diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.csproj b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.csproj
index e32d6d70b..065887026 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.csproj
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClient.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="7.1.2" />
         <PackageReference Include="IdentityModel.OidcClient" Version="5.2.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Fractions" Version="7.3.0" />
diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/PrometheusHandler.cs b/src/KubernetesClient/PrometheusHandler.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b7bd5461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/PrometheusHandler.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
+using System.Net.Http;
+
+namespace k8s
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Implements legacy Prometheus metrics
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>Provided for compatibility for existing usages of PrometheusHandler. It is recommended
+    /// to transition to using OpenTelemetry and the default HttpClient metrics.
+    ///
+    /// Note that the tags/labels are not appropriately named for some metrics. This
+    /// incorrect naming is retained to maintain compatibility and won't be fixed on this implementation.
+    /// Use OpenTelemetry and the standard HttpClient metrics instead.</remarks>
+    public class PrometheusHandler : DelegatingHandler
+    {
+        private const string Prefix = "k8s_dotnet";
+        private static readonly Meter Meter = new Meter("k8s.dotnet");
+
+        private static readonly Counter<int> RequestsSent = Meter.CreateCounter<int>(
+            $"{Prefix}_request_total",
+            description: "Number of requests sent by this client");
+
+        private static readonly Histogram<double> RequestLatency = Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(
+            $"{Prefix}_request_latency_seconds", unit: "milliseconds",
+            description: "Latency of requests sent by this client");
+
+        private static readonly Counter<int> ResponseCodes = Meter.CreateCounter<int>(
+            $"{Prefix}_response_code_total",
+            description: "Number of response codes received by the client");
+
+        private static readonly UpDownCounter<int> ActiveRequests =
+            Meter.CreateUpDownCounter<int>(
+                $"{Prefix}_active_requests",
+                description: "Number of requests currently in progress");
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (request == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(request));
+            }
+
+            var digest = KubernetesRequestDigest.Parse(request);
+            var timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            // Note that this is a tag called "method" but the value is the Verb.
+            // This is incorrect, but existing behavior.
+            var methodWithVerbValue = new KeyValuePair<string, object>("method", digest.Verb);
+            try
+            {
+                ActiveRequests.Add(1, methodWithVerbValue);
+                RequestsSent.Add(1, methodWithVerbValue);
+
+                var resp = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                ResponseCodes.Add(
+                    1,
+                    new KeyValuePair<string, object>("method", request.Method.ToString()),
+                    new KeyValuePair<string, object>("code", (int)resp.StatusCode));
+                return resp;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                timer.Stop();
+                ActiveRequests.Add(-1, methodWithVerbValue);
+                var tags = new TagList
+                    {
+                        { "verb", digest.Verb },
+                        { "group", digest.ApiGroup },
+                        { "version", digest.ApiVersion },
+                        { "kind", digest.Kind },
+                    }
+                    ;
+                RequestLatency.Record(timer.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds, tags);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}