diff --git a/neonvm-runner/cmd/main.go b/neonvm-runner/cmd/main.go
index cde50d13a..90ed7732b 100644
--- a/neonvm-runner/cmd/main.go
+++ b/neonvm-runner/cmd/main.go
@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3"
 	"github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3/cgroup1"
 	"github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3/cgroup2"
+	"github.com/coreos/go-iptables/iptables"
 	"github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu/qmp"
 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/types"
 	"github.com/jpillora/backoff"
 	"github.com/kdomanski/iso9660"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 
 	vmv1 "github.com/neondatabase/autoscaling/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1"
 	"github.com/neondatabase/autoscaling/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/neondatabase/autoscaling/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/neondatabase/autoscaling/pkg/util/taskgroup"
 )
 
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ const (
 	//
 	// See also: https://neondb.slack.com/archives/C03TN5G758R/p1693462680623239
 	cpuLimitOvercommitFactor = 4
+
+	protocolTCP string = "6"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -669,6 +675,91 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+type NetworkMonitoringMetrics struct {
+	IngressBytes, EgressBytes, Errors prometheus.Counter
+	IngressBytesRaw, EgressBytesRaw   uint64 // Absolute values to calc increments for Counters
+}
+
+func NewMonitoringMetrics(reg *prometheus.Registry) *NetworkMonitoringMetrics {
+	m := &NetworkMonitoringMetrics{
+		IngressBytes: util.RegisterMetric(reg, prometheus.NewCounter(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Name: "runner_vm_ingress_bytes",
+				Help: "Number of bytes received by the VM from the open internet",
+			},
+		)),
+		EgressBytes: util.RegisterMetric(reg, prometheus.NewCounter(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Name: "runner_vm_egress_bytes",
+				Help: "Number of bytes sent by the VM to the open internet",
+			},
+		)),
+		IngressBytesRaw: 0,
+		EgressBytesRaw:  0,
+		Errors: util.RegisterMetric(reg, prometheus.NewCounter(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Name: "runner_vm_network_fetch_errors_total",
+				Help: "Number of errors while fetching network monitoring data",
+			},
+		)),
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func shouldBeIgnored(ip net.IP) bool {
+	// We need to measure only external traffic to/from vm, so we filter internal traffic
+	// Don't filter on isUnspecified as it's an iptables rule, not a real ip
+	return ip.IsLoopback() || ip.IsPrivate()
+}
+
+func getNetworkBytesCounter(iptables *iptables.IPTables, chain string) (uint64, error) {
+	cnt := uint64(0)
+	rules, err := iptables.Stats("filter", chain)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cnt, err
+	}
+
+	for _, rawStat := range rules {
+		stat, err := iptables.ParseStat(rawStat)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cnt, err
+		}
+		src, dest := stat.Source.IP, stat.Destination.IP
+		if stat.Protocol == protocolTCP && !shouldBeIgnored(src) && !shouldBeIgnored(dest) {
+			cnt += stat.Bytes
+		}
+	}
+	return cnt, nil
+}
+
+func (m *NetworkMonitoringMetrics) update(logger *zap.Logger) {
+	// Rules configured at github.com/neondatabase/cloud/blob/main/compute-init/compute-init.sh#L98
+	iptables, err := iptables.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("initializing iptables failed", zap.Error(err))
+		m.Errors.Inc()
+		return
+	}
+
+	ingress, err := getNetworkBytesCounter(iptables, "INPUT")
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("getting iptables input counter failed", zap.Error(err))
+		m.Errors.Inc()
+		return
+	}
+	m.IngressBytes.Add(float64(ingress - m.IngressBytesRaw))
+	m.IngressBytesRaw = ingress
+
+	egress, err := getNetworkBytesCounter(iptables, "OUTPUT")
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("getting iptables output counter failed", zap.Error(err))
+		m.Errors.Inc()
+		return
+	}
+	m.EgressBytes.Add(float64(egress - m.EgressBytesRaw))
+	m.EgressBytesRaw = egress
+}
+
 func run(logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	cfg := newConfig(logger)
 
@@ -1077,7 +1168,8 @@ func runQEMU(
 	}
 
 	wg.Add(1)
-	go listenForCPUChanges(ctx, logger, vmSpec.RunnerPort, callbacks, &wg)
+	monitoring := vmSpec.EnableNetworkMonitoring != nil && *vmSpec.EnableNetworkMonitoring
+	go listenForHTTPRequests(ctx, logger, vmSpec.RunnerPort, callbacks, &wg, monitoring)
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go forwardLogs(ctx, logger, &wg)
 
