diff --git a/userspace/libscap/metrics_v2.h b/userspace/libscap/metrics_v2.h
index 10f17b1958..49dd91343e 100644
--- a/userspace/libscap/metrics_v2.h
+++ b/userspace/libscap/metrics_v2.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define METRICS_V2_STATE_COUNTERS (1 << 3)
 #define METRICS_V2_RULE_COUNTERS (1 << 4)
 #define METRICS_V2_MISC (1 << 5)
+#define METRICS_V2_PLUGINS (1 << 6)
 
 typedef union metrics_v2_value {
 	uint32_t u32;
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
index 179da24999..00d7d3dfd6 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 #include <libsinsp/sinsp_int.h>
 #include <libsinsp/metrics_collector.h>
+#include <libsinsp/plugin_manager.h>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <sys/times.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -456,6 +457,19 @@ void libs_metrics_collector::snapshot()
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	* plugins metrics
+	*/
+
+	if(m_metrics_flags & METRICS_V2_PLUGINS)
+	{
+		for (auto& p : m_inspector->get_plugin_manager()->plugins())
+		{
+			std::vector<metrics_v2> plugin_metrics = p->get_metrics();
+			m_metrics.insert(m_metrics.end(), plugin_metrics.begin(), plugin_metrics.end());
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * libscap metrics 
 	 */
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
index c816bf1bf4..147ac0aeef 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/metrics_collector.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class libs_metrics_collector
 
 private:
 	sinsp* m_inspector;
-	uint32_t m_metrics_flags = METRICS_V2_KERNEL_COUNTERS | METRICS_V2_LIBBPF_STATS | METRICS_V2_RESOURCE_UTILIZATION | METRICS_V2_STATE_COUNTERS;
+	uint32_t m_metrics_flags = METRICS_V2_KERNEL_COUNTERS | METRICS_V2_LIBBPF_STATS | METRICS_V2_RESOURCE_UTILIZATION | METRICS_V2_STATE_COUNTERS | METRICS_V2_PLUGINS;
 	std::vector<metrics_v2> m_metrics;
 
 	void get_rss_vsz_pss_total_memory_and_open_fds(uint32_t &rss, uint32_t &vsz, uint32_t &pss, uint64_t &host_memory_used, uint64_t &host_open_fds);
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.cpp
index d9ca41b655..d7f57b1a64 100755
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.cpp
@@ -886,6 +886,77 @@ std::vector<sinsp_plugin::open_param> sinsp_plugin::list_open_params() const
 	return list;
 }
 
+static void set_plugin_metric_value(metrics_v2& metric, metrics_v2_value_type type, ss_plugin_metric_value val)
+{
+	switch (type)
+	{
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U32:
+		metric.value.u32 = val.u32;
+		break;
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_S32:
+		metric.value.s32 = val.s32;
+		break;
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U64:
+		metric.value.u64 = val.u64;
+		break;
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_S64:
+		metric.value.s64 = val.s64;
+		break;
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_D:
+		metric.value.d = val.d;
+		break;
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_F:
+		metric.value.f = val.f;
+		break;
+	case METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_I:
+		metric.value.i = val.i;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+std::vector<metrics_v2> sinsp_plugin::get_metrics() const
+{
+	if(!m_inited)
+	{
+		throw sinsp_exception(std::string(s_not_init_err) + ": " + m_name);
+	}
+
+	std::vector<metrics_v2> metrics;
+	uint32_t num_metrics = 0;
+
+	if(!m_handle->api.get_metrics)
+	{
+		return metrics;
+	}
+
+	ss_plugin_metric *plugin_metrics = m_handle->api.get_metrics(m_state, &num_metrics);
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num_metrics; i++)
+	{
+		ss_plugin_metric *plugin_metric = plugin_metrics + i;
+
+		metrics_v2 metric;
+		
+		//copy plugin name
+		int s = strlcpy(metric.name, m_name.c_str(), METRIC_NAME_MAX);
+		//copy dot
+		strlcpy(metric.name + s, ".", METRIC_NAME_MAX);
+		//copy metric name
+		strlcpy(metric.name + s + 1, plugin_metric->name, METRIC_NAME_MAX);
+
+		metric.flags = METRICS_V2_PLUGINS;
+		metric.unit = METRIC_VALUE_UNIT_COUNT;
+		metric.type = static_cast<metrics_v2_value_type>(plugin_metric->value_type);
+		metric.metric_type = static_cast<metrics_v2_metric_type>(plugin_metric->type);
+		set_plugin_metric_value(metric, metric.type, plugin_metric->value);
+
+		metrics.emplace_back(metric);
+	}
+
+	return metrics;
+}
+
 /** End of Event Source CAP **/
 
 /** Field Extraction CAP **/
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.h b/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.h
index cc93ccb624..49f2e3784f 100755
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/plugin.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ class sinsp_plugin
 	std::string get_last_error() const;
 	std::string get_init_schema(ss_plugin_schema_type& schema_type) const;
 	bool set_config(const std::string& config);
+	std::vector<metrics_v2> get_metrics() const;
 
 	/** Event Sourcing **/
 	inline uint32_t id() const