diff --git a/charts/bind9/Chart.yaml b/charts/bind9/Chart.yaml
index a86938c..f41d591 100644
--- a/charts/bind9/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/bind9/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: bind9
 description: A flexible and production-ready Helm chart for running ISC Bind9 DNS server on Kubernetes.
 type: application
 
-version: 2026.3.1
+version: 2026.3.17
 appVersion: "9.21"
 icon: https://www.aschnoebelen.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bind9.png
 
diff --git a/charts/bind9/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/bind9/templates/configmap.yaml
index 2e7c368..4e7f8f3 100644
--- a/charts/bind9/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/bind9/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ metadata:
 
 data:
   named.conf: |
+    {{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+    statistics-channels {
+      inet 127.0.0.1 port 8053 allow { 127.0.0.1; };
+    };
+    {{- end }}
     {{- .Values.bind.namedConf | nindent 4 }}
 
   {{- range $name, $zone := .Values.bind.zones }}
diff --git a/charts/bind9/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/bind9/templates/deployment.yaml
index c764076..0024a1a 100644
--- a/charts/bind9/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/bind9/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ spec:
 
           command: ["/usr/sbin/named"]
           args:
-          - "-f"
-          - "-g"
+            - "-f"
+            - "-g"
           {{- with .Values.bind.args }}
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
 
           ports:
@@ -96,7 +96,35 @@ spec:
             - name: bind-data
               mountPath: /var/lib/bind
             {{- end }}
-
+        {{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-exporter
+          {{- with .Values.metrics.securityContext }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.metrics.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.metrics.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.metrics.image.pullPolicy }}
+          args:
+            - --bind.stats-url=http://127.0.0.1:8053/
+            - --bind.stats-groups={{ .Values.metrics.statsGroups | join "," }}
+            - --web.listen-address=:{{ .Values.service.ports.metrics }}
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.ports.metrics }}
+              protocol: TCP
+          {{- with .Values.metrics.livenessProbe }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.metrics.readinessProbe }}
+          readinessProbe:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.metrics.resources }}
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
       volumes:
         - name: bind-config
           configMap:
diff --git a/charts/bind9/templates/service.yaml b/charts/bind9/templates/service.yaml
index 741cca7..c94bf34 100644
--- a/charts/bind9/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/bind9/templates/service.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ spec:
       nodePort: {{ .Values.service.ports.rndcNodePort }}
       {{- end }}
 
+    {{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+    - name: metrics
+      port: {{ .Values.service.ports.metrics }}
+      targetPort: metrics
+      protocol: TCP
+      {{- if and .Values.service.ports.rndcNodePort (ne .Values.service.type "ClusterIP") }}
+      nodePort: {{ .Values.service.ports.rndcNodePort }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+
   selector:
     {{- include "bind9.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/bind9/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/bind9/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23db1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/bind9/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{- if .Values.metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled }}
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "bind9.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "bind9.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+    {{ .Values.metrics.serviceMonitor.endpoints | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+    - {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "bind9.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/bind9/values.yaml b/charts/bind9/values.yaml
index 36667c3..b5bc9b7 100644
--- a/charts/bind9/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/bind9/values.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ service:
     dnsTcpNodePort: 30053
     dnsUdpNodePort: 30053
     rndcNodePort: 30054
+    metrics: 9119
 
 resources: {}
   # limits:
@@ -95,6 +96,53 @@ autoscaling:
   maxReplicas: 100
   targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
 
+metrics:
+  enabled: false
+
+  # list of statistics to collect
+  statsGroups:
+  - server
+  - tasks
+  - view
+
+  image:
+    repository: prometheuscommunity/bind-exporter
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    tag: v0.8.0
+
+  securityContext:
+    allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+    capabilities:
+      drop:
+        - ALL
+    livenessProbe:
+      failureThreshold: 3
+      httpGet:
+        path: /
+        port: metrics
+        scheme: HTTP
+      periodSeconds: 10
+      successThreshold: 1
+      timeoutSeconds: 1
+    readinessProbe:
+      failureThreshold: 3
+      httpGet:
+        path: /
+        port: metrics
+        scheme: HTTP
+      periodSeconds: 10
+      successThreshold: 1
+      timeoutSeconds: 1
+
+    resources: {}
+
+  serviceMonitor:
+    # Toggle the ServiceMonitor true if you have Prometheus Operator installed and configured
+    enabled: true
+    endpoints:
+    - port: metrics
+      scheme: http
+
 # General Bind9 configuration
 bind:
   # Extra args to pass to named