diff --git a/sinks/README.md b/sinks/README.md
index 65d2851..df532c9 100644
--- a/sinks/README.md
+++ b/sinks/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This folder contains the SinkManager and sink implementations for the cc-metric-
 - [`nats`](./natsSink.md): Publish metrics to the [NATS](https://nats.io/) network overlay system
 - [`ganglia`](./gangliaSink.md): Publish metrics in the [Ganglia Monitoring System](http://ganglia.info/) using the `gmetric` CLI tool
 - [`libganglia`](./libgangliaSink.md): Publish metrics in the [Ganglia Monitoring System](http://ganglia.info/) directly using `libganglia.so`
+- [`prometeus`](./prometheusSink.md): Publish metrics for the [Prometheus Monitoring System](https://prometheus.io/)
 
 # Configuration
 
diff --git a/sinks/prometheusSink.go b/sinks/prometheusSink.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5011ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sinks/prometheusSink.go
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+package sinks
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	cclog "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccLogger"
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccMetric"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+)
+
+type PrometheusSinkConfig struct {
+	defaultSinkConfig
+	Host             string `json:"host,omitempty"`
+	Port             string `json:"port"`
+	Path             string `json:"path,omitempty"`
+	GroupAsNameSpace bool   `json:"group_as_namespace,omitempty"`
+	// User       string `json:"user,omitempty"`
+	// Password   string `json:"password,omitempty"`
+	// FlushDelay string `json:"flush_delay,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type PrometheusSink struct {
+	sink
+	config       PrometheusSinkConfig
+	labelMetrics map[string]*prometheus.GaugeVec
+	nodeMetrics  map[string]prometheus.Gauge
+	promWg       sync.WaitGroup
+	promServer   *http.Server
+}
+
+func intToFloat64(input interface{}) (float64, error) {
+	switch value := input.(type) {
+	case float64:
+		return value, nil
+	case float32:
+		return float64(value), nil
+	case int:
+		return float64(value), nil
+	case int32:
+		return float64(value), nil
+	case int64:
+		return float64(value), nil
+	}
+	return 0, errors.New("cannot cast value to float64")
+}
+
+func getLabelValue(metric lp.CCMetric) []string {
+	labelValues := []string{}
+	if tid, tidok := metric.GetTag("type-id"); tidok && metric.HasTag("type") {
+		labelValues = append(labelValues, tid)
+	}
+	if d, ok := metric.GetTag("device"); ok {
+		labelValues = append(labelValues, d)
+	} else if d, ok := metric.GetMeta("device"); ok {
+		labelValues = append(labelValues, d)
+	}
+	return labelValues
+}
+
+func getLabelNames(metric lp.CCMetric) []string {
+	labelNames := []string{}
+	if t, tok := metric.GetTag("type"); tok && metric.HasTag("type-id") {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, t)
+	}
+	if _, ok := metric.GetTag("device"); ok {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, "device")
+	} else if _, ok := metric.GetMeta("device"); ok {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, "device")
+	}
+	return labelNames
+}
+
+func (s *PrometheusSink) newMetric(metric lp.CCMetric) error {
+	var value float64 = 0
+	name := metric.Name()
+	opts := prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: name,
+	}
+	labels := getLabelNames(metric)
+	labelValues := getLabelValue(metric)
+	if len(labels) > 0 && len(labels) != len(labelValues) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot detect metric labels for metric %s", name)
+	}
+
+	if metricValue, ok := metric.GetField("value"); ok {
+		if floatValue, err := intToFloat64(metricValue); err == nil {
+			value = floatValue
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("metric %s with value '%v' cannot be casted to float64", name, metricValue)
+		}
+	}
+	if s.config.GroupAsNameSpace && metric.HasMeta("group") {
+		g, _ := metric.GetMeta("group")
+		opts.Namespace = strings.ToLower(g)
+	}
+
+	if len(labels) > 0 {
+		new := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(opts, labels)
+		new.WithLabelValues(labelValues...).Set(value)
+		s.labelMetrics[name] = new
+		prometheus.Register(new)
+	} else {
+		new := prometheus.NewGauge(opts)
+		new.Set(value)
+		s.nodeMetrics[name] = new
+		prometheus.Register(new)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *PrometheusSink) updateMetric(metric lp.CCMetric) error {
+	var value float64 = 0.0
+	name := metric.Name()
+	labelValues := getLabelValue(metric)
+
+	if metricValue, ok := metric.GetField("value"); ok {
+		if floatValue, err := intToFloat64(metricValue); err == nil {
+			value = floatValue
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("metric %s with value '%v' cannot be casted to float64", name, metricValue)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(labelValues) > 0 {
+		if _, ok := s.labelMetrics[name]; !ok {
+			err := s.newMetric(metric)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		s.labelMetrics[name].WithLabelValues(labelValues...).Set(value)
+	} else {
+		if _, ok := s.labelMetrics[name]; !ok {
+			err := s.newMetric(metric)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		s.nodeMetrics[name].Set(value)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *PrometheusSink) Write(m lp.CCMetric) error {
+	return s.updateMetric(m)
+}
+
+func (s *PrometheusSink) Flush() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *PrometheusSink) Close() {
+	cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "CLOSE")
+	s.promServer.Shutdown(context.Background())
+	s.promWg.Wait()
+}
+
+func NewPrometheusSink(name string, config json.RawMessage) (Sink, error) {
+	s := new(PrometheusSink)
+	s.name = "PrometheusSink"
+	if len(config) > 0 {
+		err := json.Unmarshal(config, &s.config)
+		if err != nil {
+			cclog.ComponentError(s.name, "Error reading config for", s.name, ":", err.Error())
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if len(s.config.Port) == 0 {
+		err := errors.New("not all configuration variables set required by PrometheusSink")
+		cclog.ComponentError(s.name, err.Error())
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s.labelMetrics = make(map[string]*prometheus.GaugeVec)
+	s.nodeMetrics = make(map[string]prometheus.Gauge)
+	s.promWg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		router := mux.NewRouter()
+		// Prometheus endpoint
+		router.Path("/" + s.config.Path).Handler(promhttp.Handler())
+
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", s.config.Host, s.config.Port)
+		cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "Serving Prometheus metrics at", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s/%s", s.config.Host, s.config.Port, s.config.Path))
+		s.promServer = &http.Server{Addr: url, Handler: router}
+		err := s.promServer.ListenAndServe()
+		if err != nil && err.Error() != "http: Server closed" {
+			cclog.ComponentError(s.name, err.Error())
+		}
+		s.promWg.Done()
+	}()
+	return s, nil
+}
diff --git a/sinks/prometheusSink.md b/sinks/prometheusSink.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0996c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sinks/prometheusSink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+## `prometheus` sink
+
+The `prometheus` sink publishes all metrics via an HTTP server ready to be scraped by a [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io) server. It creates gauge metrics for all node metrics and gauge vectors for all metrics with a subtype like 'device', 'cpu' or 'socket'. 
+
+
+### Configuration structure
+
+```json
+{
+  "<name>": {
+    "type": "prometheus",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": "8080",
+    "path": "metrics"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+- `type`: makes the sink an `prometheus` sink
+- `host`: The HTTP server gets bound to that IP/hostname
+- `port`: Portnumber (as string) for the HTTP server
+- `path`: Path where the metrics should be servered. The metrics will be published at `host`:`port`/`path`
+- `group_as_namespace`: Most metrics contain a group as meta information like 'memory', 'load'. With this the metric names are extended to `group`_`name` if possible.