diff --git a/proto/telemetry.proto b/proto/telemetry.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..017a55d3ccfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/telemetry.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package telemetry;
+
+enum MetaBackend {
+  MetaBackendUnspecified = 0;
+  MetaBackendMemory = 1;
+  MetaBackendEtcd = 2;
+  MetaBackendRdb = 3;
+}
+
+enum TelemetryNodeType {
+  TelemetryNodeTypeUnspecified = 0;
+  TelemetryNodeTypeMeta = 1;
+  TelemetryNodeTypeCompute = 2;
+  TelemetryNodeTypeFrontend = 3;
+  TelemetryNodeTypeCompactor = 4;
+}
+
+message SystemMemory {
+  uint64 used = 1;
+  uint64 total = 2;
+}
+
+message SystemOs {
+  string name = 1;
+  string version = 2;
+  string kernel_version = 3;
+}
+
+message SystemCpu {
+  float available = 1;
+}
+
+message SystemData {
+  SystemMemory memory = 1;
+  SystemOs os = 2;
+  SystemCpu cpu = 3;
+}
+
+// NodeCount represents how many nodes in this cluster
+message NodeCount {
+  uint32 meta = 1;
+  uint32 compute = 2;
+  uint32 frontend = 3;
+  uint32 compactor = 4;
+}
+
+// RwVersion represents the version of RisingWave
+message RwVersion {
+  // Version is the Cargo package version of RisingWave
+  string rw_version = 1;
+  // GitSHA is the Git commit SHA of RisingWave
+  string git_sha = 2;
+}
+
+message ReportBase {
+  // tracking_id is persistent in meta data
+  string tracking_id = 1;
+  // session_id is reset every time node restarts
+  string session_id = 2;
+  // system_data is hardware and os info
+  SystemData system_data = 3;
+  // up_time is how long the node has been running
+  uint64 up_time = 4;
+  // report_time is when the report is created
+  uint64 report_time = 5;
+  // node_type is the node that creates the report
+  TelemetryNodeType node_type = 6;
+}
+
+message MetaReport {
+  ReportBase base = 1;
+  // meta_backend is the backend of meta data
+  MetaBackend meta_backend = 2;
+  // node_count is the count of each node type
+  NodeCount node_count = 3;
+  // rw_version is the version of RisingWave
+  RwVersion rw_version = 4;
+  // This field represents the "number of running streaming jobs"
+  // and is used to indicate whether the cluster is active.
+  uint32 stream_job_count = 5;
+}
+
+message ComputeReport {
+  ReportBase base = 1;
+}
+
+message FrontendReport {
+  ReportBase base = 1;
+}
+
+message CompactorReport {
+  ReportBase base = 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/prost/build.rs b/src/prost/build.rs
index 3af4c9873863d..cd65b20d6f192 100644
--- a/src/prost/build.rs
+++ b/src/prost/build.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         "stream_plan",
         "stream_service",
         "task_service",
+        "telemetry",
         "user",
     ];
     let protos: Vec<String> = proto_files