e9ad351f..c3b174ecb63 100644
--- a/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom_http.c
+++ b/plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom_http.c
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ struct prom_http *prom_http_server_create(struct prom_exporter *ctx,
     if (ins->http_server_config != NULL) {
         options.idle_timeout = ins->http_server_config->idle_timeout;
         options.buffer_max_size = ins->http_server_config->buffer_max_size;
+        options.buffer_chunk_size = ins->http_server_config->buffer_chunk_size;
         options.max_connections = ins->http_server_config->max_connections;
+        options.workers = ins->http_server_config->workers;
     }
 
     ret = flb_http_server_init_with_options(&ph->server, &options);
diff --git a/tests/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index f7aa58f7e73..61a6e4bf7da 100644
--- a/tests/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ if(FLB_IN_LIB)
   FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_LOKI             "out_loki.c")
   FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_NULL             "out_null.c")
   FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_PLOT             "out_plot.c")
+  if(NOT FLB_SYSTEM_WINDOWS)
+    FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER "out_prometheus_exporter.c")
+  endif()
   FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_RETRY            "out_retry.c")
   FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_SPLUNK           "out_splunk.c")
   FLB_RT_TEST(FLB_OUT_STDOUT           "out_stdout.c")
diff --git a/tests/runtime/out_prometheus_exporter.c b/tests/runtime/out_prometheus_exporter.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65c5f36edff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtime/out_prometheus_exporter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+
+#include <fluent-bit.h>
+#include <fluent-bit/flb_output.h>
+
+#include "../../plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom.h"
+#include "../../plugins/out_prometheus_exporter/prom_http.h"
+
+#include "flb_tests_runtime.h"
+
+static int get_free_port(void)
+{
+    int ret;
+    int port;
+    flb_sockfd_t sock;
+    socklen_t len;
+    struct sockaddr_in addr;
+
+    len = sizeof(addr);
+    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+
+    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+    addr.sin_port = htons(0);
+
+    ret = bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        flb_socket_close(sock);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ret = getsockname(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, &len);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        flb_socket_close(sock);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    port = ntohs(addr.sin_port);
+    flb_socket_close(sock);
+
+    return port;
+}
+
+static void test_http_server_options(void)
+{
+    int ret;
+    int port;
+    int in_ffd;
+    int out_ffd;
+    char port_string[16];
+    flb_ctx_t *ctx;
+    struct prom_exporter *prom_ctx;
+    struct prom_http *prom_http;
+    struct flb_output_instance *out;
+
+    port = get_free_port();
+    TEST_CHECK(port > 0);
+    snprintf(port_string, sizeof(port_string), "%d", port);
+
+    ctx = flb_create();
+    TEST_CHECK(ctx != NULL);
+
+    ret = flb_service_set(ctx,
+                          "Flush", "1",
+                          "Grace", "1",
+                          "Log_Level", "error",
+                          NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(ret == 0);
+
+    in_ffd = flb_input(ctx, "fluentbit_metrics", NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(in_ffd >= 0);
+    ret = flb_input_set(ctx, in_ffd,
+                        "tag", "metrics",
+                        "scrape_interval", "1",
+                        NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(ret == 0);
+
+    out_ffd = flb_output(ctx, "prometheus_exporter", NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(out_ffd >= 0);
+    ret = flb_output_set(ctx, out_ffd,
+                         "match", "*",
+                         "host", "127.0.0.1",
+                         "port", port_string,
+                         "http_server.buffer_chunk_size", "64K",
+                         "http_server.workers", "2",
+                         NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(ret == 0);
+
+    ret = flb_start(ctx);
+    TEST_CHECK(ret == 0);
+
+    out = flb_output_get_instance(ctx->config, out_ffd);
+    TEST_CHECK(out != NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(out->tp_workers == 1);
+    TEST_CHECK(out->is_threaded == FLB_TRUE);
+    TEST_CHECK(out->tp != NULL);
+
+    prom_ctx = out->context;
+    TEST_CHECK(prom_ctx != NULL);
+    TEST_CHECK(prom_ctx->http != NULL);
+
+    prom_http = prom_ctx->http;
+    TEST_CHECK(prom_http->server.buffer_chunk_size ==
+               out->http_server_config->buffer_chunk_size);
+    TEST_CHECK(prom_http->server.workers == 2);
+    TEST_CHECK(prom_http->server.runtime != NULL);
+
+    flb_stop(ctx);
+    flb_destroy(ctx);
+}
+
+TEST_LIST = {
+    {"http_server_options", test_http_server_options},
+    {NULL, NULL}
+};