diff --git a/collector/nodes.go b/collector/nodes.go
index 8929ecff..1a895b7c 100644
--- a/collector/nodes.go
+++ b/collector/nodes.go
@@ -1362,6 +1362,20 @@ func NewNodes(logger log.Logger, client *http.Client, url *url.URL, all bool, no
 					return append(defaultNodeLabelValues(cluster, node), "mapped")
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				Type: prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				Desc: prometheus.NewDesc(
+					prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, "jvm", "uptime_seconds"),
+					"JVM process uptime in seconds",
+					append(defaultNodeLabels, "type"), nil,
+				),
+				Value: func(node NodeStatsNodeResponse) float64 {
+					return float64(node.JVM.Uptime) / 1000
+				},
+				Labels: func(cluster string, node NodeStatsNodeResponse) []string {
+					return append(defaultNodeLabelValues(cluster, node), "mapped")
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				Type: prometheus.GaugeValue,
 				Desc: prometheus.NewDesc(
diff --git a/collector/nodes_response.go b/collector/nodes_response.go
index 8c934479..4985add0 100644
--- a/collector/nodes_response.go
+++ b/collector/nodes_response.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ package collector
 
 import "encoding/json"
 
-// nodeStatsResponse is a representation of a Elasticsearch Node Stats
+// nodeStatsResponse is a representation of an Elasticsearch Node Stats
 type nodeStatsResponse struct {
 	ClusterName string `json:"cluster_name"`
 	Nodes       map[string]NodeStatsNodeResponse
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type NodeStatsJVMResponse struct {
 	BufferPools map[string]NodeStatsJVMBufferPoolResponse `json:"buffer_pools"`
 	GC          NodeStatsJVMGCResponse                    `json:"gc"`
 	Mem         NodeStatsJVMMemResponse                   `json:"mem"`
+	Uptime      int64                                     `json:"uptime_in_millis"`
 }
 
 // NodeStatsJVMGCResponse defines node stats JVM garbage collector information structure