diff --git a/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter.go b/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter.go
index ccece48..580760f 100644
--- a/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter.go
+++ b/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter.go
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2/kafka"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 
 	"github.com/honestbank/kp/v2/internal/retrycounter"
 	"github.com/honestbank/kp/v2/middlewares"
 )
 
+var deadletterProduceCounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+	Name: "kp_deadletter_produce_total",
+}, []string{"topic"})
+
 type deadletter struct {
 	producer        Producer
 	onProduceErrors func(err error)
@@ -16,6 +22,7 @@ type deadletter struct {
 }
 type Producer interface {
 	ProduceRaw(message *kafka.Message) error
+	GetTopic() string
 }
 
 func (r deadletter) Process(ctx context.Context, item *kafka.Message, next func(ctx context.Context, item *kafka.Message) error) error {
@@ -26,6 +33,7 @@ func (r deadletter) Process(ctx context.Context, item *kafka.Message, next func(
 	if retrycounter.GetCount(item) < r.threshold {
 		return err
 	}
+	deadletterProduceCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{"topic": r.producer.GetTopic()}).Inc()
 	err = r.producer.ProduceRaw(&kafka.Message{Value: item.Value, Key: item.Key, Headers: item.Headers, Timestamp: item.Timestamp, TimestampType: item.TimestampType, Opaque: item.Opaque})
 	if err != nil {
 		r.onProduceErrors(err)
diff --git a/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter_test.go b/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter_test.go
index 1250dcb..6ff60ad 100644
--- a/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter_test.go
+++ b/v2/middlewares/deadletter/deadletter_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ package deadletter_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/honestbank/kp/v2/internal/retrycounter"
 
 	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2/kafka"
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 type producerMock struct {
 	produceRaw func(message *kafka.Message) error
+	topic      string
 }
 
 func (r producerMock) Flush() error {
@@ -30,8 +36,12 @@ func (r producerMock) ProduceRaw(message *kafka.Message) error {
 	return r.produceRaw(message)
 }
 
-func newProducer(cb func(item *kafka.Message) error) producer.Producer[any] {
-	return producerMock{produceRaw: cb}
+func (r producerMock) GetTopic() string {
+	return r.topic
+}
+
+func newProducer(topic string, cb func(item *kafka.Message) error) producer.Producer[any] {
+	return producerMock{produceRaw: cb, topic: topic}
 }
 
 func TestRetry_Process(t *testing.T) {
@@ -46,7 +56,7 @@ func TestRetry_Process(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("if the retry count is less than threshold it simply returns error", func(t *testing.T) {
-		middleware := deadletter.NewDeadletterMiddleware(newProducer(func(item *kafka.Message) error {
+		middleware := deadletter.NewDeadletterMiddleware(newProducer("dlq-success-case", func(item *kafka.Message) error {
 			return nil
 		}), 2, func(err error) {
 			t.FailNow()
@@ -67,11 +77,15 @@ func TestRetry_Process(t *testing.T) {
 			return errors.New("random error")
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		metrics, err := scrapeMetrics()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, metrics, `kp_deadletter_produce_total{topic="dlq-success-case"} 1`, "should report metric on successful DLQ produce")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("if producing returns error, we get a callback", func(t *testing.T) {
 		called := false
-		middleware := deadletter.NewDeadletterMiddleware(newProducer(func(item *kafka.Message) error {
+		middleware := deadletter.NewDeadletterMiddleware(newProducer("dlq-failure-case", func(item *kafka.Message) error {
 			return errors.New("random error")
 		}), 1, func(err error) {
 			called = true
@@ -82,5 +96,19 @@ func TestRetry_Process(t *testing.T) {
 			return errors.New("random error")
 		})
 		assert.True(t, called)
+		metrics, err := scrapeMetrics()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, metrics, `kp_deadletter_produce_total{topic="dlq-failure-case"} 1`, "should report metric on failed DLQ produce")
 	})
 }
+
+func scrapeMetrics() (string, error) {
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	promhttp.Handler().ServeHTTP(recorder, httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/metrics", nil))
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(recorder.Result().Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(body), nil
+}
diff --git a/v2/producer/producer.go b/v2/producer/producer.go
index 56081da..f6272e2 100644
--- a/v2/producer/producer.go
+++ b/v2/producer/producer.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func (p producer[BodyType]) Flush() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (p producer[BodyType]) GetTopic() string {
+	return p.topic
+}
+
 func (p producer[BodyType]) ProduceRaw(message *kafka.Message) error {
 	return p.k.ProduceRaw(message)
 }
diff --git a/v2/producer/types.go b/v2/producer/types.go
index 8b59d7a..42f85f8 100644
--- a/v2/producer/types.go
+++ b/v2/producer/types.go
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ type Producer[BodyType any] interface {
 	Flush() error
 	Produce(context context.Context, message BodyType) error
 	ProduceRaw(message *kafka.Message) error
+	GetTopic() string
 }
 
 type UntypedProducer interface {
 	ProduceRaw(message *kafka.Message) error
+	GetTopic() string
 	Flush() error
 }
diff --git a/v2/producer/untyped.go b/v2/producer/untyped.go
index a694587..73c2cbe 100644
--- a/v2/producer/untyped.go
+++ b/v2/producer/untyped.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ func (u untypedProducer) Flush() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (u untypedProducer) GetTopic() string {
+	return u.topic
+}
+
 func NewUntyped(topic string, cfg config.Kafka) (UntypedProducer, error) {
 	p, err := kafka.NewProducer(config.GetKafkaConfig(cfg))
 	if err != nil {