diff --git a/internal/prometheus/prometheus.go b/internal/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 7642a40e6..51e87708c 100644
--- a/internal/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/internal/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	TotalRequests = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name: "total_http_requests",
+		Name: "composer_total_http_requests",
 		Help: "total number of http requests made to osbuild-composer",
 	})
 )
@@ -25,3 +25,10 @@ var (
 		Help: "total number of successful compose requests",
 	})
 )
+
+var (
+	ComposeFailures = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "total_failed_compose_requests",
+		Help: "total number of failed compose requests",
+	})
+)