diff --git a/plugin/input/file/file.go b/plugin/input/file/file.go
index e452e4673..1d76f72d9 100644
--- a/plugin/input/file/file.go
+++ b/plugin/input/file/file.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type Plugin struct {
 
 	possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric    *prometheus.CounterVec
 	alreadyWrittenEventsSkippedMetric *prometheus.CounterVec
+	errorOpenFileMetric               *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
 type persistenceMode int
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Start(config pipeline.AnyConfig, params *pipeline.InputPluginPa
 
 	p.config.OffsetsFileTmp = p.config.OffsetsFile + ".atomic"
 
-	p.jobProvider = NewJobProvider(p.config, p.possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, p.logger)
+	p.jobProvider = NewJobProvider(p.config, p.possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, p.errorOpenFileMetric, p.logger)
 
 	ResetterRegistryInstance.AddResetter(params.PipelineName, p)
 
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Start(config pipeline.AnyConfig, params *pipeline.InputPluginPa
 func (p *Plugin) registerMetrics(ctl *metric.Ctl) {
 	p.possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_file_possible_offset_corruptions_total", "Total number of possible offset corruptions")
 	p.alreadyWrittenEventsSkippedMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_file_already_written_event_skipped_total", "Total number of skipped events that was already written")
+	p.errorOpenFileMetric = ctl.RegisterCounter("input_file_open_error_total", "Total number of file opening errors")
 }
 
 func (p *Plugin) startWorkers() {
diff --git a/plugin/input/file/provider.go b/plugin/input/file/provider.go
index 7c90ce712..f7be76b26 100644
--- a/plugin/input/file/provider.go
+++ b/plugin/input/file/provider.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type jobProvider struct {
 	// provider metrics
 
 	possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric *prometheus.CounterVec
+	errorOpenFileMetric            *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
 type Job struct {
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ type symlinkInfo struct {
 	inode    inodeID
 }
 
-func NewJobProvider(config *Config, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric *prometheus.CounterVec, sugLogger *zap.SugaredLogger) *jobProvider {
+func NewJobProvider(config *Config, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, errorOpenFileMetric *prometheus.CounterVec, sugLogger *zap.SugaredLogger) *jobProvider {
 	jp := &jobProvider{
 		config:   config,
 		offsetDB: newOffsetDB(config.OffsetsFile, config.OffsetsFileTmp),
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ func NewJobProvider(config *Config, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric *prometheus.C
 
 		logger:                         sugLogger,
 		possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric: possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric,
+		errorOpenFileMetric:            errorOpenFileMetric,
 	}
 
 	jp.watcher = NewWatcher(
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@ func (jp *jobProvider) refreshFile(stat os.FileInfo, filename string, symlink st
 	file, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		jp.logger.Warnf("file was already moved from creation place %s: %s", filename, err.Error())
+		jp.errorOpenFileMetric.WithLabelValues().Inc()
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go b/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go
index cc145a144..d0ddaf7dd 100644
--- a/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go
+++ b/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ func TestWorkerWork(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			ctl := metric.New("test", prometheus.NewRegistry())
 			possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric := ctl.RegisterCounter("worker", "help_test")
-			jp := NewJobProvider(&Config{}, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, &zap.SugaredLogger{})
+			errorOpenFileMetric := ctl.RegisterCounter("worker", "help_test")
+			jp := NewJobProvider(&Config{}, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, errorOpenFileMetric, &zap.SugaredLogger{})
 			jp.jobsChan = make(chan *Job, 2)
 			jp.jobs = map[pipeline.SourceID]*Job{
 				1: job,
@@ -223,7 +224,8 @@ func TestWorkerWorkMultiData(t *testing.T) {
 
 			ctl := metric.New("test", prometheus.NewRegistry())
 			possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric := ctl.RegisterCounter("worker", "help_test")
-			jp := NewJobProvider(&Config{}, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, &zap.SugaredLogger{})
+			errorOpenFileMetric := ctl.RegisterCounter("worker", "help_test")
+			jp := NewJobProvider(&Config{}, possibleOffsetCorruptionMetric, errorOpenFileMetric, &zap.SugaredLogger{})
 			jp.jobsChan = make(chan *Job, 2)
 			jp.jobs = map[pipeline.SourceID]*Job{
 				1: job,