diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d96dfb2..e0cd37e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ The `-client-tls` flag is not required if your controller certificate is signed
 
 Metric name | Description
 ---- | ----------
+anka_controller_state_count | Status of the Anka Controller (labels: state)
+anka_registry_state_count | Status of the Anka Registry (labels: state)
+-- | --
 anka_instance_state_count | Count of Instances in a particular State (labels: arch, state)
 anka_instance_state_per_template_count | Count of Instances in a particular state, per Template (labels: state, template_uuid, template_name)
 anka_instance_state_per_group_count | Count of Instances in a particular state, per Group (labels: state, group_name)
diff --git a/src/client/client.go b/src/client/client.go
index c34b18b..34722b9 100644
--- a/src/client/client.go
+++ b/src/client/client.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func NewClient(addr, username, password string, interval int, certs ClientTLSCer
 			events.EVENT_REGISTRY_DISK_DATA_UPDATED: make([]func(interface{}) error, 0),
 			events.EVENT_VM_DATA_UPDATED:            make([]func(interface{}) error, 0),
 			events.EVENT_REGISTRY_TEMPLATES_UPDATED: make([]func(interface{}) error, 0),
+			events.EVENT_STATUS_UPDATED:             make([]func(interface{}) error, 0),
 		},
 		communicator:        communicator,
 		timeoutSeconds:      int64(interval),
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ func (client *Client) Init() {
 	go client.initDataLoop(client.communicator.GetVmsData, events.EVENT_VM_DATA_UPDATED)
 	go client.initDataLoop(client.communicator.GetRegistryDiskData, events.EVENT_REGISTRY_DISK_DATA_UPDATED)
 	go client.initDataLoop(client.communicator.GetRegistryTemplatesData, events.EVENT_REGISTRY_TEMPLATES_UPDATED)
+	go client.initDataLoop(client.communicator.GetStatus, events.EVENT_STATUS_UPDATED)
 }
 
 func (client *Client) Register(ev events.Event, eventHandler func(interface{}) error) error {
diff --git a/src/client/communicator.go b/src/client/communicator.go
index dc8b428..5b006b5 100644
--- a/src/client/communicator.go
+++ b/src/client/communicator.go
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ func (comm *Communicator) TestConnection() error {
 	}
 }
 
+func (comm *Communicator) GetStatus() (interface{}, error) {
+	lock.Lock()
+	defer lock.Unlock()
+	endpoint := "/api/v1/status"
+	resp := &types.StatusResponse{}
+	d, err := comm.getData(endpoint, resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting status error: %s", err)
+	}
+	return d, nil
+}
+
 func (comm *Communicator) GetNodesData() (interface{}, error) {
 	lock.Lock()
 	defer lock.Unlock()
diff --git a/src/events/events.go b/src/events/events.go
index 951e414..4d85ee9 100644
--- a/src/events/events.go
+++ b/src/events/events.go
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ const (
 	EVENT_REGISTRY_DISK_DATA_UPDATED = 2
 	EVENT_VM_DATA_UPDATED            = 3
 	EVENT_REGISTRY_TEMPLATES_UPDATED = 4
+	EVENT_STATUS_UPDATED             = 5
 )
diff --git a/src/metrics/status.go b/src/metrics/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f14ae8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metrics/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/veertuinc/anka-prometheus-exporter/src/events"
+	"github.com/veertuinc/anka-prometheus-exporter/src/types"
+)
+
+type StatusMetric struct {
+	BaseAnkaMetric
+	HandleData func(*types.Status, *prometheus.GaugeVec)
+}
+
+func (sm StatusMetric) GetEventHandler() func(interface{}) error {
+	return func(d interface{}) error {
+		status, err := ConvertToStatusData(d)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		metric, err := ConvertMetricToGaugeVec(sm.metric)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		sm.HandleData(
+			status,
+			metric,
+		)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+var ankaStatusMetrics = []StatusMetric{
+	{
+		BaseAnkaMetric: BaseAnkaMetric{
+			metric: CreateGaugeMetricVec("anka_controller_state_count", "Status of the Anka Controller", []string{"state"}),
+			event:  events.EVENT_STATUS_UPDATED,
+		},
+		HandleData: func(status *types.Status, metric *prometheus.GaugeVec) {
+			for _, state := range types.ControllerStates {
+				counter := 0
+				if status.Status == state {
+					counter++
+				}
+				metric.With(prometheus.Labels{"state": state}).Set(float64(counter))
+			}
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		BaseAnkaMetric: BaseAnkaMetric{
+			metric: CreateGaugeMetricVec("anka_registry_state_count", "Status of the Anka Registry", []string{"state"}),
+			event:  events.EVENT_STATUS_UPDATED,
+		},
+		HandleData: func(status *types.Status, metric *prometheus.GaugeVec) {
+			for _, state := range types.RegistryStates {
+				counter := 0
+				if status.RegistryStatus == state {
+					counter++
+				}
+				metric.With(prometheus.Labels{"state": state}).Set(float64(counter))
+			}
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func init() { // runs on exporter init only (updates are made with the above EventHandler; triggered by the Client)
+	for _, statusMetric := range ankaStatusMetrics {
+		AddMetric(statusMetric)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/metrics/utils.go b/src/metrics/utils.go
index 2aa0aa5..fd2abde 100644
--- a/src/metrics/utils.go
+++ b/src/metrics/utils.go
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ func CreateGaugeMetricVec(name string, help string, labels []string) *prometheus
 		}, labels)
 }
 
+func ConvertToStatusData(d interface{}) (*types.Status, error) {
+	data, ok := d.(types.Status)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert incoming data to required status information. original data: %v", d)
+	}
+	return &data, nil
+}
+
 func ConvertToNodeData(d interface{}) ([]types.Node, error) {
 	data, ok := d.([]types.Node)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/src/types/types.go b/src/types/types.go
index d934bb8..fea9aa6 100644
--- a/src/types/types.go
+++ b/src/types/types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package types
 
+var ControllerStates = []string{
+	"Running",
+}
+
+var RegistryStates = []string{
+	"Running",
+	"FAIL",
+}
+
 var NodeStates = []string{
 	"Offline",
 	"Inactive (Invalid License)",
@@ -25,6 +34,14 @@ var InstanceStates = []string{
 	"Pushing",
 }
 
+type Status struct {
+	Status          string `json:"status"`
+	Version         string `json:"version"`
+	RegistryAddress string `json:"registry_address"`
+	RegistryStatus  string `json:"registry_status"`
+	License         string `json:"license"`
+}
+
 type Node struct {
 	NodeID         string      `json:"node_id"`
 	NodeName       string      `json:"node_name"`
@@ -89,6 +106,15 @@ func (dr *DefaultResponse) GetMessage() string {
 	return dr.Message
 }
 
+type StatusResponse struct {
+	DefaultResponse
+	Body Status `json:"body"`
+}
+
+func (sr *StatusResponse) GetBody() interface{} {
+	return sr.Body
+}
+
 type NodesResponse struct {
 	DefaultResponse
 	Body []Node `json:"body"`