diff --git a/config.libsonnet b/config.libsonnet
index 4bb1ede..512eb26 100644
--- a/config.libsonnet
+++ b/config.libsonnet
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@ local deployment = k.apps.v1.deployment;
     psql_listen_port: 5432,
     jmx_listen_port: 7979,
     jmx_exporter_listen_port: 8080,
+    sql_exporter_listen_port: 8181,
 
     // flags
     enable_blobs: false,
     enable_rolling_upgrades: false,
     enable_master_data_deployment: false,
     enable_jmx_api: false,
+    enable_sql_exporter: true,
 
     // crate.yml
     crate: {
diff --git a/images.libsonnet b/images.libsonnet
index 9a4dcc5..9c95d54 100644
--- a/images.libsonnet
+++ b/images.libsonnet
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   _images+:: {
     crate: 'crate:%s' % [$._config.version],
     busybox: 'busybox:latest',
+    sql_exporter: 'githubfree/sql_exporter:latest',
   },
 }
diff --git a/main.libsonnet b/main.libsonnet
index ec56613..2ff399b 100644
--- a/main.libsonnet
+++ b/main.libsonnet
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 + (import 'images.libsonnet')
 + (import 'common.libsonnet')
 + (import 'pvc.libsonnet')
++ (import 'sqlexporter.libsonnet')
 + (import 'statefulset.libsonnet')
diff --git a/sqlexporter.libsonnet b/sqlexporter.libsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7050d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlexporter.libsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+local k = import 'ksonnet-util/kausal.libsonnet';
+
+{
+  local configMap = k.core.v1.configMap,
+  local container = k.core.v1.container,
+  local volumeMount = k.core.v1.volumeMount,
+
+  // TODO(chaudum): Should these be exposed in $._config object?
+  local mount_name = 'sql-exporter',
+  local mount_path = '/sql-exporter/config',
+
+  _config+:: {
+    sql_exporter: {
+      global: {
+        // Subtracted from Prometheus' scrape_timeout to give us some headroom and prevent Prometheus from
+        // timing out first.
+        scrape_timeout_offset: '500ms',
+        // Minimum interval between collector runs: by default (0s) collectors are executed on every scrape.
+        min_interval: '1s',
+        // Maximum number of open connections to any one target. Metric queries will run concurrently on
+        // multiple connections.
+        max_connections: 10,
+        // Maximum number of idle connections to any one target.
+        max_idle_connections: 3,
+      },
+      target: {
+        data_source_name: 'postgres://%s@localhost:%s?sslmode=disable' % ['crate', $._config.psql_listen_port],
+        collectors: [c.collector_name for c in $._config.sql_exporter_collectors],
+      },
+      collector_files: [
+        '*.collector.yml',
+      ],
+    },
+    sql_exporter_collectors: [
+      {
+        collector_name: 'default',
+        metrics: [
+          {
+            metric_name: 'crate_table_health',
+            type: 'gauge',
+            help: 'Table health (1=GREEN, 2=YELLOW, 3=RED)',
+            key_labels: ['schema', 'table'],
+            static_labels: {},
+            values: ['severity'],
+            query: |||
+              SELECT table_schema AS "schema", table_name AS "table", severity
+              FROM sys.health
+            |||,
+          },
+          {
+            metric_name: 'crate_table_shards_total',
+            type: 'gauge',
+            help: 'Underreplicated shards per table',
+            key_labels: ['schema', 'table'],
+            value_label: 'state',
+            static_labels: {},
+            values: ['underreplicated', 'missing'],
+            query: |||
+              SELECT table_schema AS "schema", table_name AS "table", missing_shards AS "missing", underreplicated_shards AS "underreplicated"
+              FROM sys.health
+            |||,
+          },
+          {
+            metric_name: 'crate_shards_total',
+            type: 'gauge',
+            help: 'Shard count by table and state',
+            key_labels: ['schema', 'table', 'state', 'primary'],
+            static_labels: {},
+            values: ['value'],
+            query: |||
+              SELECT COUNT(*) AS "value", schema_name AS "schema", table_name AS "table", LOWER(state) AS "state", "primary"
+              FROM sys.shards
+              GROUP BY "schema", "table", "state", "primary"
+            |||,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+
+  sql_exporter_args:: {
+    'config.file': '%s/config.yml' % mount_path,
+    'web.listen-address': ':%s' % $._config.sql_exporter_listen_port,
+    'web.metrics-path': '/metrics',
+  },
+
+  sql_exporter_container::
+    container.new(mount_name, $._images.sql_exporter) +
+    container.withArgsMixin(k.util.mapToFlags($.sql_exporter_args)) +
+    container.withVolumeMountsMixin([
+      volumeMount.new(mount_name, mount_path),
+    ]) +
+    k.util.resourcesRequests('500m', '128Mi') +
+    k.util.resourcesLimits('1000m', '256Mi') +
+    {},
+
+  sql_exporter_config_file:
+    configMap.new(mount_name) +
+    configMap.withData(
+      { 'config.yml': k.util.manifestYaml($._config.sql_exporter) }
+      + { ['%s.collector.yml' % collector.collector_name]: k.util.manifestYaml(collector) for collector in $._config.sql_exporter_collectors }
+    ),
+
+}
diff --git a/statefulset.libsonnet b/statefulset.libsonnet
index 3ac6820..a346274 100644
--- a/statefulset.libsonnet
+++ b/statefulset.libsonnet
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet-util/kausal.libsonnet';
 
   newCrateStatefulSet(container, name='node', replicas=3, pvcs=[], prefix='crate')::
     local fqn = '%s-%s' % [prefix, name];
-    statefulSet.new(fqn, replicas, [container], pvcs) +
+    local containers = [container] + if $._config.enable_sql_exporter then [$.sql_exporter_container] else [];
+    statefulSet.new(fqn, replicas, containers, pvcs) +
     statefulSet.mixin.spec.withServiceName(fqn) +
     statefulSet.mixin.spec.withPodManagementPolicy('Parallel') +
     statefulSet.mixin.spec.updateStrategy.withType(if $._config.enable_rolling_upgrades then 'RollingUpdate' else 'OnDelete') +
@@ -47,7 +48,10 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet-util/kausal.libsonnet';
     k.util.emptyVolumeMount('ext', '/crate/ext') +
     k.util.antiAffinity +
     $.config_hash_mixin +
-    {},
+    if $._config.enable_sql_exporter then
+      k.util.configVolumeMount('sql-exporter', '/sql-exporter/config')
+    else
+      {},
 
   crate_ext_volume_mount::
     [volumeMount.new('ext', '/crate/ext')],