diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 36a35d72f8..255e387ee3 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ func selectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *httpserver.Path, a
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", `{"status":"success","data":{"alerts":[]}}`)
 		return true
+	case "prometheus/api/v1/metadata":
+		// Return dumb placeholder
+		metadataRequests.Inc()
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", `{"status":"success","data":{}}`)
+		return true
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
@@ -327,6 +333,7 @@ var (
 	federateRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/federate"}`)
 	federateErrors   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_request_errors_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/federate"}`)
 
-	rulesRequests  = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/api/v1/rules"}`)
-	alertsRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/api/v1/alerts"}`)
+	rulesRequests    = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/api/v1/rules"}`)
+	alertsRequests   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/api/v1/alerts"}`)
+	metadataRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/select/{}/prometheus/api/v1/metadata"}`)
 )