diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/proxy/ProxyServer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/proxy/ProxyServer.kt
index f9e37edd..b39f0cac 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/proxy/ProxyServer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/emeraldpay/dshackle/proxy/ProxyServer.kt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class ProxyServer(
     fun processRequest(chain: Common.ChainRef, request: Mono<ByteArray>): Flux<ByteBuf> {
         val metrics = chainMetrics.get(chain)
         val startTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
+        metrics.requestMetric.increment()
         return request
                 .map(readRpcJson)
                 .flatMapMany { call -> execute(chain, call) }
@@ -168,5 +169,8 @@ class ProxyServer(
         val errorMetric = Counter.builder("request.jsonrpc.err")
                 .tag("chain", chain.chainCode)
                 .register(Metrics.globalRegistry)
+        val requestMetric = Counter.builder("request.jsonrpc.request.total")
+                .tag("chain", chain.chainCode)
+                .register(Metrics.globalRegistry)
     }
-}
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+}