diff --git a/lib/srv/regular/proxy.go b/lib/srv/regular/proxy.go
index dfa89b02260..b2551388883 100644
--- a/lib/srv/regular/proxy.go
+++ b/lib/srv/regular/proxy.go
@@ -38,9 +38,21 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+var proxiedSessions = prometheus.NewGauge(
+	prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: teleport.MetricProxySSHSessions,
+		Help: "Number of active sessions through this proxy",
+	},
+)
+
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(proxiedSessions)
+}
+
 // proxySubsys implements an SSH subsystem for proxying listening sockets from
 // remote hosts to a proxy client (AKA port mapping)
 type proxySubsys struct {
@@ -250,6 +262,7 @@ func (t *proxySubsys) proxyToSite(
 	}
 	t.log.Infof("Connected to auth server: %v", conn.RemoteAddr())
 
+	proxiedSessions.Inc()
 	go func() {
 		var err error
 		defer func() {
@@ -424,6 +437,7 @@ func (t *proxySubsys) proxyToHost(
 	// address to the SSH server
 	t.doHandshake(remoteAddr, ch, conn)
 
+	proxiedSessions.Inc()
 	go func() {
 		var err error
 		defer func() {
@@ -446,6 +460,7 @@ func (t *proxySubsys) proxyToHost(
 
 func (t *proxySubsys) close(err error) {
 	t.closeOnce.Do(func() {
+		proxiedSessions.Dec()
 		t.error = err
 		close(t.closeC)
 	})
diff --git a/lib/srv/sess.go b/lib/srv/sess.go
index 2ec9eb598e7..1e426383400 100644
--- a/lib/srv/sess.go
+++ b/lib/srv/sess.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 	serverSessions = prometheus.NewGauge(
 		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Name: teleport.MetricServerInteractiveSessions,
-			Help: "Number of active sessions",
+			Help: "Number of active sessions to this host",
 		},
 	)
 )
diff --git a/metrics.go b/metrics.go
index 2038960ebe4..b37812ef3c8 100644
--- a/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ const (
 	// MetricServerInteractiveSessions measures interactive sessions in flight
 	MetricServerInteractiveSessions = "server_interactive_sessions_total"
 
+	// MetricProxySSHSessions measures sessions in flight on the proxy
+	MetricProxySSHSessions = "proxy_ssh_sessions_total"
+
 	// MetricRemoteClusters measures connected remote clusters
 	MetricRemoteClusters = "remote_clusters"