diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/IMetricsConfig.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/IMetricsConfig.cs
index 27510f0ebc8..e568530f7fd 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/IMetricsConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/IMetricsConfig.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace Nethermind.Monitoring.Config;
 [ConfigCategory(Description = "Configuration of the metrics provided by a Nethermind node for both, the Prometheus and the dotnet-counters.")]
 public interface IMetricsConfig : IConfig
 {
+    [ConfigItem(Description = "The ip at which to expose Prometheus metrics.", DefaultValue = "127.0.0.1")]
+    string ExposeHost { get; }
+
     [ConfigItem(Description = "The port to expose Prometheus metrics at.", DefaultValue = "null")]
     int? ExposePort { get; }
 
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/MetricsConfig.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/MetricsConfig.cs
index ed59ad88e58..50977531c5e 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/MetricsConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/Config/MetricsConfig.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Nethermind.Monitoring.Config
 {
     public class MetricsConfig : IMetricsConfig
     {
+        public string ExposeHost { get; set; } = "127.0.0.1";
         public int? ExposePort { get; set; } = null;
         public bool Enabled { get; set; } = false;
         public bool CountersEnabled { get; set; } = false;
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/MonitoringService.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/MonitoringService.cs
index 08203506e87..e40540dcfbe 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/MonitoringService.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Monitoring/MonitoringService.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class MonitoringService : IMonitoringService
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
         private readonly Options _options;
 
+        private readonly string _exposeHost;
         private readonly int? _exposePort;
         private readonly string _nodeName;
         private readonly bool _pushEnabled;
@@ -29,12 +30,14 @@ public MonitoringService(IMetricsController metricsController, IMetricsConfig me
         {
             _metricsController = metricsController ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(metricsController));
 
+            string exposeHost = metricsConfig.ExposeHost;
             int? exposePort = metricsConfig.ExposePort;
             string nodeName = metricsConfig.NodeName;
             string pushGatewayUrl = metricsConfig.PushGatewayUrl;
             bool pushEnabled = metricsConfig.Enabled;
             int intervalSeconds = metricsConfig.IntervalSeconds;
 
+            _exposeHost = exposeHost;
             _exposePort = exposePort;
             _nodeName = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nodeName)
                 ? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(nodeName))
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ public async Task StartAsync()
             }
             if (_exposePort is not null)
             {
-                new NethermindKestrelMetricServer(_exposePort.Value).Start();
+                new NethermindKestrelMetricServer(_exposeHost, _exposePort.Value).Start();
             }
             await Task.Factory.StartNew(() => _metricsController.StartUpdating(), TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
             if (_logger.IsInfo) _logger.Info($"Started monitoring for the group: {_options.Group}, instance: {_options.Instance}");