diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bdaf662e891..09016c05cc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [0.21.0] - 2021-06-18
 
+### Added
+
+- Add total requests counter by response status code for the `net/http` instrumentation. (#771)
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Dockerfile based examples for `otelgin` and `otelmacaron`. (#767)
diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go
index 305c4d7661d..f354f5328ce 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler.go
@@ -102,11 +102,15 @@ func (h *Handler) createMeasures() {
 	responseBytesCounter, err := h.meter.NewInt64Counter(ResponseContentLength)
 	handleErr(err)
 
+	requestCount, err := h.meter.NewInt64Counter(RequestCount)
+	handleErr(err)
+
 	serverLatencyMeasure, err := h.meter.NewInt64ValueRecorder(ServerLatency)
 	handleErr(err)
 
 	h.counters[RequestContentLength] = requestBytesCounter
 	h.counters[ResponseContentLength] = responseBytesCounter
+	h.counters[RequestCount] = requestCount
 	h.valueRecorders[ServerLatency] = serverLatencyMeasure
 }
 
@@ -185,6 +189,10 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.counters[RequestContentLength].Add(ctx, bw.read, attributes...)
 	h.counters[ResponseContentLength].Add(ctx, rww.written, attributes...)
 
+	// Count of request to record errors ratio
+	requestCountAttributes := append(attributes, semconv.HTTPStatusCodeKey.Int(rww.statusCode))
+	h.counters[RequestCount].Add(ctx, 1, requestCountAttributes...)
+
 	elapsedTime := time.Since(requestStartTime).Microseconds()
 
 	h.valueRecorders[ServerLatency].Record(ctx, elapsedTime, attributes...)
diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler_test.go b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler_test.go
index c718b0a36a7..e25e57facbf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler_test.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/handler_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,19 @@ func TestHandlerBasics(t *testing.T) {
 		attribute.String("test", "attribute"),
 	}
 
-	assertMetricAttributes(t, attributesToVerify, meterimpl.MeasurementBatches)
+	var statusCodeBatch oteltest.Batch
+	var measurementBatches []oteltest.Batch
+	for _, batch := range meterimpl.MeasurementBatches {
+		batchName := batch.Measurements[0].Instrument.Descriptor().Name()
+		if batchName == RequestCount {
+			statusCodeBatch = batch
+			continue
+		}
+		measurementBatches = append(measurementBatches, batch)
+	}
+
+	assertMetricAttributes(t, attributesToVerify, measurementBatches)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, append(attributesToVerify, semconv.HTTPStatusCodeKey.Int(200)), statusCodeBatch.Labels)
 
 	if got, expected := rr.Result().StatusCode, http.StatusOK; got != expected {
 		t.Fatalf("got %d, expected %d", got, expected)