diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/metric/pod-monitor.yaml b/examples/kubernetes/metric/pod-monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc41549881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/metric/pod-monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: envoy-gateway-proxy-monitoring
+  namespace: envoy-gateway-system
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: envoy
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: proxy
+  namespaceSelector:
+    any: true
+  jobLabel: proxy-stats
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+    - path: /stats/prometheus
+      interval: 15s
+      port: metrics
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/resource.go b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/resource.go
index 43c6300388..119dc87744 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/resource.go
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/resource.go
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ func expectedProxyContainers(infra *ir.ProxyInfra, deploymentConfig *egcfgv1a1.K
 		proxyMetrics = infra.Config.Spec.Telemetry.Metrics
 	}
 
+	if proxyMetrics != nil && proxyMetrics.Prometheus != nil {
+		ports = append(ports, corev1.ContainerPort{
+			Name:          "metrics",
+			ContainerPort: bootstrap.EnvoyReadinessPort, // TODO: make this configurable
+			Protocol:      corev1.ProtocolTCP,
+		})
+	}
+
 	var bootstrapConfigurations string
 	// Get Bootstrap from EnvoyProxy API if set by the user
 	// The config should have been validated already
diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/testdata/deployments/enable-prometheus.yaml b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/testdata/deployments/enable-prometheus.yaml
index e100ed3e76..ad3ce1f5e5 100644
--- a/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/testdata/deployments/enable-prometheus.yaml
+++ b/internal/infrastructure/kubernetes/proxy/testdata/deployments/enable-prometheus.yaml
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 8443
               name: EnvoyHTTPSPort
               protocol: TCP
+            - containerPort: 19001
+              name: metrics
+              protocol: TCP
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m