diff --git a/cmd/http-stats.go b/cmd/http-stats.go
index 3fb528c1e..077a72575 100644
--- a/cmd/http-stats.go
+++ b/cmd/http-stats.go
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-const (
-	apiGetObject = "GetObject"
-)
-
 // connStats - Network statistics
 // Count total input/output transferred bytes during
 // the server's life.
@@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ func (bh *bucketHTTPStats) updateHTTPStats(bucket, api string, w *xhttp.Response
 		return
 	}
 
-	if w != nil && api == apiGetObject {
+	if w != nil {
 		// Increment the prometheus http request response histogram with API, Bucket
 		bucketHTTPRequestsDuration.With(prometheus.Labels{
 			"api":    api,
@@ -437,9 +433,7 @@ func (st *HTTPStats) updateStats(api string, w *xhttp.ResponseRecorder) {
 	st.totalS3Requests.Inc(api)
 
 	// Increment the prometheus http request response histogram with appropriate label
-	if api == apiGetObject {
-		httpRequestsDuration.With(prometheus.Labels{"api": api}).Observe(w.TimeToFirstByte.Seconds())
-	}
+	httpRequestsDuration.With(prometheus.Labels{"api": api}).Observe(w.TimeToFirstByte.Seconds())
 
 	code := w.StatusCode
 
diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v3-api.go b/cmd/metrics-v3-api.go
index 548d72172..2f35bb3ce 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v3-api.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v3-api.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/set"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -127,7 +129,8 @@ func loadAPIRequestsHTTPMetrics(ctx context.Context, m MetricValues, _ *metricsC
 // This is a `MetricsLoaderFn`.
 func loadAPIRequestsTTFBMetrics(ctx context.Context, m MetricValues, _ *metricsCache) error {
 	renameLabels := map[string]string{"api": "name"}
-	m.SetHistogram(apiRequestsTTFBSecondsDistribution, httpRequestsDuration, renameLabels, nil,
+	labelsFilter := map[string]set.StringSet{"api": set.CreateStringSet("GetObject")}
+	m.SetHistogram(apiRequestsTTFBSecondsDistribution, httpRequestsDuration, labelsFilter, renameLabels, nil,
 		"type", "s3")
 	return nil
 }
@@ -214,7 +217,8 @@ func loadBucketAPIHTTPMetrics(ctx context.Context, m MetricValues, _ *metricsCac
 // This is a `MetricsLoaderFn`.
 func loadBucketAPITTFBMetrics(ctx context.Context, m MetricValues, _ *metricsCache, buckets []string) error {
 	renameLabels := map[string]string{"api": "name"}
-	m.SetHistogram(apiRequestsTTFBSecondsDistribution, bucketHTTPRequestsDuration, renameLabels,
+	labelsFilter := map[string]set.StringSet{"api": set.CreateStringSet("GetObject")}
+	m.SetHistogram(apiRequestsTTFBSecondsDistribution, bucketHTTPRequestsDuration, labelsFilter, renameLabels,
 		buckets, "type", "s3")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v3-types.go b/cmd/metrics-v3-types.go
index f891cf947..859824ef8 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v3-types.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v3-types.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/set"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -247,28 +248,38 @@ func (m *MetricValues) Set(name MetricName, value float64, labels ...string) {
 // SetHistogram - sets values for the given MetricName using the provided
 // histogram.
 //
+// `filterByLabels` is a map of label names to list of allowed label values to
+// filter by. Note that this filtering happens before any renaming of labels.
+//
 // `renameLabels` is a map of label names to rename. The keys are the original
 // label names and the values are the new label names.
 //
-// TODO: bucketFilter doc
+// `bucketFilter` is a list of bucket values to filter. If this is non-empty,
+// only metrics for the given buckets are added.
 //
 // `extraLabels` are additional labels to add to each metric. They are ordered
 // label name and value pairs.
 func (m *MetricValues) SetHistogram(name MetricName, hist *prometheus.HistogramVec,
-	renameLabels map[string]string, bucketFilter []string, extraLabels ...string,
+	filterByLabels map[string]set.StringSet, renameLabels map[string]string, bucketFilter []string,
+	extraLabels ...string,
 ) {
 	if _, ok := m.descriptors[name]; !ok {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("metric has no description: %s", name))
 	}
 	dummyDesc := MetricDescription{}
 	metricsV2 := getHistogramMetrics(hist, dummyDesc, false)
+mainLoop:
 	for _, metric := range metricsV2 {
+		for label, allowedValues := range filterByLabels {
+			if !allowedValues.Contains(metric.VariableLabels[label]) {
+				continue mainLoop
+			}
+		}
+
 		// If a bucket filter is provided, only add metrics for the given
 		// buckets.
-		if len(bucketFilter) > 0 {
-			if !slices.Contains(bucketFilter, metric.VariableLabels["bucket"]) {
-				continue
-			}
+		if len(bucketFilter) > 0 && !slices.Contains(bucketFilter, metric.VariableLabels["bucket"]) {
+			continue
 		}
 
 		labels := make([]string, 0, len(metric.VariableLabels)*2)