diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/bnd.bnd b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/bnd.bnd
index 185b8d95c8..645fa424ab 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/bnd.bnd
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/bnd.bnd
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ Import-Package: \
 Export-Package: \
  com.codahale.metrics.*;-split-package:=merge-first,\
  io.micrometer.core.*;-split-package:=merge-first,\
+ io.micrometer.common.*;-split-package:=merge-first,\
  org.HdrHistogram.*;-split-package:=merge-first,\
  org.LatencyUtils.*;-split-package:=merge-first
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/DefaultMetricsRegistration.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/DefaultMetricsRegistration.java
index e81c82065f..116a20ee5a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/DefaultMetricsRegistration.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/DefaultMetricsRegistration.java
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ public class DefaultMetricsRegistration implements ReadyService.ReadyTracker, Me
         meters.add(new ThingStateMetric(bundleContext, thingRegistry, tags));
         meters.add(new EventCountMetric(bundleContext, tags));
         meters.add(new RuleMetric(bundleContext, tags, ruleRegistry));
-        meters.add(new ThreadPoolMetric(tags));
 
         meters.forEach(m -> m.bindTo(registry));
     }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/metrics/ThreadPoolMetric.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/metrics/ThreadPoolMetric.java
index da5626885e..4a81c50dfc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/metrics/ThreadPoolMetric.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.monitor/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/monitor/internal/metrics/ThreadPoolMetric.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class ThreadPoolMetric implements OpenhabCoreMeterBinder {
     private static final String POOLNAME_TAG_NAME = "pool";
     private final Set<Tag> tags = new HashSet<>();
     private @Nullable MeterRegistry meterRegistry;
+    private Set<ExecutorServiceMetrics> executorServiceMetricsSet = new HashSet<>();
 
     public ThreadPoolMetric(Collection<Tag> tags) {
         this.tags.addAll(tags);
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ public class ThreadPoolMetric implements OpenhabCoreMeterBinder {
         }
         Set<Tag> tagsWithPoolname = new HashSet<>(tags);
         tagsWithPoolname.add(Tag.of(POOLNAME_TAG_NAME, poolName));
-        new ExecutorServiceMetrics(es, poolName, tagsWithPoolname).bindTo(meterRegistry);
+        ExecutorServiceMetrics metrics = new ExecutorServiceMetrics(es, poolName, tagsWithPoolname);
+        metrics.bindTo(meterRegistry);
+        executorServiceMetricsSet.add(metrics);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -81,5 +84,6 @@ public class ThreadPoolMetric implements OpenhabCoreMeterBinder {
             }
         }
         this.meterRegistry = null;
+        executorServiceMetricsSet.clear();
     }
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/common/ThreadPoolManager.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/common/ThreadPoolManager.java
index c3e381c856..a66a83071e 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/common/ThreadPoolManager.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/common/ThreadPoolManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -219,13 +221,18 @@ public class ThreadPoolManager {
         return new HashSet<>(pools.keySet());
     }
 
-    static class UnstoppableExecutorService<T extends ExecutorService> implements ExecutorService {
+    // needs to be of a class supported by micrometer-core, see ExecutorServiceMetrics.java,
+    // originally this class was intended to be defined as "implements ExecutorService"
+    static class UnstoppableExecutorService<T extends ExecutorService> extends ThreadPoolExecutor {
 
         protected final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
         protected final T delegate;
         protected final String threadPoolName;
 
         private UnstoppableExecutorService(String threadPoolName, T delegate) {
+            // although nearly all methods of ThreadPoolExecutor are overwritten, super() needs to be
+            // called with valid parameters
+            super(0, 1, 0, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new ArrayBlockingQueue<Runnable>(1));
             this.threadPoolName = threadPoolName;
             this.delegate = delegate;
         }
@@ -304,6 +311,61 @@ public class ThreadPoolManager {
         T getDelegate() {
             return delegate;
         }
+
+        // the following methods of ThreadPoolExecutor will be queried for collection of metrics,
+        // they need to be replaced and the query is to be delegated to out ThreadPoolExecutor
+        // referenced in variable "delegate"
+
+        // not part of monitoring
+        // public long getTaskCount() {}
+
+        @Override
+        public long getCompletedTaskCount() {
+            // executor_completed_tasks_total
+            return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getCompletedTaskCount();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getActiveCount() {
+            // executor_active_threads
+            return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getActiveCount();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getMaximumPoolSize() {
+            // executor_pool_max_threads
+            return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getMaximumPoolSize();
+        }
+
+        // not part of monitoring
+        // public int getLargestPoolSize() {}
+
+        @Override
+        public int getCorePoolSize() {
+            // executor_pool_core_threads
+            return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getCorePoolSize();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getPoolSize() {
+            // executor_pool_size_threads
+            return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getPoolSize();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public BlockingQueue<Runnable> getQueue() {
+            return new ArrayBlockingQueue<Runnable>(1) {
+                public int remainingCapacity() {
+                    // executor_queue_remaining_tasks
+                    return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getQueue().remainingCapacity();
+                }
+
+                public int size() {
+                    // executor_queued_tasks
+                    return ((ThreadPoolExecutor) delegate).getQueue().size();
+                }
+            };
+        }
     }
 
     static class UnstoppableScheduledExecutorService extends UnstoppableExecutorService<ScheduledExecutorService>