diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41b401c..9d4f376 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 4.2.0 
+  - Add  metrics support for events, operations, connections and errors produced during execution (based on exception being raised).
+
 ## 4.1.1
   - Relax constraint on logstash-core-plugin-api to >= 1.60 <= 2.99
 
diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb
index 71b3947..26d8720 100755
--- a/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   public
 
   def register
+    @metric_errors = metric.namespace(:errors)
+
     require "rufus/scheduler"
     prepare_jdbc_connection
 
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ def stop
   private
 
   def execute_query(queue)
+    metric.increment(:queries)
     # update default parameters
     @parameters['sql_last_value'] = @sql_last_value
     execute_statement(@statement, @parameters) do |row|
@@ -257,11 +260,13 @@ def execute_query(queue)
       event = LogStash::Event.new(row)
       decorate(event)
       queue << event
+      metric.increment(:events)
     end
   end
 
   def update_state_file
     if @record_last_run
+      metric.increment(:state_file_updates)
       File.write(@last_run_metadata_path, YAML.dump(@sql_last_value))
     end
   end
@@ -279,9 +284,11 @@ def convert(column_name, value)
     if column_charset
       converter = @converters[column_charset]
       converter.convert(value)
+      metric.increment(:encoding_conversions)
     elsif @charset
       converter = @converters[@charset]
       converter.convert(value)
+      metric.increment(:encoding_conversions)
     else
       value
     end
diff --git a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc.rb b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc.rb
index c36a67b..41243bc 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc.rb
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ def jdbc_connect
           @logger.error("Failed to connect to database. #{@jdbc_pool_timeout} second timeout exceeded. Tried #{@connection_retry_attempts} times.")
           raise e
         else
-          @logger.error("Failed to connect to database. #{@jdbc_pool_timeout} second timeout exceeded. Trying again.")  
+          @logger.error("Failed to connect to database. #{@jdbc_pool_timeout} second timeout exceeded. Trying again.")
+          @metric_errors.increment(:connection_retries)
         end
       rescue Sequel::Error => e
         if retry_attempts <= 0
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ def jdbc_connect
           raise e
         else
           @logger.error("Unable to connect to database. Trying again", :error_message => e.message)
+          @metric_errors.increment(:connection_retries)
         end
       end
       sleep(@connection_retry_attempts_wait_time)
@@ -159,6 +161,8 @@ def prepare_jdbc_connection
       raise LogStash::ConfigurationError, "#{e}. #{message}"
     end
     @database = jdbc_connect()
+    metric.increment(:connections)
+
     @database.extension(:pagination)
     if @jdbc_default_timezone
       @database.extension(:named_timezones)
@@ -201,8 +205,11 @@ def execute_statement(statement, parameters)
       parameters = symbolized_params(parameters)
       query = @database[statement, parameters]
       sql_last_value = @use_column_value ? @sql_last_value : Time.now.utc
+      metric.gauge(:sql_last_value, sql_last_value)
+
       @tracking_column_warning_sent = false
       @logger.debug? and @logger.debug("Executing JDBC query", :statement => statement, :parameters => parameters, :count => query.count)
+      metric.gauge(:rows_in, query.count)
 
       if @jdbc_paging_enabled
         query.each_page(@jdbc_page_size) do |paged_dataset|
@@ -220,6 +227,7 @@ def execute_statement(statement, parameters)
       success = true
     rescue Sequel::DatabaseConnectionError, Sequel::DatabaseError => e
       @logger.warn("Exception when executing JDBC query", :exception => e)
+      @metric_errors.increment(:jdbc_query_errors)
     else
       @sql_last_value = sql_last_value
     end
diff --git a/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
index cf34da9..7d666f3 100755
--- a/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-input-jdbc'
-  s.version         = '4.1.1'
+  s.version         = '4.2.0'
   s.licenses = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary = "This example input streams a string at a definable interval."
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
diff --git a/spec/inputs/jdbc_spec.rb b/spec/inputs/jdbc_spec.rb
index b862c06..74bae54 100755
--- a/spec/inputs/jdbc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/inputs/jdbc_spec.rb
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@
     let(:logger) { double("logger") }
 
     it "should report the staments to logging" do
-      expect(logger).to receive(:debug).with(kind_of(String)).once
+      expect(logger).to receive(:debug).with(kind_of(String)).twice
       plugin.run(queue)
     end
   end