diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 6e33a83c75..6ce0ddc102 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", `{"status":"success","data":{"alerts":[]}}`)
 		return true
+	case "/api/v1/metadata":
+		// Return dumb placeholder
+		metadataRequests.Inc()
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", `{"status":"success","data":{}}`)
+		return true
 	case "/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series":
 		deleteRequests.Inc()
 		authKey := r.FormValue("authKey")
@@ -258,6 +264,7 @@ var (
 	federateRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/federate"}`)
 	federateErrors   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_request_errors_total{path="/federate"}`)
 
-	rulesRequests  = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/rules"}`)
-	alertsRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/alerts"}`)
+	rulesRequests    = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/rules"}`)
+	alertsRequests   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/alerts"}`)
+	metadataRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/metadata"}`)
 )