diff --git a/gluster-exporter/metric_daemon_status.go b/gluster-exporter/metric_daemon_status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d25ad1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gluster-exporter/metric_daemon_status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gluster/gluster-prometheus/pkg/glusterutils"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+const (
+	// GDaemonLabel provides static label to info/error provided from this metrics
+	GDaemonLabel = "Gluster_Daemon_Status"
+)
+
+func gdStatus(conf *glusterutils.Config) error {
+	if conf.GlusterMgmt == glusterutils.MgmtGlusterd {
+		if _, err := glusterutils.ExecuteCmd("ps --no-header -ww -o pid,comm -C glusterd"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if conf.GlusterMgmt == glusterutils.MgmtGlusterd2 {
+		if conf.Glusterd2Endpoint == "" {
+			return errors.New("[" + GDaemonLabel + "] Empty GD2 Endpoint")
+		}
+		pingURL := strings.Join([]string{conf.Glusterd2Endpoint, "ping"}, "/")
+		// #nosec
+		resp, err := http.Get(pingURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.New("[" + GDaemonLabel + "]" + "Endpoint Get Error: " + err.Error())
+		}
+		_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.New("[" + GDaemonLabel + "]" + "Endpoint Read Error: " + err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+var (
+	// metric labels
+	gdStatusLbl = []MetricLabel{
+		{
+			Name: "name",
+			Help: "Metric name, for which the status is collected",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "gdType",
+			Help: "Type of gluster daemon / service running (GD1 or GD2)",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "peerID",
+			Help: "Peer ID of the host for which this metric status is updated",
+		},
+	}
+	gExprtrLbl = []MetricLabel{
+		{
+			Name: "name",
+			Help: "Metric Name to be collected",
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "peerID",
+			Help: "Peer ID of the host, on which the data is collected",
+		},
+	}
+	glusterDaemonStatus = newPrometheusGaugeVec(Metric{
+		Namespace: "gluster",
+		Name:      "daemon_status",
+		Help:      "Status of gluster management daemon (1 = running and 0 = not-running)",
+		LongHelp:  "",
+		Labels:    gdStatusLbl,
+	})
+	glusterExporterStatus = newPrometheusGaugeVec(Metric{
+		Namespace: "gluster",
+		Name:      "exporter_status",
+		Help:      "Status of gluster exporter (will be set 1 always)",
+		LongHelp:  "",
+		Labels:    gExprtrLbl,
+	})
+)
+
+// gDaemonStatus registering function,
+// provides the status of services running on the machine
+func gDaemonStatus() error {
+	var conf *glusterutils.Config
+	if gluster == nil {
+		return errors.New("[" + GDaemonLabel + "] Unable to get a 'GInterface' object")
+	}
+	peerID, err := gluster.LocalPeerID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("[" + GDaemonLabel + "] Getting Peer ID failed: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	conf, err = glusterutils.GDConfigFromInterface(gluster)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("[" + GDaemonLabel + "] Error: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	log.Println("GD Management: ", conf.GlusterMgmt)
+	genrlLbls := prometheus.Labels{
+		"name":   "Glusterd_Status",
+		"gdType": conf.GlusterMgmt,
+		"peerID": peerID,
+	}
+	err = gdStatus(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"peer": peerID,
+			"name": "Glusterd_Status",
+		}).Errorln("["+GDaemonLabel+"] Error:", err)
+		glusterDaemonStatus.With(genrlLbls).Set(float64(0))
+	} else {
+		glusterDaemonStatus.With(genrlLbls).Set(float64(1))
+	}
+	genrlLbls = prometheus.Labels{
+		"name":   "Gluster_Exporter_Status",
+		"peerID": peerID,
+	}
+	glusterExporterStatus.With(genrlLbls).Set(float64(1))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	registerMetric("gluster_daemon_status", gDaemonStatus)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/glusterutils/exporterd.go b/pkg/glusterutils/exporterd.go
index daefb61..6a84601 100644
--- a/pkg/glusterutils/exporterd.go
+++ b/pkg/glusterutils/exporterd.go
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ var (
 	peerIDPattern = regexp.MustCompile("[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}")
 )
 
+// GDConfigFromInterface checks the given interface is compatible with 'GDConfigInterface'
+// and returns a pointer to glusterutils.Config
+func GDConfigFromInterface(iFace interface{}) (*Config, error) {
+	if gdConf, ok := iFace.(GDConfigInterface); ok {
+		return gdConf.Config(), nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("Incompatible interface type, " +
+		"cannot be converted to 'GDConfigInterface'")
+}
+
+// Config returns the configuration associated with it
+// and makes it compatible with 'GDConfigInterface'
+func (g *GD1) Config() *Config {
+	return g.config
+}
+
 // IsLeader returns true or false based on whether the node is the leader of the cluster or not
 func (g *GD1) IsLeader() (bool, error) {
 	setDefaultConfig(g.config)
@@ -42,6 +58,12 @@ func (g *GD1) IsLeader() (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
 
+// Config returns the configuration associated with it
+// and makes it compatible with 'GDConfigInterface'
+func (g *GD2) Config() *Config {
+	return g.config
+}
+
 // IsLeader returns true or false based on whether the node is the leader of the cluster or not
 func (g *GD2) IsLeader() (bool, error) {
 	peerList, err := g.Peers()
diff --git a/pkg/glusterutils/types.go b/pkg/glusterutils/types.go
index 456c2d4..37dbecc 100644
--- a/pkg/glusterutils/types.go
+++ b/pkg/glusterutils/types.go
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ type GInterface interface {
 	EnableVolumeProfiling(volinfo Volume) error
 }
 
+// GDConfigInterface returns the configuration of the GD
+type GDConfigInterface interface {
+	Config() *Config
+}
+
 // FopStat defines file ops related details
 type FopStat struct {
 	Name       string