diff --git a/scaler/config.go b/scaler/config.go
index 8a50aace8..5859a097b 100644
--- a/scaler/config.go
+++ b/scaler/config.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type config struct {
 	// UpdateRoutingTableDur is the duration between manual
 	// updates to the routing table.
 	UpdateRoutingTableDur time.Duration `envconfig:"KEDA_HTTP_SCALER_ROUTING_TABLE_UPDATE_DUR" default:"100ms"`
+	// This will be the 'Target Pending Requests' for the interceptor
+	TargetPendingRequestsInterceptor int `envconfig:"KEDA_HTTP_SCALER_TARGET_PENDING_REQUESTS_INTERCEPTOR" default:"100"`
 }
 
 func mustParseConfig() *config {
diff --git a/scaler/handlers.go b/scaler/handlers.go
index 2211265a0..393626bbb 100644
--- a/scaler/handlers.go
+++ b/scaler/handlers.go
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type impl struct {
-	lggr         logr.Logger
-	pinger       *queuePinger
-	routingTable routing.TableReader
-	targetMetric int64
+	lggr                    logr.Logger
+	pinger                  *queuePinger
+	routingTable            routing.TableReader
+	targetMetric            int64
+	targetMetricInterceptor int64
 	externalscaler.UnimplementedExternalScalerServer
 }
 
@@ -33,12 +34,14 @@ func newImpl(
 	pinger *queuePinger,
 	routingTable routing.TableReader,
 	defaultTargetMetric int64,
+	defaultTargetMetricInterceptor int64,
 ) *impl {
 	return &impl{
-		lggr:         lggr,
-		pinger:       pinger,
-		routingTable: routingTable,
-		targetMetric: defaultTargetMetric,
+		lggr:                    lggr,
+		pinger:                  pinger,
+		routingTable:            routingTable,
+		targetMetric:            defaultTargetMetric,
+		targetMetricInterceptor: defaultTargetMetricInterceptor,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -115,20 +118,26 @@ func (e *impl) GetMetricSpec(
 		lggr.Error(err, "no 'host' found in ScaledObject metadata")
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	target, err := e.routingTable.Lookup(host)
-	if err != nil {
-		lggr.Error(
-			err,
-			"error getting target for host",
-			"host",
-			host,
-		)
-		return nil, err
+	var targetPendingRequests int64
+	if host == "interceptor" {
+		targetPendingRequests = e.targetMetricInterceptor
+	} else {
+		target, err := e.routingTable.Lookup(host)
+		if err != nil {
+			lggr.Error(
+				err,
+				"error getting target for host",
+				"host",
+				host,
+			)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		targetPendingRequests = int64(target.TargetPendingRequests)
 	}
 	metricSpecs := []*externalscaler.MetricSpec{
 		{
 			MetricName: host,
-			TargetSize: int64(target.TargetPendingRequests),
+			TargetSize: targetPendingRequests,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/scaler/handlers_test.go b/scaler/handlers_test.go
index 8d824ad65..4fcd8a180 100644
--- a/scaler/handlers_test.go
+++ b/scaler/handlers_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func TestIsActive(t *testing.T) {
 		pinger,
 		table,
 		123,
+		200,
 	)
 	res, err := hdl.IsActive(
 		ctx,
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func TestGetMetricSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	))
 	ticker, pinger := newFakeQueuePinger(ctx, lggr)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
-	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123)
+	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123, 200)
 	meta := map[string]string{
 		"host":                  host,
 		"targetPendingRequests": strconv.Itoa(int(target)),
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func TestGetMetricsMissingHostInMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	table := routing.NewTable()
 	ticker, pinger := newFakeQueuePinger(ctx, lggr)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
-	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123)
+	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123, 200)
 
 	// no 'host' in the ScalerObjectRef's metadata field
 	res, err := hdl.GetMetrics(ctx, req)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func TestGetMetricsMissingHostInQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	table := routing.NewTable()
 	ticker, pinger := newFakeQueuePinger(ctx, lggr)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
-	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123)
+	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123, 200)
 
 	req := &externalscaler.GetMetricsRequest{
 		ScaledObjectRef: &externalscaler.ScaledObjectRef{},
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ func TestGetMetricsHostFoundInQueueCounts(t *testing.T) {
 	// first tick
 	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
 
-	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123)
+	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123, 200)
 	res, err := hdl.GetMetrics(ctx, req)
 	r.NoError(err)
 	r.NotNil(res)
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ func TestGetMetricsInterceptorReturnsAggregate(t *testing.T) {
 	// first tick
 	time.Sleep(tickDur * 5)
 
-	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123)
+	hdl := newImpl(lggr, pinger, table, 123, 200)
 	res, err := hdl.GetMetrics(ctx, req)
 	r.NoError(err)
 	r.NotNil(res)
diff --git a/scaler/main.go b/scaler/main.go
index 3e3cf8c01..84b10f707 100644
--- a/scaler/main.go
+++ b/scaler/main.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 	svcName := cfg.TargetService
 	targetPortStr := fmt.Sprintf("%d", cfg.TargetPort)
 	targetPendingRequests := cfg.TargetPendingRequests
+	targetPendingRequestsInterceptor := cfg.TargetPendingRequestsInterceptor
 
 	k8sCl, _, err := k8s.NewClientset()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func main() {
 			pinger,
 			table,
 			int64(targetPendingRequests),
+			int64(targetPendingRequestsInterceptor),
 		)
 	})
 
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ func startGrpcServer(
 	pinger *queuePinger,
 	routingTable *routing.Table,
 	targetPendingRequests int64,
+	targetPendingRequestsInterceptor int64,
 ) error {
 
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", port)
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ func startGrpcServer(
 			pinger,
 			routingTable,
 			targetPendingRequests,
+			targetPendingRequestsInterceptor,
 		),
 	)
 	reflection.Register(grpcServer)