diff --git a/lib/logger/logger.go b/lib/logger/logger.go
index c2c8478e86..c705bd6e2d 100644
--- a/lib/logger/logger.go
+++ b/lib/logger/logger.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
 var loggerLevel = flag.String("loggerLevel", "INFO", "Minimum level of errors to log. Possible values: INFO, ERROR, FATAL, PANIC")
@@ -119,6 +122,10 @@ func logMessage(level, msg string, skipframes int) {
 	fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, logMsg)
 	mu.Unlock()
 
+	// Increment vm_log_messages_count
+	counterName := fmt.Sprintf(`vm_log_messages_count{app_version=%q, level=%q, file=%q, line="%d"}`, buildinfo.Version, levelLowercase, file, line)
+	metrics.GetOrCreateCounter(counterName).Inc()
+
 	switch level {
 	case "PANIC":
 		panic(errors.New(msg))