diff --git a/scaletest/scaletest.sh b/scaletest/scaletest.sh
index f9f7fb7ca2..9677df05c9 100755
--- a/scaletest/scaletest.sh
+++ b/scaletest/scaletest.sh
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@ fi
 if [[ -z "${SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_USER}" ]] || [[ -z "${SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_PASSWORD}" ]]; then
 	echo "SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_USER or SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_PASSWORD not specified."
 	echo "No prometheus metrics will be collected!"
-	read -pr "Continue (y/N)? " choice
-	case "$choice" in
-	y | Y | yes | YES) ;;
-	*) exit 1 ;;
-	esac
+	read -p "Continue (y/N)? " -n1 -r
+	if [[ "${REPLY}" != [yY] ]]; then
+		exit 1
+	fi
 fi
 
 SCALETEST_SCENARIO_VARS="${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/terraform/scenario-${SCALETEST_SCENARIO}.tfvars"
diff --git a/scaletest/terraform/coder.tf b/scaletest/terraform/coder.tf
index 44e7f4a374..29e9ffef9f 100644
--- a/scaletest/terraform/coder.tf
+++ b/scaletest/terraform/coder.tf
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ resource "kubernetes_namespace" "coder_namespace" {
   ]
 }
 
-resource "random_password" "postgres-admin-password" {
+resource "random_password" "coder-postgres-password" {
   length = 12
 }
 
-resource "random_password" "coder-postgres-password" {
+resource "random_password" "prometheus-postgres-password" {
   length = 12
 }
 
diff --git a/scaletest/terraform/gcp_db.tf b/scaletest/terraform/gcp_db.tf
index b57002f2d2..8855d24f6d 100644
--- a/scaletest/terraform/gcp_db.tf
+++ b/scaletest/terraform/gcp_db.tf
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@ resource "google_sql_user" "coder" {
   # required for postgres, otherwise user fails to delete
   deletion_policy = "ABANDON"
 }
+
+resource "google_sql_user" "prometheus" {
+  project  = var.project_id
+  instance = google_sql_database_instance.db.id
+  name     = "${var.name}-prometheus"
+  type     = "BUILT_IN"
+  password = random_password.prometheus-postgres-password.result
+  # required for postgres, otherwise user fails to delete
+  deletion_policy = "ABANDON"
+}
diff --git a/scaletest/terraform/prometheus.tf b/scaletest/terraform/prometheus.tf
index 9054f6d752..4c6f082e1c 100644
--- a/scaletest/terraform/prometheus.tf
+++ b/scaletest/terraform/prometheus.tf
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 locals {
-  prometheus_helm_repo            = "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami"
-  prometheus_helm_chart           = "kube-prometheus"
-  prometheus_helm_version         = null // just use latest
-  prometheus_release_name         = "prometheus"
-  prometheus_namespace            = "prometheus"
-  prometheus_remote_write_enabled = var.prometheus_remote_write_password != ""
+  prometheus_helm_repo             = "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami"
+  prometheus_helm_chart            = "kube-prometheus"
+  prometheus_exporter_helm_repo    = "https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts"
+  prometheus_exporter_helm_chart   = "prometheus-postgres-exporter"
+  prometheus_release_name          = "prometheus"
+  prometheus_exporter_release_name = "prometheus-postgres-exporter"
+  prometheus_namespace             = "prometheus"
+  prometheus_remote_write_enabled  = var.prometheus_remote_write_password != ""
 }
 
 # Create a namespace to hold our Prometheus deployment.
@@ -37,7 +39,6 @@ resource "helm_release" "prometheus-chart" {
   repository = local.prometheus_helm_repo
   chart      = local.prometheus_helm_chart
   name       = local.prometheus_release_name
-  version    = local.prometheus_helm_version
   namespace  = kubernetes_namespace.prometheus_namespace.metadata.0.name
   values = [<<EOF
 alertmanager:
@@ -97,6 +98,48 @@ prometheus:
   ]
 }
 
+resource "kubernetes_secret" "prometheus-postgres-password" {
+  type = "kubernetes.io/basic-auth"
+  metadata {
+    name      = "prometheus-postgres"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.prometheus_namespace.metadata.0.name
+  }
+  data = {
+    username = google_sql_user.prometheus.name
+    password = google_sql_user.prometheus.password
+  }
+}
+
+# Install Prometheus Postgres exporter helm chart
+resource "helm_release" "prometheus-exporter-chart" {
+  repository = local.prometheus_exporter_helm_repo
+  chart      = local.prometheus_exporter_helm_chart
+  name       = local.prometheus_exporter_release_name
+  namespace  = local.prometheus_namespace
+  values = [<<EOF
+affinity:
+  nodeAffinity:
+  requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+    nodeSelectorTerms:
+    - matchExpressions:
+      - key: "cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool"
+        operator: "In"
+        values: ["${google_container_node_pool.misc.name}"]
+config:
+  datasource:
+    host: "${google_sql_database_instance.db.private_ip_address}"
+    user: "${google_sql_user.prometheus.name}"
+    database: "${google_sql_database.coder.name}"
+    passwordSecret:
+      name: "${kubernetes_secret.prometheus-postgres-password.metadata.0.name}"
+      key: password
+    autoDiscoverDatabases: true
+serviceMonitor:
+  enabled: true
+  EOF
+  ]
+}
+
 # NOTE: this is created as a local file before being applied
 # as the kubernetes_manifest resource needs to be run separately
 # after creating a cluster, and we want this to be brought up