diff --git a/core/corehttp/metrics.go b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
index b0aebd3979b..1288484d3ff 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/metrics.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 		// Adapted from github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/http.go
 		// Work around https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/311
 		opts := prometheus.SummaryOpts{
+			Namespace:   "ipfs",
 			Subsystem:   "http",
 			ConstLabels: prometheus.Labels{"handler": handlerName},
 			Objectives:  map[float64]float64{0.5: 0.05, 0.9: 0.01, 0.99: 0.001},