diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index 0ce23d9508..41f2282ab7 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "zeek/Func.h"
 #include "zeek/broker/Data.h"
 #include "zeek/broker/Store.h"
+#include "zeek/telemetry/Manager.h"
 #include "zeek/util.h"
 #include "zeek/Var.h"
 #include "zeek/Desc.h"
@@ -1806,4 +1807,31 @@ void Manager::PrepareForwarding(const std::string &name)
 	DBG_LOG(DBG_BROKER, "Resolved table forward for data store %s", name.c_str());
 	}
 
+std::unique_ptr<telemetry::Manager> Manager::NewTelemetryManager()
+	{
+	// The telemetry Manager actually only has a dependency on the actor system,
+	// not to the Broker Manager. By having the telemetry Manager hold on to a
+	// shared_ptr to our Broker state, we make sure the Broker endpoint, which
+	// owns the CAF actor system, lives for as long as necessary. This also
+	// makes sure that the Broker Manager may even get destroyed before the
+	// telemetry Manager.
+	struct TM : public telemetry::Manager
+	{
+		static auto getPimpl(BrokerState& st)
+			{
+			auto registry = std::addressof(st.endpoint.system().metrics());
+			return reinterpret_cast<telemetry::Manager::Impl*>(registry);
+			}
+
+		explicit TM(const std::shared_ptr<BrokerState>& bsptr)
+		: telemetry::Manager(getPimpl(*bsptr)), ptr(bsptr)
+			{
+			}
+
+		std::shared_ptr<BrokerState> ptr;
+	};
+
+	return std::make_unique<TM>(bstate);
+	}
+
 } // namespace zeek::Broker
diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.h b/src/broker/Manager.h
index af09855c6b..670a9bcd79 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.h
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class TableVal;
 using VectorTypePtr = IntrusivePtr<VectorType>;
 using TableValPtr = IntrusivePtr<TableVal>;
 
+namespace telemetry { class Manager; }
+
 namespace detail { class Frame; }
 
 namespace Broker {
@@ -357,6 +359,11 @@ public:
 		~ScriptScopeGuard() { --script_scope; }
 	};
 
+	/**
+	 * Allocates a new manager for telemetry data.
+	 */
+	std::unique_ptr<telemetry::Manager> NewTelemetryManager();
+
 private:
 
 	void DispatchMessage(const broker::topic& topic, broker::data msg);
diff --git a/src/zeek-setup.cc b/src/zeek-setup.cc
index 51e3162c2b..f01294b00f 100644
--- a/src/zeek-setup.cc
+++ b/src/zeek-setup.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "zeek/zeekygen/Manager.h"
 #include "zeek/iosource/Manager.h"
 #include "zeek/broker/Manager.h"
+#include "zeek/telemetry/Manager.h"
 
 #include "zeek/binpac_zeek.h"
 #include "zeek/module_util.h"
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ zeek::file_analysis::Manager* zeek::file_mgr = nullptr;
 zeek::zeekygen::detail::Manager* zeek::detail::zeekygen_mgr = nullptr;
 zeek::iosource::Manager* zeek::iosource_mgr = nullptr;
 zeek::Broker::Manager* zeek::broker_mgr = nullptr;
+zeek::telemetry::Manager* zeek::telemetry_mgr = nullptr;
 zeek::Supervisor* zeek::supervisor_mgr = nullptr;
 zeek::detail::trigger::Manager* zeek::detail::trigger_mgr = nullptr;
 
@@ -327,6 +329,7 @@ static void terminate_bro()
 	delete plugin_mgr;
 	delete val_mgr;
 	delete fragment_mgr;
+	delete telemetry_mgr;
 
 	// free the global scope
 	pop_scope();
@@ -576,6 +579,7 @@ SetupResult setup(int argc, char** argv, Options* zopts)
 	file_mgr = new file_analysis::Manager();
 	auto broker_real_time = ! options.pcap_file && ! options.deterministic_mode;
 	broker_mgr = new Broker::Manager(broker_real_time);
+	telemetry_mgr = broker_mgr->NewTelemetryManager().release();
 	trigger_mgr = new trigger::Manager();
 
 	plugin_mgr->InitPreScript();