diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5436e3b..f0f7135 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ RUN curl --silent --fail -OL http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/${ACTIVEMQ_
 
 COPY --chown=activemq:activemq activemq.xml /opt/activemq/conf/
 
+# renovate: datasource=github-release-attachments depName=prometheus/jmx_exporter
+ARG JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION=1.4.0
+ARG JMX_EXPORTER_DIGEST=sha256:db1492e95a7ee95cd5e0a969875c0d4f0ef6413148d750351a41cc71d775f59a
+WORKDIR /jmx
+ADD \
+  --link \
+  --chmod=644 \
+  --checksum=$JMX_EXPORTER_DIGEST \
+  https://github.com/prometheus/jmx_exporter/releases/download/$JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-$JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION.jar jmx_prometheus_javaagent.jar
+COPY --chmod=644 jmx.yml ./
+
+ENV JMX_OPT="-javaagent:/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent.jar=3001:/jmx/jmx.yml"
+ENV ACTIVEMQ_OPTS="${JMX_OPT}"
+
 USER activemq
 
 WORKDIR /opt/activemq
diff --git a/healthcheck.sh b/healthcheck.sh
index 08b6278..352d7c7 100755
--- a/healthcheck.sh
+++ b/healthcheck.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Do not run jmx_exporter in the healthcheck
+export ACTIVEMQ_OPTS="${ACTIVEMQ_OPTS/"$JMX_OPT"}"
 bin/activemq query --objname type=Broker,brokerName=*,service=Health | grep -qE '^CurrentStatus *= *Good$'
 
diff --git a/jmx.yml b/jmx.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9430cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jmx.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+lowercaseOutputName: true
+lowercaseOutputLabelNames: true
+blacklistObjectNames:
+  - "org.apache.activemq:clientId=*,*"
+whitelistObjectNames:
+  - "org.apache.activemq:destinationType=Queue,*"
+  - "org.apache.activemq:destinationType=Topic,*"
+  - "org.apache.activemq:type=Broker,brokerName=*"
+  - "org.apache.activemq:type=Topic,brokerName=*"
+
+rules:
+- pattern: org.apache.activemq<type=Broker, brokerName=(\S*), destinationType=Queue, destinationName=(\S*)><>(\w+)
+  name: activemq_queue_$3
+  attrNameSnakeCase: true
+  labels:
+    destination: $2
+
+- pattern: org.apache.activemq<type=Broker, brokerName=(\S*), destinationType=Topic, destinationName=(\S*)><>(\w+)
+  name: activemq_topic_$3
+  attrNameSnakeCase: true
+  labels:
+    destination: $2
+
+- pattern: org.apache.activemq<type=Broker, brokerName=(\S*)><>CurrentConnectionsCount
+  name: activemq_connections
+  type: GAUGE
+
+- pattern: org.apache.activemq<type=Broker, brokerName=(\S*)><>Total(.*)Count
+  name: activemq_$2_total
+  type: COUNTER
+
+- pattern: org.apache.activemq<type=Broker, brokerName=(\S*)><>(.*)PercentUsage
+  name: activemq_$2_usage_ratio
+  type: GAUGE
+  valueFactor: 0.01
+