diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json b/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json
index 6b2e233ffca528..68fb90cc638cff 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
         "src"
     ],
     "devDependencies": {
+        "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.3.7",
         "@types/analytics-node": "^3.1.9",
         "@types/chai-subset": "^1.3.3",
         "@types/cookie": "^0.4.1",
         "@types/express": "^4.17.13",
-        "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.3.7",
+        "@types/google-protobuf": "^3.15.5",
         "@types/jaeger-client": "^3.18.3",
         "@types/js-yaml": "^3.10.1",
         "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
         "@types/random-number-csprng": "^1.0.0",
         "@types/uuid": "^8.3.1",
         "@types/ws": "^5.1.2",
-        "@types/google-protobuf": "^3.15.5",
         "chai": "^4.3.4",
         "chai-subset": "^1.6.0",
         "mocha": "^5.0.0",
@@ -42,14 +42,17 @@
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@types/react": "17.0.32",
+        "abort-controller-x": "^0.4.0",
         "ajv": "^6.5.4",
         "analytics-node": "^6.0.0",
         "configcat-node": "^8.0.0",
         "cookie": "^0.4.2",
         "express": "^4.17.3",
+        "google-protobuf": "^3.19.1",
         "inversify": "^5.1.1",
         "jaeger-client": "^3.18.1",
         "js-yaml": "^3.10.0",
+        "nice-grpc-common": "^2.0.0",
         "opentracing": "^0.14.5",
         "prom-client": "^13.2.0",
         "random-number-csprng": "^1.0.2",
@@ -63,7 +66,6 @@
         "vscode-languageserver-types": "3.17.0",
         "vscode-uri": "^3.0.3",
         "vscode-ws-jsonrpc": "^0.2.0",
-        "ws": "^7.4.6",
-        "google-protobuf": "^3.19.1"
+        "ws": "^7.4.6"
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/nice-grpc.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/nice-grpc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ca6fcf1c30b493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/nice-grpc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
+import { isAbortError } from "abort-controller-x";
+import {
+    CallOptions,
+    ClientError,
+    ClientMiddleware,
+    ClientMiddlewareCall,
+    Status,
+    MethodDescriptor,
+} from "nice-grpc-common";
+import { GrpcMethodType, IClientCallMetrics } from "./grpc";
+
+function getLabels(method: MethodDescriptor) {
+    const callType = method.requestStream
+        ? method.responseStream
+            ? "bidi_stream"
+            : "client_stream"
+        : method.responseStream
+        ? "server_stream"
+        : "unary";
+    const { path } = method;
+    const [serviceName, methodName] = path.split("/").slice(1);
+
+    return {
+        type: callType as GrpcMethodType,
+        service: serviceName,
+        method: methodName,
+    };
+}
+
+async function* incrementStreamMessagesCounter<T>(iterable: AsyncIterable<T>, callback: () => void): AsyncIterable<T> {
+    for await (const item of iterable) {
+        callback();
+        yield item;
+    }
+}
+
+export function prometheusClientMiddleware(metrics: IClientCallMetrics): ClientMiddleware {
+    return async function* prometheusClientMiddlewareGenerator<Request, Response>(
+        call: ClientMiddlewareCall<Request, Response>,
+        options: CallOptions,
+    ): AsyncGenerator<Response, Response | void, undefined> {
+        const labels = getLabels(call.method);
+
+        metrics.started(labels);
+
+        let settled = false;
+        let status: Status = Status.OK;
+
+        try {
+            let request;
+
+            if (!call.requestStream) {
+                request = call.request;
+            } else {
+                request = incrementStreamMessagesCounter(call.request, metrics.sent.bind(metrics, labels));
+            }
+
+            if (!call.responseStream) {
+                const response = yield* call.next(request, options);
+                settled = true;
+                return response;
+            } else {
+                yield* incrementStreamMessagesCounter(
+                    call.next(request, options),
+                    metrics.received.bind(metrics, labels),
+                );
+                settled = true;
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            settled = true;
+            if (err instanceof ClientError) {
+                status = err.code;
+            } else if (isAbortError(err)) {
+                status = Status.CANCELLED;
+            } else {
+                status = Status.UNKNOWN;
+            }
+            throw err;
+        } finally {
+            if (!settled) {
+                status = Status.CANCELLED;
+            }
+            metrics.handled({ ...labels, code: Status[status] });
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/components/server/src/container-module.ts b/components/server/src/container-module.ts
index c09eae7fd4b7ce..7c73cb694b02ff 100644
--- a/components/server/src/container-module.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/container-module.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ import { LicenseEvaluator } from "@gitpod/licensor/lib";
 import { WorkspaceClusterImagebuilderClientProvider } from "./workspace/workspace-cluster-imagebuilder-client-provider";
 import { UsageServiceClient, UsageServiceDefinition } from "@gitpod/usage-api/lib/usage/v1/usage.pb";
 import { BillingServiceClient, BillingServiceDefinition } from "@gitpod/usage-api/lib/usage/v1/billing.pb";
-import { createChannel, createClient } from "nice-grpc";
+import { createChannel, createClient, createClientFactory } from "nice-grpc";
 import { CommunityEntitlementService, EntitlementService } from "./billing/entitlement-service";
 import {
     ConfigCatClientFactory,
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ import { VerificationService } from "./auth/verification-service";
 import { WebhookEventGarbageCollector } from "./projects/webhook-event-garbage-collector";
 import { LivenessController } from "./liveness/liveness-controller";
 import { IDEServiceClient, IDEServiceDefinition } from "@gitpod/ide-service-api/lib/ide.pb";
+import { prometheusClientMiddleware } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/nice-grpc";
 
 export const productionContainerModule = new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
     bind(Config).toConstantValue(ConfigFile.fromFile());
@@ -271,7 +272,10 @@ export const productionContainerModule = new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBo
 
     bind<IDEServiceClient>(IDEServiceDefinition.name).toDynamicValue((ctx) => {
         const config = ctx.container.get<Config>(Config);
-        return createClient(IDEServiceDefinition, createChannel(config.ideServiceAddr));
+        const metricsClient = ctx.container.get<IClientCallMetrics>(IClientCallMetrics);
+        return createClientFactory()
+            .use(prometheusClientMiddleware(metricsClient))
+            .create(IDEServiceDefinition, createChannel(config.ideServiceAddr));
     });
 
     bind(EntitlementService).to(CommunityEntitlementService).inSingletonScope();