diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
index 31615a79..07d9829a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
@@ -960,6 +960,8 @@ To enable Gateway Metrics add spring-boot-starter-actuator as a project dependen
 * `routeUri`: The URI that the API will be routed to
 * `outcome`: Outcome as classified by link:https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/http/HttpStatus.Series.html[HttpStatus.Series]
 * `status`: Http Status of the request returned to the client
+* `httpStatusCode`: Http Status of the request returned to the client
+* `httpMethod`: The Http method used for the request
 
 These metrics are then available to be scraped from ``/actuator/metrics/gateway.requests`` and can be easily integated with Prometheus to create a link:images/gateway-grafana-dashboard.jpeg[Grafana] link:gateway-grafana-dashboard.json[dashboard].
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricsFilter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricsFilter.java
index 11ac4981..65cbee4e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricsFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricsFilter.java
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ public class GatewayMetricsFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 	private void endTimerInner(ServerWebExchange exchange, Sample sample) {
 		String outcome = "CUSTOM";
 		String status = "CUSTOM";
+		String httpStatusCodeStr = "NA";
+
+		String httpMethod = exchange.getRequest().getMethodValue();
 		HttpStatus statusCode = exchange.getResponse().getStatusCode();
 		if (statusCode != null) {
+			httpStatusCodeStr = String.valueOf(statusCode.value());
 			outcome = statusCode.series().name();
 			status = statusCode.name();
 		}
@@ -84,15 +88,18 @@ public class GatewayMetricsFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 						.getStatusCodeValue();
 				if (statusInt != null) {
 					status = String.valueOf(statusInt);
+					httpStatusCodeStr = status;
 				}
 				else {
 					status = "NA";
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		// TODO refactor to allow Tags provider like in MetricsWebFilter
 		Route route = exchange.getAttribute(GATEWAY_ROUTE_ATTR);
-		Tags tags = Tags.of("outcome", outcome, "status", status, "routeId",
-				route.getId(), "routeUri", route.getUri().toString());
+		Tags tags = Tags.of("outcome", outcome, "status", status, "httpStatusCode",
+				httpStatusCodeStr, "routeId", route.getId(), "routeUri",
+				route.getUri().toString(), "httpMethod", httpMethod);
 		sample.stop(meterRegistry.timer("gateway.requests", tags));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricFilterTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricFilterTests.java
index 46a957c9..78bbf3bf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/GatewayMetricFilterTests.java
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ public class GatewayMetricFilterTests extends BaseWebClientTests {
 		testClient.get().uri("/headers").exchange().expectStatus().isOk();
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("outcome", HttpStatus.Series.SUCCESSFUL.name());
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("status", HttpStatus.OK.name());
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("httpStatusCode", String.valueOf(HttpStatus.OK.value()));
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("httpMethod", HttpMethod.GET.toString());
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeId", "default_path_to_httpbin");
-		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeUri", "lb://testservice");
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeUri", testUri);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ public class GatewayMetricFilterTests extends BaseWebClientTests {
 				.is5xxServerError();
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("outcome", HttpStatus.Series.SERVER_ERROR.name());
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("status", HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.name());
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("httpStatusCode", String.valueOf(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.value()));
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("httpMethod", HttpMethod.GET.toString());
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeId", "default_path_to_httpbin");
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeUri", testUri);
 	}
@@ -84,13 +88,15 @@ public class GatewayMetricFilterTests extends BaseWebClientTests {
 		headers.set(HttpHeaders.HOST, "www.setcustomstatus.org");
 		// cannot use netty client since we cannot read custom http status
 		ResponseEntity<String> response = new TestRestTemplate().exchange(
-				baseUri + "/headers", HttpMethod.GET, new HttpEntity<>(headers),
+				baseUri + "/headers", HttpMethod.POST, new HttpEntity<>(headers),
 				String.class);
 		assertThat(response.getStatusCodeValue()).isEqualTo(432);
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("outcome", "CUSTOM");
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("status", "432");
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeId", "test_custom_http_status");
 		assertMetricsContainsTag("routeUri", testUri);
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("httpStatusCode", "432");
+		assertMetricsContainsTag("httpMethod", HttpMethod.POST.toString());
 	}
 
 	private void assertMetricsContainsTag(String tagKey, String tagValue) {