diff --git a/cmd/machine-controller/main.go b/cmd/machine-controller/main.go
index 6e1d25a90..6bf69cd38 100644
--- a/cmd/machine-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/machine-controller/main.go
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ func (bs *controllerBootstrap) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	machineCollector := machinecontroller.NewMachineCollector(ctx, bs.mgr.GetClient())
 	metrics.Registry.MustRegister(machineCollector)
 
+	machineDeploymentCollector := machinedeploymentcontroller.NewCollector(ctx, bs.mgr.GetClient())
+	metrics.Registry.MustRegister(machineDeploymentCollector)
+
 	if err := machinecontroller.Add(
 		ctx,
 		bs.opt.log,
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/anexia/types/types.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/anexia/types/types.go
index 4a6788bc8..9c01eabf3 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/anexia/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/provider/anexia/types/types.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package types
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/apis/cluster/common"
-	cloudprovidererrors "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/cloudprovider/errors"
 	"k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/jsonutil"
 	providerconfigtypes "k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/providerconfig/types"
 
@@ -42,11 +40,6 @@ const (
 	MachinePoweredOn = "poweredOn"
 )
 
-var StatusUpdateFailed = cloudprovidererrors.TerminalError{
-	Reason:  common.UpdateMachineError,
-	Message: "Failed to update the machine status",
-}
-
 // RawDisk specifies a single disk, with some values maybe being fetched from secrets.
 type RawDisk struct {
 	Size            int                                 `json:"size"`
diff --git a/pkg/controller/machinedeployment/metrics.go b/pkg/controller/machinedeployment/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..767ea4d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/machinedeployment/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Machine Controller Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package machinedeployment
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"k8c.io/machine-controller/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1"
+	ctrlruntimeclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+)
+
+const metricsPrefix = "machine_deployment_"
+
+type Collector struct {
+	ctx    context.Context
+	client ctrlruntimeclient.Client
+
+	replicas          *prometheus.Desc
+	availableReplicas *prometheus.Desc
+	readyReplicas     *prometheus.Desc
+	updatedReplicas   *prometheus.Desc
+}
+
+// NewCollector creates new machine deployment collector for metrics collection.
+func NewCollector(ctx context.Context, client ctrlruntimeclient.Client) *Collector {
+	return &Collector{
+		ctx:    ctx,
+		client: client,
+		replicas: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			metricsPrefix+"replicas",
+			"The number of replicas defined for a machine deployment",
+			[]string{"name", "namespace"}, nil,
+		),
+		availableReplicas: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			metricsPrefix+"available_replicas",
+			"The number of available replicas for a machine deployment",
+			[]string{"name", "namespace"}, nil,
+		),
+		readyReplicas: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			metricsPrefix+"ready_replicas",
+			"The number of ready replicas for a machine deployment",
+			[]string{"name", "namespace"}, nil,
+		),
+		updatedReplicas: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			metricsPrefix+"updated_replicas",
+			"The number of replicas updated for a machine deployment",
+			[]string{"name", "namespace"}, nil,
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+// Describe implements the prometheus.Describe interface.
+func (c *Collector) Describe(desc chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	desc <- c.replicas
+	desc <- c.readyReplicas
+	desc <- c.availableReplicas
+	desc <- c.readyReplicas
+}
+
+// Collect implements the prometheus.Collector interface.
+func (c *Collector) Collect(metrics chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	machineDeployments := &v1alpha1.MachineDeploymentList{}
+	if err := c.client.List(c.ctx, machineDeployments); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, machineDeployment := range machineDeployments.Items {
+		metrics <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.replicas,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(machineDeployment.Status.Replicas),
+			machineDeployment.Name,
+			machineDeployment.Namespace,
+		)
+		metrics <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.readyReplicas,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(machineDeployment.Status.ReadyReplicas),
+			machineDeployment.Name,
+			machineDeployment.Namespace,
+		)
+		metrics <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.availableReplicas,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(machineDeployment.Status.AvailableReplicas),
+			machineDeployment.Name,
+			machineDeployment.Namespace,
+		)
+		metrics <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.updatedReplicas,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			float64(machineDeployment.Status.UpdatedReplicas),
+			machineDeployment.Name,
+			machineDeployment.Namespace,
+		)
+	}
+}