diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 0e0c3c9..62c6352 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml"
 
 ## Enable prometheus metrics collection
 ## used used by the coop-cloud monitoring stack
+#COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.metrics.yml"
 #METRICS_ENABLED=1
 
 #####################################################################
diff --git a/abra.sh b/abra.sh
index 6f44e73..fcae9d8 100644
--- a/abra.sh
+++ b/abra.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-export TRAEFIK_YML_VERSION=v16
+export TRAEFIK_YML_VERSION=v17
 export FILE_PROVIDER_YML_VERSION=v8
 export ENTRYPOINT_VERSION=v2
diff --git a/compose.metrics.yml b/compose.metrics.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35765fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.metrics.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+  app:
+    environment:
+      - METRICS_ENABLED
+    ports:
+      - "8082:8082"
diff --git a/traefik.yml.tmpl b/traefik.yml.tmpl
index 59e7c39..b734a8a 100644
--- a/traefik.yml.tmpl
+++ b/traefik.yml.tmpl
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ entrypoints:
   {{ if eq (env "METRICS_ENABLED") "1" }}
   metrics:
     address: ":8082"
+    http:
+      middlewares:
+        - basicauth@file
   {{ end }}
   {{ if eq (env "MATRIX_FEDERATION_ENABLED") "1" }}
   matrix-federation:
@@ -80,6 +83,8 @@ ping:
 metrics:
   prometheus:
     entryPoint: metrics
+    addRoutersLabels: true
+    addServicesLabels: true
 {{ end }}
 
 certificatesResolvers: