diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 0.5.1.0
+
+- Added gauge metrics type to Prometheus counters.
+
 ### 0.5.0.0
 
 - Added module *NgxExport.Tools.Prometheus* to convert custom counters from
diff --git a/NgxExport/Tools/Prometheus.hs b/NgxExport/Tools/Prometheus.hs
--- a/NgxExport/Tools/Prometheus.hs
+++ b/NgxExport/Tools/Prometheus.hs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
 data PrometheusConf =
     PrometheusConf { pcMetrics :: Map MetricsName MetricsHelp
+                   , pcGauges :: [MetricsName]
                    , pcScale1000 :: [MetricsName]
                    } deriving Read
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
     (ServerName, AllCounters, AllHistogramsLayout, AllOtherCounters)
 
 data MetricsType = Counter Double
+                 | Gauge Double
                  | Histogram HistogramData
 
 type PrometheusMetrics = Map MetricsName (MetricsHelp, MetricsType)
@@ -159,10 +161,12 @@
 --                 { __/pcMetrics/__ = fromList
 --                     [(\"cnt_4xx\", \"Number of responses with 4xx status\")
 --                     ,(\"cnt_5xx\", \"Number of responses with 5xx status\")
+--                     ,(\"cnt_stub_status_active\", \"Active requests\")
 --                     ,(\"cnt_uptime\", \"Nginx master uptime\")
 --                     ,(\"cnt_uptime_reload\", \"Nginx master uptime after reload\")
 --                     ,(\"hst_request_time\", \"Request duration\")
 --                     ]
+--                 , __/pcGauges/__ = [\"cnt_stub_status_active\"]
 --                 , __/pcScale1000/__ = [\"hst_request_time_sum\"]
 --                 }';
 --
@@ -212,11 +216,12 @@
 --         location \/ {
 --             haskell_run __/toPrometheusMetrics/__ $hs_prom_metrics
 --                     '[\"__/main/__\"
---                       ,__/$cnt_collection/__
---                       ,__/$cnt_histograms/__
---                       ,{\"cnt_uptime\": $cnt_uptime
---                        ,\"cnt_uptime_reload\": $cnt_uptime_reload
---                        }
+--                      ,__/$cnt_collection/__
+--                      ,__/$cnt_histograms/__
+--                      ,{\"cnt_stub_status_active\": $cnt_stub_status_active
+--                       ,\"cnt_uptime\": $cnt_uptime
+--                       ,\"cnt_uptime_reload\": $cnt_uptime_reload
+--                       }
 --                      ]';
 --
 --             if ($hs_prom_metrics = \'\') {
@@ -235,22 +240,24 @@
 --         }
 --
 --         location \/uptime {
---             echo "$cnt_uptime ($cnt_uptime_reload)";
+--             echo "Uptime (after reload): $cnt_uptime ($cnt_uptime_reload)";
 --         }
 --     }
 -- }
 -- @
 --
--- Type /PrometheusConf/ contains fields /pcMetrics/ and /pcScale1000/. The
--- latter is a map from metrics names to help messages: this can be used to
--- bind small descriptions to the metrics as /nginx-custom-counters-module/
--- does not provide such functionality. Setting descriptions to counters is
--- optional. Field /pcScale1000/ contains a list of counters that were scaled
--- with /scale1000/ and must be converted back.
+-- Type /PrometheusConf/ contains fields /pcMetrics/, /pcGauges/, and
+-- /pcScale1000/. Field /pcMetrics/ is a map from metrics names to help
+-- messages: this can be used to bind small descriptions to the metrics as
+-- /nginx-custom-counters-module/ does not provide such functionality. Setting
+-- descriptions to counters is optional. Field /pcGauges/ lists counters that
+-- must be regarded as gauges: the number of currently active requests is
+-- obviously a gauge. Field /pcScale1000/ contains a list of counters that were
+-- scaled with /scale1000/ and must be converted back.
 --
 -- Handler /toPrometheusMetrics/ expects 4 fields: the name of the
--- /counter set id/: in our example there is only one counter set /main/,
--- predefined variables /cnt_collection/ and /cnt_histograms/ from
+-- /counter set identifier/: in our example there is only one counter set
+-- /main/, predefined variables /cnt_collection/ and /cnt_histograms/ from
 -- /nginx-custom-counters-module/, and a list of additional counters: in our
 -- example there are two additional counters /cnt_uptime/ and
 -- /cnt_uptime_reload/ which are also defined in
@@ -259,8 +266,8 @@
 -- To fulfill histogram description in Prometheus, the /sum/ value must be
