diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af3eb7ed77..881de09d6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5172,6 +5172,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "731e0d9356b0c25f16f33b5be79b1c57b562f141ebfcdb0ad8ac2c13a24293b4"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "chrono",
+ "flate2",
  "hex",
  "lazy_static",
  "procfs-core",
@@ -5185,6 +5187,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2d3554923a69f4ce04c4a754260c338f505ce22642d3830e049a399fc2059a29"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "chrono",
  "hex",
 ]
 
@@ -5565,6 +5568,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metrics-util",
  "pin-project",
  "pretty_assertions",
+ "procfs",
  "proptest",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rayon",
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index 1a0fbdb173..1619c0cf8a 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ rayon.workspace = true
 jemallocator = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 jemalloc-ctl = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+procfs = { version = "0.16.0" }
+
 [features]
 default = ["jemalloc"]
 jemalloc = ["dep:jemallocator", "dep:jemalloc-ctl"]
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/prometheus_exporter.rs b/bin/reth/src/prometheus_exporter.rs
index 0ec5352c9b..e681933ea3 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/prometheus_exporter.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/prometheus_exporter.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ where
         Box::new(db_metrics_hook),
         Box::new(move || cloned_process.collect()),
         Box::new(collect_memory_stats),
+        Box::new(collect_io_stats),
     ];
     serve_with_hooks(listen_addr, handle, hooks).await?;
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ where
     describe_gauge!("db.freelist", "The number of pages on the freelist");
     process.describe();
     describe_memory_stats();
+    describe_io_stats();
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -192,3 +194,47 @@ fn collect_memory_stats() {}
 
 #[cfg(not(all(feature = "jemalloc", unix)))]
 fn describe_memory_stats() {}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn collect_io_stats() {
+    use metrics::absolute_counter;
+
+    let Ok(process) = procfs::process::Process::myself()
+        .map_err(|error| error!(?error, "Failed to get currently running process"))
+    else {
+        return
+    };
+
+    let Ok(io) = process.io().map_err(|error| {
+        error!(?error, "Failed to get IO stats for the currently running process")
+    }) else {
+        return
+    };
+
+    absolute_counter!("io.rchar", io.rchar);
+    absolute_counter!("io.wchar", io.wchar);
+    absolute_counter!("io.syscr", io.syscr);
+    absolute_counter!("io.syscw", io.syscw);
+    absolute_counter!("io.read_bytes", io.read_bytes);
+    absolute_counter!("io.write_bytes", io.write_bytes);
+    absolute_counter!("io.cancelled_write_bytes", io.cancelled_write_bytes);
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn describe_io_stats() {
+    use metrics::describe_counter;
+
+    describe_counter!("io.rchar", "Characters read");
+    describe_counter!("io.wchar", "Characters written");
+    describe_counter!("io.syscr", "Read syscalls");
+    describe_counter!("io.syscw", "Write syscalls");
+    describe_counter!("io.read_bytes", Unit::Bytes, "Bytes read");
+    describe_counter!("io.write_bytes", Unit::Bytes, "Bytes written");
+    describe_counter!("io.cancelled_write_bytes", Unit::Bytes, "Cancelled write bytes");
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+fn collect_io_stats() {}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+fn describe_io_stats() {}