diff --git a/configuration/rhelemeter/metrics.json b/configuration/rhelemeter/metrics.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9a7bcc9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configuration/rhelemeter/metrics.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[
+  "{__name__=\"system_cpu_logical_count\"}"
+]
diff --git a/resources/services/rhelemeter-template.yaml b/resources/services/rhelemeter-template.yaml
index cf13d96d7a..125c175e6e 100644
--- a/resources/services/rhelemeter-template.yaml
+++ b/resources/services/rhelemeter-template.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ objects:
           - --oidc-issuer=$(OIDC_ISSUER)
           - --client-id=$(CLIENT_ID)
           - --client-secret=$(CLIENT_SECRET)
+          - --whitelist={__name__="system_cpu_logical_count"}
           - --log-level=${RHELEMETER_LOG_LEVEL}
           - --limit-bytes=5242880
           - --tenant-id=${RHELEMETER_TENANT_ID}
diff --git a/services/rhelemeter-template.jsonnet b/services/rhelemeter-template.jsonnet
index 10721d32a9..9f7a859c73 100644
--- a/services/rhelemeter-template.jsonnet
+++ b/services/rhelemeter-template.jsonnet
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ local rhelemeter = (import 'rhelemeter.libsonnet') {
       clientID: '${RHELEMETER_CLIENT_ID}',
       clientSecret: '${RHELEMETER_CLIENT_SECRET}',
       clientInfoPSK: '${RHELEMETER_CLIENT_INFO_PSK}',
+      whitelist+: (import '../configuration/rhelemeter/metrics.json'),
       resourceLimits:: {
         cpu: '${RHELEMETER_SERVER_CPU_LIMIT}',
         memory: '${RHELEMETER_SERVER_MEMORY_LIMIT}',