diff --git a/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet b/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet
index c281c94..4ed8079 100644
--- a/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet
+++ b/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ local kp = (import 'kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet') + {
             },
           },
         },
+        // Enable self-scraping so Prometheus will automatically scrape its own /metrics endpoint
+        selfScrape: true,
         // Set a ServiceMonitor selector that matches the Prometheus service's labels
         serviceMonitorSelector: {
           matchLabels: {
diff --git a/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml b/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml
index 919819b..3575f03 100644
--- a/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml
+++ b/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ spec:
     fsGroup: 2000
     runAsNonRoot: true
     runAsUser: 1000
+  selfScrape: true
   serviceAccountName: prometheus-k8s
   serviceMonitorNamespaceSelector: {}
   serviceMonitorSelector: