diff --git a/services/src/modules/apollo-server-plugins/metrics.ts b/services/src/modules/apollo-server-plugins/metrics.ts
index 12960aae..a43b6e7e 100644
--- a/services/src/modules/apollo-server-plugins/metrics.ts
+++ b/services/src/modules/apollo-server-plugins/metrics.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ import {
   ApolloServerPlugin,
   GraphQLRequestContextWillSendResponse,
   GraphQLFieldResolverParams,
+  GraphQLRequestListenerParsingDidEnd,
+  GraphQLRequestListenerValidationDidEnd,
 } from 'apollo-server-plugin-base';
 import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
-import { Histogram } from 'prom-client';
+import { Histogram, Counter } from 'prom-client';
 import { knownApolloDirectives } from '../config';
 
 let requestDurationHistogram: Histogram<string> | undefined;
 let resolverDurationHistogram: Histogram<string> | undefined;
+let requestParsingErrorCounter: Counter<string> | undefined;
+let requestValidationErrorCounter: Counter<string> | undefined;
 
 export function createMetricsPlugin(fastifyInstance: Pick<FastifyInstance, 'metrics'>): ApolloServerPlugin {
   return {
@@ -25,10 +29,34 @@ export function createMetricsPlugin(fastifyInstance: Pick<FastifyInstance, 'metr
         help: 'resolver duration in seconds',
         labelNames: ['parentType', 'fieldName', 'status'],
       });
+
+      requestParsingErrorCounter = new promClient.Counter({
+        name: 'graphql_request_parsing_errors',
+        help: 'request query parsing errors',
+      });
+
+      requestValidationErrorCounter = new promClient.Counter({
+        name: 'graphql_request_validation_errors',
+        help: 'request query validation errors',
+      });
     },
     requestDidStart() {
       const endResponseTimer = requestDurationHistogram?.startTimer();
       return {
+        parsingDidStart(): GraphQLRequestListenerParsingDidEnd {
+          return (err?: Error) => {
+            if (err) {
+              requestParsingErrorCounter?.inc(1);
+            }
+          };
+        },
+        validationDidStart(): GraphQLRequestListenerValidationDidEnd {
+          return (err?: ReadonlyArray<Error>) => {
+            if (err && err?.length > 0) {
+              requestValidationErrorCounter?.inc(1);
+            }
+          };
+        },
         willSendResponse(willSendResponseContext: GraphQLRequestContextWillSendResponse<unknown>) {
           const {
             response: { errors },
diff --git a/services/tests/e2e/basic/metrics.spec.ts b/services/tests/e2e/basic/metrics.spec.ts
index bde705aa..56cf8bc4 100644
--- a/services/tests/e2e/basic/metrics.spec.ts
+++ b/services/tests/e2e/basic/metrics.spec.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ describe('Metrics', () => {
     ).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  test('Parsing errors metric', async () => {
+    await gatewayClient.request('wrong query');
+
+    const response = await fetch(gatewayMetricsEndpoint);
+    expect(response.ok).toBeTruthy();
+    const body = await response.text();
+    const metrics = body.split('\n');
+    console.log(
+      '=====',
+      metrics.some(m => m.startsWith('graphql_request_parsing_errors'))
+    );
+  });
+
   test('Registry metrics', async () => {
     const response = await fetch(registryMetricsEndpoint);
     expect(response.ok).toBeTruthy();