diff --git a/lib/apphook.c b/lib/apphook.c
index 23f89613d6..20aa26bd55 100644
--- a/lib/apphook.c
+++ b/lib/apphook.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "dnscache.h"
 #include "alarms.h"
 #include "stats/stats-registry.h"
-#include "metrics/metrics-tls-cache.h"
+#include "metrics/metrics.h"
 #include "healthcheck/healthcheck-stats.h"
 #include "logmsg/logmsg.h"
 #include "logsource.h"
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ app_startup(void)
   alarm_init();
   main_loop_thread_resource_init();
   stats_init();
-  metrics_tls_cache_global_init();
+  metrics_global_init();
   healthcheck_stats_global_init();
   tzset();
   log_msg_global_init();
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ app_shutdown(void)
   log_msg_global_deinit();
 
   afinter_global_deinit();
-  metrics_tls_cache_global_deinit();
+  metrics_global_deinit();
   stats_destroy();
   child_manager_deinit();
   g_list_foreach(application_hooks, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
diff --git a/lib/metrics/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
index e09752bd2b..c36192f4e8 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 set(METRICS_HEADERS
+    metrics/metrics.h
     metrics/metrics-tls-cache.h
     metrics/metrics-template.h
     metrics/label-template.h
     PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 set(METRICS_SOURCES
+    metrics/metrics.c
     metrics/metrics-tls-cache.c
     metrics/metrics-template.c
     metrics/label-template.c
diff --git a/lib/metrics/Makefile.am b/lib/metrics/Makefile.am
index f3f334be9b..7fbe9d18d7 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/metrics/Makefile.am
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ metricsincludedir			= ${pkgincludedir}/metrics
 EXTRA_DIST += lib/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
 
 metricsinclude_HEADERS = \
+	lib/metrics/metrics.h	\
 	lib/metrics/metrics-tls-cache.h	\
 	lib/metrics/metrics-template.h	\
 	lib/metrics/label-template.h
 
 metrics_sources = \
+	lib/metrics/metrics.c	\
 	lib/metrics/metrics-tls-cache.c	\
 	lib/metrics/metrics-template.c	\
 	lib/metrics/label-template.c
diff --git a/lib/metrics/metrics.c b/lib/metrics/metrics.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d2e21f357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metrics/metrics.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Axoflow
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Attila Szakacs <attila.szakacs@axoflow.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * As an additional exemption you are allowed to compile & link against the
+ * OpenSSL libraries as published by the OpenSSL project. See the file
+ * COPYING for details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "metrics.h"
+#include "metrics-tls-cache.h"
+
+void
+metrics_global_init(void)
+{
+  metrics_tls_cache_global_init();
+}
+
+void
+metrics_global_deinit(void)
+{
+  metrics_tls_cache_global_deinit();
+}
diff --git a/lib/metrics/metrics.h b/lib/metrics/metrics.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06d80586a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metrics/metrics.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Axoflow
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Attila Szakacs <attila.szakacs@axoflow.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * As an additional exemption you are allowed to compile & link against the
+ * OpenSSL libraries as published by the OpenSSL project. See the file
+ * COPYING for details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef METRICS_H_INCLUDED
+#define METRICS_H_INCLUDED
+
+void metrics_global_init(void);
+void metrics_global_deinit(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/copyright/policy b/tests/copyright/policy
index ca24641cf9..6e102fd41e 100644
--- a/tests/copyright/policy
+++ b/tests/copyright/policy
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ lib/metrics-pipe\.[ch]
 lib/metrics/label-template\.(c|h)$
 lib/metrics/metrics-template\.(c|h)$
 lib/metrics/metrics-tls-cache\.(c|h)$
+lib/metrics/metrics.(c|h)$
 lib/rewrite/rewrite-set-facility\.h
 lib/rewrite/rewrite-set-matches\.[ch]
 lib/rewrite/rewrite-unset-matches\.[ch]