diff --git a/plugin/metrics/README.md b/plugin/metrics/README.md
index 42fe36d60..5aec4e97b 100644
--- a/plugin/metrics/README.md
+++ b/plugin/metrics/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The following metrics are exported:
 * `coredns_dns_request_type_count_total{server, zone, type}` - counter of queries per zone and type.
 * `coredns_dns_response_size_bytes{server, zone, proto}` - response size in bytes.
 * `coredns_dns_response_rcode_count_total{server, zone, rcode}` - response per zone and rcode.
+* `coredns_plugin_enabled{server, zone, name}` - indicates whether a plugin is enabled on per server and zone basis.
 
 Each counter has a label `zone` which is the zonename used for the request/response.
 
@@ -75,3 +76,4 @@ When reloading, the Prometheus handler is stopped before the new server instance
 If that new server fails to start, then the initial server instance is still available and DNS queries still served,
 but Prometheus handler stays down.
 Prometheus will not reply HTTP request until a successful reload or a complete restart of CoreDNS.
+Only the plugins that register as Handler are visible in `coredns_plugin_enabled{server, zone, name}`. As of today the plugins reload and bind will not be reported.
diff --git a/plugin/metrics/metrics.go b/plugin/metrics/metrics.go
index 2a87dcb17..89c948aa6 100644
--- a/plugin/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/plugin/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func New(addr string) *Metrics {
 	met.MustRegister(vars.RequestType)
 	met.MustRegister(vars.ResponseSize)
 	met.MustRegister(vars.ResponseRcode)
+	met.MustRegister(vars.PluginEnabled)
 
 	return met
 }
diff --git a/plugin/metrics/setup.go b/plugin/metrics/setup.go
index ffc0466f3..b50960211 100644
--- a/plugin/metrics/setup.go
+++ b/plugin/metrics/setup.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/core/dnsserver"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/coremain"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin"
+	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/metrics/vars"
 	clog "github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/uniq"
 
@@ -50,6 +51,23 @@ func setup(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 		return nil
 	})
 
+	c.OnRestart(func() error {
+		vars.PluginEnabled.Reset()
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	c.OnStartup(func() error {
+		conf := dnsserver.GetConfig(c)
+		plugins := conf.Handlers()
+		for _, h := range conf.ListenHosts {
+			addrstr := conf.Transport + "://" + net.JoinHostPort(h, conf.Port)
+			for _, p := range plugins {
+				vars.PluginEnabled.WithLabelValues(addrstr, conf.Zone, p.Name()).Set(1)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+
+	})
 	c.OnRestart(m.OnRestart)
 	c.OnFinalShutdown(m.OnFinalShutdown)
 
diff --git a/plugin/metrics/vars/vars.go b/plugin/metrics/vars/vars.go
index a25a0894c..3adee1d76 100644
--- a/plugin/metrics/vars/vars.go
+++ b/plugin/metrics/vars/vars.go
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ var (
 		Name:      "panic_count_total",
 		Help:      "A metrics that counts the number of panics.",
 	})
+
+	PluginEnabled = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Namespace: plugin.Namespace,
+		Name:      "plugin_enabled",
+		Help:      "A metric that indicates whether a plugin is enabled on per server and zone basis.",
+	}, []string{"server", "zone", "name"})
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/test/metrics_test.go b/test/metrics_test.go
index c37126a74..4aaf89036 100644
--- a/test/metrics_test.go
+++ b/test/metrics_test.go
@@ -186,3 +186,39 @@ google.com:0 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected metric data retrieved for %s, expected %d, got %d", cacheSizeMetricName, 1, endCacheSize-beginCacheSize)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMetricsPluginEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	corefile := `example.org:0 {
+	chaos CoreDNS-001 miek@miek.nl
+	prometheus localhost:0
+}
+
+example.com:0 {
+	forward . 8.8.4.4:53
+	prometheus localhost:0
+}
+`
+	srv, err := CoreDNSServer(corefile)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not get CoreDNS serving instance: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Stop()
+
+	metricName := "coredns_plugin_enabled" //{server, zone, name}
+
+	data := test.Scrape("http://" + metrics.ListenAddr + "/metrics")
+
+	// Get the value for the metrics where the one of the labels values matches "chaos".
+	got, _ := test.MetricValueLabel(metricName, "chaos", data)
+
+	if got != "1" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected value %s for %s, but got %s", "1", metricName, got)
+	}
+
+	// Get the value for the metrics where the one of the labels values matches "whoami".
+	got, _ = test.MetricValueLabel(metricName, "whoami", data)
+
+	if got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected value %s for %s, but got %s", "", metricName, got)
+	}
+}