 -- provided. Histogram sums are not supported in /nginx-custom-counters-module/,
 -- and therefore they must be declared in separate counters. In this example
--- there are two histograms collecting request durations and sent bytes:
--- accordingly, there are two sum counters: /hst_request_time_sum/ and
+-- there are two histograms collecting request durations and the number of sent
+-- bytes: accordingly, there are two sum counters: /hst_request_time_sum/ and
 -- /hst_bytes_sent_sum/. As request durations may last milliseconds while being
 -- shown in seconds, they must be scaled with /scale1000/.
 --
@@ -283,6 +290,9 @@
 -- > # HELP cnt_5xx Number of responses with 5xx status
 -- > # TYPE cnt_5xx counter
 -- > cnt_5xx 0.0
+-- > # HELP cnt_stub_status_active Active requests
+-- > # TYPE cnt_stub_status_active gauge
+-- > cnt_stub_status_active 1.0
 -- > # HELP cnt_uptime Nginx master uptime
 -- > # TYPE cnt_uptime counter
 -- > cnt_uptime 8.0
@@ -337,6 +347,9 @@
 -- > # HELP cnt_5xx Number of responses with 5xx status
 -- > # TYPE cnt_5xx counter
 -- > cnt_5xx 0.0
+-- > # HELP cnt_stub_status_active Active requests
+-- > # TYPE cnt_stub_status_active gauge
+-- > cnt_stub_status_active 1.0
 -- > # HELP cnt_uptime Nginx master uptime
 -- > # TYPE cnt_uptime counter
 -- > cnt_uptime 371.0
@@ -395,15 +408,16 @@
         hs' = M.lookup srv hs
         (cntsH, cntsC) =
             if maybe True M.null hs'
-                then (M.empty, M.map Counter cnts')
+                then (M.empty, M.mapWithKey cType cnts')
                 else let hs'' = fromJust hs'
                          rs = M.keys &&& M.foldr labeledRange M.empty $ hs''
                          cntsH' = M.filterWithKey (hCounter rs) cnts'
                          cntsC' = cnts' `M.difference` cntsH'
                          cntsH'' = M.mapWithKey
                              (\k -> toHistogram cntsH' k . range) hs''
-                     in (M.map Histogram cntsH'', M.map Counter cntsC')
-        cntsA = cntsH `M.union` cntsC `M.union` M.map Counter (toValues ocnts)
+                     in (M.map Histogram cntsH'', M.mapWithKey cType cntsC')
+        cntsA = cntsH `M.union` cntsC `M.union`
+            M.mapWithKey cType (toValues ocnts)
     in M.mapWithKey (\k v -> case M.lookup k pcMetrics of
                                  Nothing -> ("", v)
                                  Just h -> (h, v)
@@ -419,6 +433,9 @@
                                      in ((k == v1 || k == v2) :)
                                 ) [] ks
                       )
+          cType k v = if k `elem` pcGauges
+                          then Gauge v
+                          else Counter v
           toHistogram cs hk rs =
               let ranges = M.mapWithKey
                       (\k l -> case M.lookup k cs of
@@ -440,14 +457,17 @@
     (\a k (h, m) -> T.concat [a, "# HELP ", k, " ", h, "\n"
                              ,   "# TYPE ", k, " ", showType m, "\n"
                              ,case m of
+                                  Counter v ->
+                                      T.concat [k, " ", T.pack $ show v, "\n"]
+                                  Gauge v ->
+                                      T.concat [k, " ", T.pack $ show v, "\n"]
                                   Histogram h' -> fst $
                                       M.foldlWithKey (showHistogram k)
                                           ("", 0.0) h'
-                                  Counter v ->
-                                      T.concat [k, " ", T.pack $ show v, "\n"]
                              ]
     ) ""
     where showType (Counter _) = "counter"
+          showType (Gauge _) = "gauge"
           showType (Histogram _) = "histogram"
           showHistogram k a@(t, n) c (l, v) =
               if T.null l
diff --git a/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal b/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal
--- a/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal
+++ b/ngx-export-tools-extra.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                       ngx-export-tools-extra
-version:                    0.5.0.0
+version:                    0.5.1.0
 synopsis:                   More extra tools for Nginx haskell module
 description:                More extra tools for
         <https://github.com/lyokha/nginx-haskell-module Nginx haskell module>.
