diff --git a/pkg/metrics/handler.go b/pkg/metrics/handler.go
index 0c2b61c..b0393fb 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/handler.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Handler struct {
 
 func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	uptimeGauge.Set(time.Since(h.startTime).Seconds())
+
 	h.promHandler.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 7e0c6d2..54a8e2f 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package metrics
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 )
@@ -21,12 +23,21 @@ var (
 		Help: "Server health status",
 	})
 
+	startTimeGauge = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: "pgweb_process_start_time",
+		Help: "Server start time, seconds since unix epoch",
+	})
+
 	uptimeGauge = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Name: "pgweb_uptime",
 		Help: "Server application uptime in seconds",
 	})
 )
 
+func init() {
+	startTimeGauge.Set(float64(time.Now().Unix()))
+}
+
 func IncrementQueriesCount() {
 	queriesCounter.Inc()
 }