diff --git a/docs/storage/prometheus.md b/docs/storage/prometheus.md
index c64c4a5f..c6969263 100644
--- a/docs/storage/prometheus.md
+++ b/docs/storage/prometheus.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Metric name | Type | Description | Unit (where applicable)
 `container_spec_memory_reservation_limit_bytes` | Gauge | Memory reservation limit for the container | bytes
 `container_start_time_seconds` | Gauge | Start time of the container since unix epoch | seconds
 `container_tasks_state` | Gauge | Number of tasks in given state (`sleeping`, `running`, `stopped`, `uninterruptible`, or `ioawaiting`) |
+`container_perf_*` | Counter | Scaled counter of perf event. See [perf event configuration](docs/runtime_options.md#perf-events) |
+`container_perf_*_scaling_ratio` | Gauge | Scaling ratio for perf event counter. See [perf event configuration](docs/runtime_options.md#perf-events) |
 
 ## Prometheus hardware metrics
 
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus.go b/metrics/prometheus.go
index d0b0a924..43409857 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus.go
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusCollector) collectContainersInfo(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric)
 		containerLabels := c.containerLabelsFunc(cont)
 		for l := range rawLabels {
 			duplicate := false
-			sl := sanitizeLabelName(l)
+			sl := sanitizeName(l)
 			for _, x := range labels {
 				if sl == x {
 					duplicate = true
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusCollector) collectContainersInfo(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric)
 					copy(clabels, labels)
 					copy(cvalues, values)
 					for label, value := range metric.Labels {
-						clabels = append(clabels, sanitizeLabelName("app_"+label))
+						clabels = append(clabels, sanitizeName("app_"+label))
 						cvalues = append(cvalues, value)
 					}
 					desc := prometheus.NewDesc(metricLabel, "Custom application metric.", clabels, nil)
@@ -1717,12 +1717,20 @@ func (c *PrometheusCollector) collectContainersInfo(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric)
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		perfLabelNames := append(labels, "cpu")
 		if c.includedMetrics.Has(container.PerfMetrics) {
 			for _, metric := range stats.PerfStats {
-				labelNames := append(labels, "cpu")
 				labelValues := append(values, strconv.Itoa(metric.Cpu))
-				desc := prometheus.NewDesc(metric.Name, "Perf event metric", labelNames, nil)
-				scalingDesc := prometheus.NewDesc(fmt.Sprintf("%s_scaling_ratio", metric.Name), "Perf event metric scaling ratio", labelNames, nil)
+				desc := prometheus.NewDesc(
+					fmt.Sprintf("container_perf_%s", sanitizeName(metric.Name)),
+					"Perf event metric",
+					perfLabelNames,
+					nil)
+				scalingDesc := prometheus.NewDesc(
+					fmt.Sprintf("container_perf_%s_scaling_ratio", sanitizeName(metric.Name)),
+					"Perf event metric scaling ratio",
+					perfLabelNames,
+					nil)
 				ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(metric.Value), labelValues...)
 				ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(scalingDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, metric.ScalingRatio, labelValues...)
 			}
@@ -1752,10 +1760,10 @@ func specMemoryValue(v uint64) float64 {
 	return float64(v)
 }
 
-var invalidLabelCharRE = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_]`)
+var invalidNameCharRE = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_]`)
 
-// sanitizeLabelName replaces anything that doesn't match
+// sanitizeName replaces anything that doesn't match
 // client_label.LabelNameRE with an underscore.
-func sanitizeLabelName(name string) string {
-	return invalidLabelCharRE.ReplaceAllString(name, "_")
+func sanitizeName(name string) string {
+	return invalidNameCharRE.ReplaceAllString(name, "_")
 }
diff --git a/metrics/testdata/prometheus_metrics b/metrics/testdata/prometheus_metrics
index e4760a3c..e769a6e3 100644
--- a/metrics/testdata/prometheus_metrics
+++ b/metrics/testdata/prometheus_metrics
@@ -327,6 +327,22 @@ container_network_udp_usage_total{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_f
 container_network_udp_usage_total{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",udp_state="listen",zone_name="hello"} 0 1395066363000
 container_network_udp_usage_total{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",udp_state="rxqueued",zone_name="hello"} 0 1395066363000
 container_network_udp_usage_total{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",udp_state="txqueued",zone_name="hello"} 0 1395066363000
+# HELP container_perf_instructions Perf event metric
+# TYPE container_perf_instructions counter
+container_perf_instructions{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 123
+container_perf_instructions{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 456
+# HELP container_perf_instructions_retired Perf event metric
+# TYPE container_perf_instructions_retired counter
+container_perf_instructions_retired{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 321
+container_perf_instructions_retired{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 789
+# HELP container_perf_instructions_retired_scaling_ratio Perf event metric scaling ratio
+# TYPE container_perf_instructions_retired_scaling_ratio gauge
+container_perf_instructions_retired_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 0.66666666666
+container_perf_instructions_retired_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 0.33333333333
+# HELP container_perf_instructions_scaling_ratio Perf event metric scaling ratio
+# TYPE container_perf_instructions_scaling_ratio gauge
+container_perf_instructions_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 1
+container_perf_instructions_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 0.5
 # HELP container_processes Number of processes running inside the container.
 # TYPE container_processes gauge
 container_processes{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 1 1395066363000
@@ -364,22 +380,6 @@ container_threads_max{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="ba
 # HELP container_ulimits_soft Soft ulimit values for the container root process. Unlimited if -1, except priority and nice
 # TYPE container_ulimits_soft gauge
 container_ulimits_soft{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",ulimit="max_open_files",zone_name="hello"} 16384 1395066363000
-# HELP instructions Perf event metric
-# TYPE instructions counter
-instructions{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 123
-instructions{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 456
-# HELP instructions_retired Perf event metric
-# TYPE instructions_retired counter
-instructions_retired{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 321
-instructions_retired{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 789
-# HELP instructions_retired_scaling_ratio Perf event metric scaling ratio
-# TYPE instructions_retired_scaling_ratio gauge
-instructions_retired_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 0.66666666666
-instructions_retired_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 0.33333333333
-# HELP instructions_scaling_ratio Perf event metric scaling ratio
-# TYPE instructions_scaling_ratio gauge
-instructions_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="0",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 1
-instructions_scaling_ratio{container_env_foo_env="prod",container_label_foo_label="bar",cpu="1",id="testcontainer",image="test",name="testcontaineralias",zone_name="hello"} 0.5
 # HELP process_cpu_seconds_total Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.
 # TYPE process_cpu_seconds_total counter
 process_cpu_seconds_total 0