diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acd7011af..daf3cc8ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs` Make propagation compatible with other SQS instrumentations, add 'messaging.url' span attribute, and fix missing package dependencies.
   ([#1234](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1234))
 
+- restoring metrics in django framework
+  ([#1208](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1208))
+
 ## [1.12.0-0.33b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.12.0-0.33b0) - 2022-08-08
 
 - Adding multiple db connections support for django-instrumentation's sqlcommenter
diff --git a/instrumentation/README.md b/instrumentation/README.md
index 6cd49a5df..deeb3693f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery) | celery >= 4.0, < 6.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka) | confluent-kafka ~= 1.8.2 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi) | dbapi | No
-| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-django](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-django) | django >= 1.10 | No
+| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-django](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-django) | django >= 1.10 | Yes
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch) | elasticsearch >= 2.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon) | falcon >= 1.4.1, < 4.0.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi) | fastapi ~= 0.58 | No
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
index 4b8dec4e6..3e5015abd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.middleware.otel_middleware import (
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.metrics import get_meter
 from opentelemetry.trace import get_tracer
 
 DJANGO_2_0 = django_version >= (2, 0)
@@ -244,19 +245,29 @@ class DjangoInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
             return
 
         tracer_provider = kwargs.get("tracer_provider")
+        meter_provider = kwargs.get("meter_provider")
         tracer = get_tracer(
             __name__,
             __version__,
             tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
         )
-
+        meter = get_meter(__name__, __version__, meter_provider=meter_provider)
         _DjangoMiddleware._tracer = tracer
-
+        _DjangoMiddleware._meter = meter
         _DjangoMiddleware._otel_request_hook = kwargs.pop("request_hook", None)
         _DjangoMiddleware._otel_response_hook = kwargs.pop(
             "response_hook", None
         )
-
+        _DjangoMiddleware._duration_histogram = meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.server.duration",
+            unit="ms",
+            description="measures the duration of the inbound http request",
+        )
+        _DjangoMiddleware._active_request_counter = meter.create_up_down_counter(
+            name="http.server.active_requests",
+            unit="requests",
+            description="measures the number of concurent HTTP requests those are currently in flight",
+        )
         # This can not be solved, but is an inherent problem of this approach:
         # the order of middleware entries matters, and here you have no control
         # on that:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py
index 660be75cf..42cdf4081 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import types
 from logging import getLogger
 from time import time
+from timeit import default_timer
 from typing import Callable
 
 from django import VERSION as django_version
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi import (
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi import wsgi_getter
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.trace import Span, SpanKind, use_span
-from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
+from opentelemetry.util.http import (
+    _parse_active_request_count_attrs,
+    _parse_duration_attrs,
+    get_excluded_urls,
+    get_traced_request_attrs,
+)
 
 try:
     from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
@@ -139,10 +145,19 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     _environ_token = "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.token"
     _environ_span_key = "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.span_key"
     _environ_exception_key = "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.exception_key"
-
+    _environ_active_request_attr_key = (
+        "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.active_request_attr_key"
+    )
+    _environ_duration_attr_key = (
+        "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.duration_attr_key"
+    )
+    _environ_timer_key = "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.timer_key"
     _traced_request_attrs = get_traced_request_attrs("DJANGO")
     _excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("DJANGO")
     _tracer = None
+    _meter = None
+    _duration_histogram = None
+    _active_request_counter = None
 
     _otel_request_hook: Callable[[Span, HttpRequest], None] = None
     _otel_response_hook: Callable[
@@ -171,6 +186,7 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
         except Resolver404:
             return f"HTTP {request.method}"
 
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     def process_request(self, request):
         # request.META is a dictionary containing all available HTTP headers
         # Read more about request.META here:
@@ -185,7 +201,6 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 
         # pylint:disable=W0212
         request._otel_start_time = time()
-
         request_meta = request.META
 
         if is_asgi_request:
@@ -208,7 +223,16 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
         )
 
         attributes = collect_request_attributes(carrier)
+        active_requests_count_attrs = _parse_active_request_count_attrs(
+            attributes
+        )
+        duration_attrs = _parse_duration_attrs(attributes)
 
+        request.META[
+            self._environ_active_request_attr_key
+        ] = active_requests_count_attrs
+        request.META[self._environ_duration_attr_key] = duration_attrs
+        self._active_request_counter.add(1, active_requests_count_attrs)
         if span.is_recording():
             attributes = extract_attributes_from_object(
                 request, self._traced_request_attrs, attributes
@@ -242,7 +266,8 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 
         activation = use_span(span, end_on_exit=True)
         activation.__enter__()  # pylint: disable=E1101
-
+        request_start_time = default_timer()
+        request.META[self._environ_timer_key] = request_start_time
         request.META[self._environ_activation_key] = activation
         request.META[self._environ_span_key] = span
         if token:
@@ -281,6 +306,7 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
             request.META[self._environ_exception_key] = exception
 
     # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     def process_response(self, request, response):
         if self._excluded_urls.url_disabled(request.build_absolute_uri("?")):
             return response
@@ -291,6 +317,17 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 
         activation = request.META.pop(self._environ_activation_key, None)
         span = request.META.pop(self._environ_span_key, None)
+        active_requests_count_attrs = request.META.pop(
+            self._environ_active_request_attr_key, None
+        )
+        duration_attrs = request.META.pop(
+            self._environ_duration_attr_key, None
+        )
+        if duration_attrs:
+            duration_attrs[
+                SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE
+            ] = response.status_code
+        request_start_time = request.META.pop(self._environ_timer_key, None)
 
         if activation and span:
             if is_asgi_request:
@@ -341,6 +378,12 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
             else:
                 activation.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
+        if request_start_time is not None:
+            duration = max(
+                round((default_timer() - request_start_time) * 1000), 0
+            )
+            self._duration_histogram.record(duration, duration_attrs)
+        self._active_request_counter.add(-1, active_requests_count_attrs)
         if request.META.get(self._environ_token, None) is not None:
             detach(request.META.get(self._environ_token))
             request.META.pop(self._environ_token)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/package.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/package.py
index 5b3ba0810..290061a36 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/package.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/package.py
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 
 
 _instruments = ("django >= 1.10",)
+_supports_metrics = True
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
index 05457de43..8b584bfc3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=E0611
 
 from sys import modules
+from timeit import default_timer
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
 from django import VERSION, conf
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.propagators import (
     set_global_response_propagator,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk import resources
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
+    HistogramDataPoint,
+    NumberDataPoint,
+)
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import Span
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.id_generator import RandomIdGenerator
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
@@ -45,6 +50,8 @@ from opentelemetry.trace import (
 from opentelemetry.util.http import (
     OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_HTTP_CAPTURE_HEADERS_SERVER_REQUEST,
     OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_HTTP_CAPTURE_HEADERS_SERVER_RESPONSE,
+    _active_requests_count_attrs,
+    _duration_attrs,
     get_excluded_urls,
     get_traced_request_attrs,
 )
@@ -406,6 +413,64 @@ class TestMiddleware(WsgiTestBase):
         )
         self.memory_exporter.clear()
 
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
+    def test_wsgi_metrics(self):
+        _expected_metric_names = [
+            "http.server.active_requests",
+            "http.server.duration",
+        ]
+        _recommended_attrs = {
+            "http.server.active_requests": _active_requests_count_attrs,
+            "http.server.duration": _duration_attrs,
+        }
+        start = default_timer()
+        for _ in range(3):
+            response = Client().get("/span_name/1234/")
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        duration = max(round((default_timer() - start) * 1000), 0)
+        metrics_list = self.memory_metrics_reader.get_metrics_data()
+        number_data_point_seen = False
+        histrogram_data_point_seen = False
+
+        self.assertTrue(len(metrics_list.resource_metrics) != 0)
+        for resource_metric in metrics_list.resource_metrics:
+            self.assertTrue(len(resource_metric.scope_metrics) != 0)
+            for scope_metric in resource_metric.scope_metrics:
+                self.assertTrue(len(scope_metric.metrics) != 0)
+                for metric in scope_metric.metrics:
+                    self.assertIn(metric.name, _expected_metric_names)
+                    data_points = list(metric.data.data_points)
+                    self.assertEqual(len(data_points), 1)
+                    for point in data_points:
+                        if isinstance(point, HistogramDataPoint):
+                            self.assertEqual(point.count, 3)
+                            histrogram_data_point_seen = True
+                            self.assertAlmostEqual(
+                                duration, point.sum, delta=100
+                            )
+                        if isinstance(point, NumberDataPoint):
+                            number_data_point_seen = True
+                            self.assertEqual(point.value, 0)
+                        for attr in point.attributes:
+                            self.assertIn(
+                                attr, _recommended_attrs[metric.name]
+                            )
+        self.assertTrue(histrogram_data_point_seen and number_data_point_seen)
+
+    def test_wsgi_metrics_unistrument(self):
+        Client().get("/span_name/1234/")
+        _django_instrumentor.uninstrument()
+        Client().get("/span_name/1234/")
+        metrics_list = self.memory_metrics_reader.get_metrics_data()
+        for resource_metric in metrics_list.resource_metrics:
+            for scope_metric in resource_metric.scope_metrics:
+                for metric in scope_metric.metrics:
+                    for point in list(metric.data.data_points):
+                        if isinstance(point, HistogramDataPoint):
+                            self.assertEqual(1, point.count)
+                        if isinstance(point, NumberDataPoint):
+                            self.assertEqual(0, point.value)
+
 
 class TestMiddlewareWithTracerProvider(WsgiTestBase):
     @classmethod