diff --git a/bitnami/jenkins/Chart.yaml b/bitnami/jenkins/Chart.yaml
index b3af210e7..bb410f731 100644
--- a/bitnami/jenkins/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/jenkins/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: jenkins
-version: 1.2.1
+version: 1.3.0
 appVersion: 2.138.2
 description: The leading open source automation server
 keywords:
diff --git a/bitnami/jenkins/README.md b/bitnami/jenkins/README.md
index 83967a7f0..b3684fa5c 100644
--- a/bitnami/jenkins/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/jenkins/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Jenkins chart and
 | `persistence.accessMode`   | PVC Access Mode for Jenkins volume     | `ReadWriteOnce`                                           |
 | `persistence.size`         | PVC Storage Request for Jenkins volume | `8Gi`                                                     |
 | `resources`                | CPU/Memory resource requests/limits    | Memory: `512Mi`, CPU: `300m`                              |
+| `podAnnotations`                | Pod annotations                                   | `{}`                                                       |
+| `metrics.enabled`                          | Start a side-car Jenkins prometheus exporter                                                                           | `false`                                              |
+| `metrics.image.registry`                   | Jenkins exporter image registry                                                                                  | `docker.io`                                          |
+| `metrics.image.repository`                 | Jenkins exporter image name                                                                                      | `tolleiv/jenkins_exporter`                           |
+| `metrics.image.tag`                        | Jenkins exporter image tag                                                                                       | `latest`                                            |
+| `metrics.image.pullPolicy`                 | Image pull policy                                                                                              | `IfNotPresent`                                       |
+| `metrics.image.pullSecrets`                | Specify docker-registry secret names as an array                                                               | `nil`                                                |
+| `metrics.podAnnotations`                   | Additional annotations for Metrics exporter pod                                                                | `{prometheus.io/scrape: "true", prometheus.io/port: "9118"}`                                                   |
+| `metrics.resources`                        | Exporter resource requests/limit                                                                               | Memory: `256Mi`, CPU: `100m`                         |
+
 
 The above parameters map to the env variables defined in [bitnami/jenkins](http://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-jenkins). For more information please refer to the [bitnami/jenkins](http://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-jenkins) image documentation.
 
diff --git a/bitnami/jenkins/templates/_helpers.tpl b/bitnami/jenkins/templates/_helpers.tpl
index c20d44cd3..f5051ebb9 100644
--- a/bitnami/jenkins/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/bitnami/jenkins/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -37,3 +37,13 @@ Also, we can't use a single if because lazy evaluation is not an option
     {{- printf "%s/%s:%s" $registryName $repositoryName $tag -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Return the proper image name (for the metrics image)
+*/}}
+{{- define "metrics.image" -}}
+{{- $registryName :=  .Values.metrics.image.registry -}}
+{{- $repositoryName := .Values.metrics.image.repository -}}
+{{- $tag := .Values.metrics.image.tag | toString -}}
+{{- printf "%s/%s:%s" $registryName $repositoryName $tag -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/bitnami/jenkins/templates/deployment.yaml b/bitnami/jenkins/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3c06e9136..9f071b885 100644
--- a/bitnami/jenkins/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/jenkins/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ spec:
         app: {{ template "fullname" . }}
         chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
         release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+{{- if or .Values.podAnnotations .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+      annotations:
+  {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.metrics.podAnnotations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.metrics.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- if .Values.image.pullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
@@ -26,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
       {{- end}}
       {{- end }}
       containers:
-      - name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+      - name: jenkins
         image: "{{ template "jenkins.image" . }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
         env:
@@ -69,6 +78,37 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: jenkins-data
           mountPath: /bitnami/jenkins
+{{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
+      - name: metrics
+        image: {{ template "metrics.image" . }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.metrics.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
+        command: ['sh', '-c', 'python -u ./jenkins_exporter.py -j http://127.0.0.1:8080 --user $JENKINS_USERNAME --password $JENKINS_PASSWORD']
+        env:
+        - name: JENKINS_USERNAME
+          value: {{ .Values.jenkinsUser | quote }}
+        - name: JENKINS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+              key: jenkins-password
+        ports:
+        - name: metrics
+          containerPort: 9118
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /metrics
+            port: metrics
+          initialDelaySeconds: 15
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /metrics
+            port: metrics
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 1
+        resources:
+  {{ toYaml .Values.metrics.resources | indent 10 }}
+{{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: jenkins-data
       {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
diff --git a/bitnami/jenkins/values.yaml b/bitnami/jenkins/values.yaml
index 80f650f02..4426e9e5e 100644
--- a/bitnami/jenkins/values.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/jenkins/values.yaml
@@ -70,3 +70,31 @@ resources:
   requests:
     memory: 512Mi
     cpu: 300m
+
+## Pod annotations
+## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/
+##
+podAnnotations: {}
+## Prometheus Exporter / Metrics
+##
+metrics:
+  enabled: false
+  image:
+    registry: docker.io
+    repository: tolleiv/jenkins_exporter
+    tag: latest
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    ## Optionally specify an array of imagePullSecrets.
+    ## Secrets must be manually created in the namespace.
+    ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/
+    ##
+    # pullSecrets:
+    #   - myRegistrKeySecretName
+  ## Metrics exporter pod Annotation and Labels
+  podAnnotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    prometheus.io/port: "9118"
+    ## Metrics exporter resource requests and limits
+    ## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/compute-resources/
+    ##
+  # resources: {}