diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/service-gateway.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/service-gateway.yaml
index 8c710263d7d2..4854e649d2e6 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/service-gateway.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/gateway/service-gateway.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ metadata:
     {{- with .Values.gateway.service.labels }}
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4}}
     {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.gateway.excludeFromServiceMonitor }}
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "false"
+    {{- end }}
   annotations:
     {{- with .Values.loki.serviceAnnotations }}
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4}}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
index 36d42cddc09c..5b1258235867 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
@@ -975,6 +975,9 @@ gateway:
     annotations: {}
     # -- Labels for gateway service
     labels: {}
+    # -- Adds the label prometheus.io/service-monitor: "false" to the gateway service so that it's excluded from the loki serviceMonitor
+    # The nginx does not export metrics per default and would be reported as down if monitoring.serviceMonitor.enabled is true.
+    excludeFromServiceMonitor: false
   # Gateway ingress configuration
   ingress:
     # -- Specifies whether an ingress for the gateway should be created