diff --git a/core/corehttp/metrics.go b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
index 5d00a3c4c..4dee41aed 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/metrics.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 var (
 	peersTotalMetric = prometheus.NewDesc(
 		prometheus.BuildFQName("ipfs", "p2p", "peers_total"),
-		"Number of connected peers", nil, nil)
+		"Number of connected peers", []string{"transport"}, nil)
 )
 
 type IpfsNodeCollector struct {
@@ -41,13 +41,24 @@ func (_ IpfsNodeCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c IpfsNodeCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
-		peersTotalMetric,
-		prometheus.GaugeValue,
-		c.PeersTotalValue(),
-	)
+	for tr, val := range c.PeersTotalValues() {
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			peersTotalMetric,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			val,
+			tr,
+		)
+	}
 }
 
-func (c IpfsNodeCollector) PeersTotalValue() float64 {
-	return float64(len(c.Node.PeerHost.Network().Conns()))
+func (c IpfsNodeCollector) PeersTotalValues() map[string]float64 {
+	vals := make(map[string]float64)
+	for _, conn := range c.Node.PeerHost.Network().Conns() {
+		tr := ""
+		for _, proto := range conn.RemoteMultiaddr().Protocols() {
+			tr = tr + "/" + proto.Name
+		}
+		vals[tr] = vals[tr] + 1
+	}
+	return vals
 }
diff --git a/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go b/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go
index 7495360f7..98859f00f 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ func TestPeersTotal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	node := &core.IpfsNode{PeerHost: hosts[0]}
 	collector := IpfsNodeCollector{Node: node}
-	actual := collector.PeersTotalValue()
-	if actual != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 3 peers, got %d", int(actual))
+	actual := collector.PeersTotalValues()
+	if len(actual) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 peers transport, got %d", len(actual))
+	}
+	if actual["/ip4/tcp"] != float64(3) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 peers, got %s", actual["/ip4/tcp"])
 	}
 }