diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index fde18e4ab6..91d8201a33 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -158,6 +158,36 @@ func InitializeMetrics() {
 		utils.InterfaceName,
 	)
 
+	ConntrackPacketsForward = exporter.CreatePrometheusGaugeVecForMetric(
+		exporter.DefaultRegistry,
+		utils.ConntrackPacketsForwardGaugeName,
+		ConntrackPacketForwardDescription,
+	)
+
+	ConntrackPacketsReply = exporter.CreatePrometheusGaugeVecForMetric(
+		exporter.DefaultRegistry,
+		utils.ConntrackPacketsReplyGaugeName,
+		ConntrackPacketReplyDescription,
+	)
+
+	ConntrackBytesForward = exporter.CreatePrometheusGaugeVecForMetric(
+		exporter.DefaultRegistry,
+		utils.ConntrackBytesForwardGaugeName,
+		ConntrackBytesForwardDescription,
+	)
+
+	ConntrackBytesReply = exporter.CreatePrometheusGaugeVecForMetric(
+		exporter.DefaultRegistry,
+		utils.ConntrackBytesReplyGaugeName,
+		ConntrackBytesReplyDescription,
+	)
+
+	ConntrackTotalConnections = exporter.CreatePrometheusGaugeVecForMetric(
+		exporter.DefaultRegistry,
+		utils.ConntrackTotalConnectionsName,
+		ConntrackTotalConnectionsDescription,
+	)
+
 	isInitialized = true
 	metricsLogger.Info("Metrics initialized")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/types.go b/pkg/metrics/types.go
index cff5c28884..d934d0338e 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/types.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/types.go
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ const (
 	// Control plane metrics
 	pluginManagerFailedToReconcileCounterDescription = "Number of times the plugin manager failed to reconcile the plugins"
 	lostEventsCounterDescription                     = "Number of events lost in control plane"
+
+	// Conntrack metrics
+	ConntrackPacketForwardDescription    = "Number of forward packets"
+	ConntrackPacketReplyDescription      = "Number of reply packets"
+	ConntrackBytesForwardDescription     = "Number of forward bytes"
+	ConntrackBytesReplyDescription       = "Number of reply bytes"
+	ConntrackTotalConnectionsDescription = "Total number of connections"
 )
 
 // Metric Counters
@@ -89,6 +96,13 @@ var (
 
 	InfinibandStatsGauge        GaugeVec
 	InfinibandStatusParamsGauge GaugeVec
+
+	// Conntrack
+	ConntrackPacketsForward   GaugeVec
+	ConntrackPacketsReply     GaugeVec
+	ConntrackBytesForward     GaugeVec
+	ConntrackBytesReply       GaugeVec
+	ConntrackTotalConnections GaugeVec
 )
 
 func ToPrometheusType(metric interface{}) prometheus.Collector {
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/conntrack/conntrack_linux.go b/pkg/plugin/conntrack/conntrack_linux.go
index dc2fb0c449..fb61f33f9b 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/conntrack/conntrack_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/conntrack/conntrack_linux.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/microsoft/retina/internal/ktime"
 	"github.com/microsoft/retina/pkg/loader"
 	"github.com/microsoft/retina/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/microsoft/retina/pkg/metrics"
 	plugincommon "github.com/microsoft/retina/pkg/plugin/common"
 	_ "github.com/microsoft/retina/pkg/plugin/conntrack/_cprog" // nolint // This is needed so cprog is included when vendoring
 	"github.com/microsoft/retina/pkg/utils"
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+var conntrackMetricsEnabled = false // conntrack metrics global variable
+
 //go:generate go run github.com/cilium/ebpf/cmd/bpf2go@master -cflags "-g -O2 -Wall -D__TARGET_ARCH_${GOARCH} -Wall" -target ${GOARCH} -type ct_v4_key conntrack ./_cprog/conntrack.c -- -I../lib/_${GOARCH} -I../lib/common/libbpf/_src -I../lib/common/libbpf/_include/linux -I../lib/common/libbpf/_include/uapi/linux -I../lib/common/libbpf/_include/asm
 
 // Init initializes the conntrack eBPF map in the kernel for the first time.
@@ -88,6 +91,10 @@ func GenerateDynamic(ctx context.Context, dynamicHeaderPath string, conntrackMet
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write conntrack dynamic header")
 	}
+	// set a global variable
+	if conntrackMetrics == 1 {
+		conntrackMetricsEnabled = true
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -118,6 +125,10 @@ func (ct *Conntrack) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			// List of keys to be deleted
 			var keysToDelete []conntrackCtV4Key
 
+			// metrics counters
+			var packetsCountForward, packetsCountReply, totConnections uint32
+			var bytesCountForward, bytesCountReply uint64
+
 			iter := ct.ctMap.Iterate()
 			for iter.Next(&key, &value) {
 				noOfCtEntries++
@@ -133,6 +144,18 @@ func (ct *Conntrack) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 				dstIP := utils.Int2ip(key.DstIp).To4()
 				sourcePortShort := uint32(utils.HostToNetShort(key.SrcPort))
 				destinationPortShort := uint32(utils.HostToNetShort(key.DstPort))
+
+				// Add conntrack metrics.
+				if conntrackMetricsEnabled {
+					// Basic metrics, node-level
+					ctMeta := value.ConntrackMetadata
+					totConnections++
+					packetsCountForward += ctMeta.PacketsForwardCount
+					packetsCountReply += ctMeta.PacketsReplyCount
+					bytesCountForward += ctMeta.BytesForwardCount
+					bytesCountReply += ctMeta.BytesReplyCount
+				}
+
 				ct.l.Debug("conntrack entry",
 					zap.String("src_ip", srcIP.String()),
 					zap.Uint32("src_port", sourcePortShort),
@@ -151,6 +174,16 @@ func (ct *Conntrack) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			if err := iter.Err(); err != nil {
 				ct.l.Error("Iterate failed", zap.Error(err))
 			}
+
+			// create metrics
+			if conntrackMetricsEnabled {
+				metrics.ConntrackPacketsForward.WithLabelValues().Set(float64(packetsCountForward))
+				metrics.ConntrackBytesForward.WithLabelValues().Set(float64(bytesCountForward))
+				metrics.ConntrackPacketsReply.WithLabelValues().Set(float64(packetsCountReply))
+				metrics.ConntrackBytesReply.WithLabelValues().Set(float64(bytesCountReply))
+				metrics.ConntrackTotalConnections.WithLabelValues().Set(float64(totConnections))
+			}
+
 			// Delete the conntrack entries
 			for _, key := range keysToDelete {
 				if err := ct.ctMap.Delete(key); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/utils/metric_names.go b/pkg/utils/metric_names.go
index 8060b05243..6d949dc8a0 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/metric_names.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/metric_names.go
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ const (
 	// Common Gauges across os distributions
 	NodeConnectivityStatusName         = "node_connectivity_status"
 	NodeConnectivityLatencySecondsName = "node_connectivity_latency_seconds"
+
+	// Conntrack
+	ConntrackPacketsForwardGaugeName = "conntrack_packets_forward"
+	ConntrackPacketsReplyGaugeName   = "conntrack_packets_reply"
+	ConntrackBytesForwardGaugeName   = "conntrack_bytes_forward"
+	ConntrackBytesReplyGaugeName     = "conntrack_bytes_reply"
+	ConntrackTotalConnectionsName    = "conntrack_total_connections"
 )
 
 // IsAdvancedMetric is a helper function to determine if a name is an advanced metric