diff --git a/core/pkg/service/sync/server.go b/core/pkg/service/sync/server.go
index a7d7de993..36fe52218 100644
--- a/core/pkg/service/sync/server.go
+++ b/core/pkg/service/sync/server.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-feature/flagd/core/pkg/logger"
 	iservice "github.com/open-feature/flagd/core/pkg/service"
 	syncStore "github.com/open-feature/flagd/core/pkg/sync-store"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ func (s *Server) Serve(ctx context.Context, svcConf iservice.Configuration) erro
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	g.Go(s.captureMetrics)
 
 	err := g.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ func (s *Server) startMetricsServer() error {
 			} else {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusPreconditionFailed)
 			}
+		case "/metrics":
+			promhttp.Handler().ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		default:
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 		}
diff --git a/core/pkg/service/sync/sync_metrics.go b/core/pkg/service/sync/sync_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be8f42325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/service/sync/sync_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package sync
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus"
+	api "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/instrument"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+)
+
+const (
+	serviceName = "openfeature/kube-flagd-proxy"
+)
+
+func (s *Server) captureMetrics() error {
+	exporter, err := prometheus.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	provider := metric.NewMeterProvider(metric.WithReader(exporter))
+	meter := provider.Meter(serviceName)
+
+	syncGuage, err := meter.Int64ObservableGauge(
+		"sync_active_streams",
+		instrument.WithDescription("number of open sync subscriptions"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = meter.RegisterCallback(func(_ context.Context, o api.Observer) error {
+		o.ObserveInt64(syncGuage, s.handler.syncStore.GetActiveSubscriptionsInt64())
+		return nil
+	}, syncGuage)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store.go b/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store.go
index eac416bb4..0f641de04 100644
--- a/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store.go
+++ b/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store.go
@@ -253,6 +253,18 @@ func (s *SyncStore) cleanup() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *SyncStore) GetActiveSubscriptionsInt64() int64 {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	syncs := 0
+	for _, v := range s.syncHandlers {
+		syncs += len(v.subs)
+	}
+
+	return int64(syncs)
+}
+
 type SyncBuilderInterface interface {
 	SyncFromURI(uri string, logger *logger.Logger) (isync.ISync, error)
 }
diff --git a/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store_test.go b/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store_test.go
index 347eebc27..7b424b3a4 100644
--- a/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store_test.go
+++ b/core/pkg/sync-store/sync_store_test.go
@@ -441,3 +441,28 @@ func Test_registerSubscriptionResyncPath(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_syncMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	syncStore := NewSyncStore(ctx, logger.NewLogger(nil, false))
+	syncMock := newMockSync()
+	syncStore.syncBuilder = &syncBuilderMock{
+		mock: syncMock,
+	}
+
+	subs := syncStore.GetActiveSubscriptionsInt64()
+	if subs != 0 {
+		t.Error("there are no subscriptions registered, active subs should be 0")
+	}
+
+	target := "test-target"
+	syncHandler, _ := newSyncHandler()
+
+	syncStore.syncHandlers[target] = syncHandler
+
+	subs = syncStore.GetActiveSubscriptionsInt64()
+	if subs != 1 {
+		t.Error("active subs metric should equal 1")
+	}
+}