diff --git a/collector/shards.go b/collector/shards.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..783b86da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/shards.go
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultNodeShardLabels = []string{"node"}
+
+	defaultNodeShardLabelValues = func(node string) []string {
+		return []string{
+			node,
+		}
+	}
+)
+
+// ShardResponse has shard's node and index info
+type ShardResponse struct {
+	Index string `json:"index"`
+	Shard string `json:"shard"`
+	Node  string `json:"node"`
+}
+
+// Shards information struct
+type Shards struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+	client *http.Client
+	url    *url.URL
+
+	nodeShardMetrics  []*nodeShardMetric
+	jsonParseFailures prometheus.Counter
+}
+
+// NodeShard Information per node struct
+type NodeShard struct {
+	node   string
+	shards int64
+}
+
+type nodeShardMetric struct {
+	Type   prometheus.ValueType
+	Desc   *prometheus.Desc
+	Value  func(shards float64) float64
+	Labels func(node string) []string
+}
+
+// NewShards defines Shards Prometheus metrics
+func NewShards(logger log.Logger, client *http.Client, url *url.URL) *Shards {
+	return &Shards{
+		logger: logger,
+		client: client,
+		url:    url,
+
+		nodeShardMetrics: []*nodeShardMetric{
+			{
+				Type: prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				Desc: prometheus.NewDesc(
+					prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, "node_shards", "total"),
+					"Total shards per node",
+					defaultNodeShardLabels, nil,
+				),
+				Value: func(shards float64) float64 {
+					return shards
+				},
+				Labels: defaultNodeShardLabelValues,
+			}},
+
+		jsonParseFailures: prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, "node_shards", "json_parse_failures"),
+			Help: "Number of errors while parsing JSON.",
+		}),
+	}
+}
+
+// Describe Shards
+func (s *Shards) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	ch <- s.jsonParseFailures.Desc()
+
+	for _, metric := range s.nodeShardMetrics {
+		ch <- metric.Desc
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Shards) getAndParseURL(u *url.URL) ([]ShardResponse, error) {
+	res, err := s.client.Get(u.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get from %s://%s:%s%s: %s",
+			u.Scheme, u.Hostname(), u.Port(), u.Path, err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		err = res.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			_ = level.Warn(s.logger).Log(
+				"msg", "failed to close http.Client",
+				"err", err,
+			)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP Request failed with code %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+	var sfr []ShardResponse
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&sfr); err != nil {
+		s.jsonParseFailures.Inc()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return sfr, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Shards) fetchAndDecodeShards() ([]ShardResponse, error) {
+
+	u := *s.url
+	u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, "/_cat/shards")
+	q := u.Query()
+	q.Set("format", "json")
+	u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+	sfr, err := s.getAndParseURL(&u)
+	if err != nil {
+		return sfr, err
+	}
+	return sfr, err
+}
+
+// Collect number of shards on each nodes
+func (s *Shards) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+
+	defer func() {
+		ch <- s.jsonParseFailures
+	}()
+
+	sr, err := s.fetchAndDecodeShards()
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = level.Warn(s.logger).Log(
+			"msg", "failed to fetch and decode node shards stats",
+			"err", err,
+		)
+		return
+	}
+
+	nodeShards := make(map[string]float64)
+
+	for _, shard := range sr {
+		if val, ok := nodeShards[shard.Node]; ok {
+			nodeShards[shard.Node] = val + 1
+		} else {
+			nodeShards[shard.Node] = 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	for node, shards := range nodeShards {
+		for _, metric := range s.nodeShardMetrics {
+			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+				metric.Desc,
+				metric.Type,
+				metric.Value(shards),
+				metric.Labels(node)...,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cde2e747..b7ff5fab 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(collector.NewNodes(logger, httpClient, esURL, *esAllNodes, *esNode))
 
 	if *esExportIndices || *esExportShards {
+		prometheus.MustRegister(collector.NewShards(logger, httpClient, esURL))
 		iC := collector.NewIndices(logger, httpClient, esURL, *esExportShards)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(iC)
 		if registerErr := clusterInfoRetriever.RegisterConsumer(iC); registerErr != nil {