@@ -1179,12 +1271,13 @@ type cpuServerCallbacks struct {
 	set func(*zap.Logger, vmv1.MilliCPU) error
 }
 
-func listenForCPUChanges(
+func listenForHTTPRequests(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	logger *zap.Logger,
 	port int32,
 	callbacks cpuServerCallbacks,
 	wg *sync.WaitGroup,
+	networkMonitoring bool,
 ) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
@@ -1197,6 +1290,15 @@ func listenForCPUChanges(
 	mux.HandleFunc("/cpu_current", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		handleCPUCurrent(cpuCurrentLogger, w, r, callbacks.get)
 	})
+	if networkMonitoring {
+		reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		metrics := NewMonitoringMetrics(reg)
+		mux.HandleFunc("/metrics", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			metrics.update(logger)
+			h := promhttp.HandlerFor(reg, promhttp.HandlerOpts{Registry: reg})
+			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
 	server := http.Server{
 		Addr:              fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", port),
 		Handler:           mux,
@@ -1211,13 +1313,13 @@ func listenForCPUChanges(
 	select {
 	case err := <-errChan:
 		if errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
-			logger.Info("cpu_change server closed")
+			logger.Info("http server closed")
 		} else if err != nil {
-			logger.Fatal("cpu_change exited with error", zap.Error(err))
+			logger.Fatal("http server exited with error", zap.Error(err))
 		}
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		err := server.Shutdown(context.Background())
-		logger.Info("shut down cpu_change server", zap.Error(err))
+		logger.Info("shut down http server", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_types.go b/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_types.go
index f6e079c6e..9e93f36ac 100644
--- a/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_types.go
+++ b/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_types.go
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ type VirtualMachineSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=QmpScaling
 	// +optional
 	CpuScalingMode *CpuScalingMode `json:"cpuScalingMode,omitempty"`
+
+	// Enable network monitoring on the VM
+	// +kubebuilder:default:=false
+	// +optional
+	EnableNetworkMonitoring *bool `json:"enableNetworkMonitoring,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (spec *VirtualMachineSpec) Resources() VirtualMachineResources {
diff --git a/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_webhook.go b/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_webhook.go
index 36c3bb378..00ae9d67d 100644
--- a/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_webhook.go
+++ b/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/virtualmachine_webhook.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func (r *VirtualMachine) ValidateUpdate(old runtime.Object) (admission.Warnings,
 		{".spec.enableAcceleration", func(v *VirtualMachine) any { return v.Spec.EnableAcceleration }},
 		{".spec.enableSSH", func(v *VirtualMachine) any { return v.Spec.EnableSSH }},
 		{".spec.initScript", func(v *VirtualMachine) any { return v.Spec.InitScript }},
+		{".spec.enableNetworkMonitoring", func(v *VirtualMachine) any { return v.Spec.EnableNetworkMonitoring }},
 	}
 
 	for _, info := range immutableFields {
diff --git a/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 08e7c3105..9f43de748 100644
--- a/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/neonvm/apis/neonvm/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -738,6 +738,11 @@ func (in *VirtualMachineSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *VirtualMachineSpec) {
 		*out = new(CpuScalingMode)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.EnableNetworkMonitoring != nil {
+		in, out := &in.EnableNetworkMonitoring, &out.EnableNetworkMonitoring
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new VirtualMachineSpec.
diff --git a/neonvm/config/crd/bases/vm.neon.tech_virtualmachines.yaml b/neonvm/config/crd/bases/vm.neon.tech_virtualmachines.yaml
index 75d034de6..5e7a9147b 100644
--- a/neonvm/config/crd/bases/vm.neon.tech_virtualmachines.yaml
+++ b/neonvm/config/crd/bases/vm.neon.tech_virtualmachines.yaml
@@ -1157,6 +1157,10 @@ spec:
                 default: true
                 description: Use KVM acceleation
                 type: boolean
+              enableNetworkMonitoring:
+                default: false
+                description: Enable network monitoring on the VM
+                type: boolean
               enableSSH:
                 default: true
                 description: |-
diff --git a/vm-deploy.yaml b/vm-deploy.yaml
index 09588f60d..5dc694d7c 100644
--- a/vm-deploy.yaml
+++ b/vm-deploy.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ metadata:
     autoscaling.neon.tech/testing-only-always-migrate: "false"
 spec:
   schedulerName: autoscale-scheduler
+  enableNetworkMonitoring: true
   enableSSH: true
   guest:
     cpus: { min: 0.25, use: 0.25, max: 1.25 }