diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati.yml
index 231a0b3145..8de3162fae 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
     file: service.yml
     objectname: service.yml
 
+  - role: openshift/object
+    app: coreos-cincinnati
+    file: servicemonitor.yml
+    objectname: servicemonitor.yml
+
   - role: openshift/route
     app: coreos-cincinnati
     routename: coreos-updates
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/servicemonitor.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/servicemonitor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..126d594771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/servicemonitor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    monitoring-key: 'cpe'
+  name: coreos-cincinnati
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+    - path: /metrics
+      port: coreos-cincinnati-raw-updates-status
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: coreos-cincinnati