diff --git a/pinot-server/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadScheduler.java b/pinot-server/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadScheduler.java
index 558f055f152a..eaf4ed7cac7c 100644
--- a/pinot-server/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadScheduler.java
+++ b/pinot-server/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadScheduler.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration2.PropertiesConfiguration;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.metrics.ServerMetrics;
 import org.apache.pinot.common.utils.TarCompressionUtils;
 import org.apache.pinot.common.utils.fetcher.SegmentFetcherFactory;
 import org.apache.pinot.server.conf.ServerConf;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.crypt.PinotCrypterFactory;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.env.PinotConfiguration;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.filesystem.PinotFSFactory;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.metrics.PinotMetricUtils;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.metrics.PinotMetricsRegistry;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.utils.CommonConstants;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.utils.retry.AttemptsExceededException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -163,6 +166,24 @@ void initializeZK() {
   void initializeMetricsReporter() {
     LOGGER.info("Initializing metrics reporter");
 
+    try {
+      ServerConf serverConf = new ServerConf(_pinotConfig);
+      PinotMetricsRegistry metricsRegistry = PinotMetricUtils.getPinotMetricsRegistry(serverConf.getMetricsConfig());
+      ServerMetrics serverMetrics =
+          new ServerMetrics(serverConf.getMetricsPrefix(), metricsRegistry, serverConf.emitTableLevelMetrics(),
+              serverConf.getAllowedTablesForEmittingMetrics());
+      serverMetrics.initializeGlobalMeters();
+      boolean registered = ServerMetrics.register(serverMetrics);
+      if (registered) {
+        LOGGER.info("ServerMetrics successfully registered for predownload container");
+      } else {
+        LOGGER.error("Failed to register ServerMetrics; an instance was already registered");
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      LOGGER.error("Failed to initialize ServerMetrics in predownload container; "
+          + "continuing with the currently registered ServerMetrics instance", e);
+    }
+
     _predownloadMetrics = new PredownloadMetrics();
     PredownloadStatusRecorder.registerMetrics(_predownloadMetrics);
   }
diff --git a/pinot-server/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadSchedulerTest.java b/pinot-server/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadSchedulerTest.java
index a5dca3bd8b5e..958e24bcf3cf 100644
--- a/pinot-server/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadSchedulerTest.java
+++ b/pinot-server/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/server/predownload/PredownloadSchedulerTest.java
@@ -33,15 +33,19 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.helix.model.InstanceConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.common.metadata.segment.SegmentZKMetadata;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.metrics.ServerMetrics;
 import org.apache.pinot.common.utils.TarCompressionUtils;
 import org.apache.pinot.common.utils.fetcher.SegmentFetcherFactory;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.instance.InstanceDataManagerConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.TableConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.env.CommonsConfigurationUtils;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.filesystem.PinotFSFactory;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.metrics.PinotMetricUtils;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.metrics.PinotMetricsRegistry;
 import org.mockito.MockedConstruction;
 import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import static org.apache.pinot.server.predownload.PredownloadTestUtil.*;
@@ -51,6 +55,8 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 
 public class PredownloadSchedulerTest {
@@ -87,6 +93,11 @@ public void setUp(PropertiesConfiguration properties)
     _predownloadScheduler._executor = Runnable::run;
   }
 
+  @AfterMethod
+  public void cleanUpMetrics() {
+    ServerMetrics.deregister();
+  }
+
   @AfterClass
   public void tearDown()
       throws Exception {
@@ -355,4 +366,68 @@ public void testPredownloadParallelismConfiguration() throws Exception {
         "Zero parallelism should fall back to default");
     zeroScheduler.stop();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitializeMetricsReporterRegistersServerMetrics()
+      throws Exception {
+    String propertiesFilePath = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(SAMPLE_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME).getPath();
+    PropertiesConfiguration properties = CommonsConfigurationUtils.fromPath(propertiesFilePath);
+    PredownloadScheduler scheduler = new PredownloadScheduler(properties);
+
+    try (MockedStatic<PinotMetricUtils> pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic = mockStatic(PinotMetricUtils.class)) {
+      PinotMetricsRegistry mockRegistry = mock(PinotMetricsRegistry.class);
+      pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic.when(() -> PinotMetricUtils.getPinotMetricsRegistry(any()))
+          .thenReturn(mockRegistry);
+
+      scheduler.initializeMetricsReporter();
+
+      pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic.verify(() -> PinotMetricUtils.getPinotMetricsRegistry(any()), times(1));
+      ServerMetrics registeredMetrics = ServerMetrics.get();
+      assertNotNull(registeredMetrics, "ServerMetrics should be registered after initializeMetricsReporter");
+    } finally {
+      scheduler.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitializeMetricsReporterFallsBackOnFailure()
+      throws Exception {
+    String propertiesFilePath = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(SAMPLE_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME).getPath();
+    PropertiesConfiguration properties = CommonsConfigurationUtils.fromPath(propertiesFilePath);
+    PredownloadScheduler scheduler = new PredownloadScheduler(properties);
+
+    try (MockedStatic<PinotMetricUtils> pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic = mockStatic(PinotMetricUtils.class)) {
+      pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic.when(() -> PinotMetricUtils.getPinotMetricsRegistry(any()))
+          .thenThrow(new RuntimeException("Metrics factory not available"));
+
+      scheduler.initializeMetricsReporter();
+
+      ServerMetrics registeredMetrics = ServerMetrics.get();
+      assertNotNull(registeredMetrics, "ServerMetrics.get() should return NOOP instance, not null");
+    } finally {
+      scheduler.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitializeMetricsReporterAlwaysCreatesPredownloadMetrics()
+      throws Exception {
+    String propertiesFilePath = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(SAMPLE_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME).getPath();
+    PropertiesConfiguration properties = CommonsConfigurationUtils.fromPath(propertiesFilePath);
+    PredownloadScheduler scheduler = spy(new PredownloadScheduler(properties));
+
+    try (MockedStatic<PinotMetricUtils> pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic = mockStatic(PinotMetricUtils.class);
+         MockedStatic<PredownloadStatusRecorder> statusRecorderMockedStatic =
+             mockStatic(PredownloadStatusRecorder.class)) {
+      pinotMetricUtilsMockedStatic.when(() -> PinotMetricUtils.getPinotMetricsRegistry(any()))
+          .thenThrow(new RuntimeException("Metrics factory not available"));
+
+      scheduler.initializeMetricsReporter();
+
+      statusRecorderMockedStatic.verify(
+          () -> PredownloadStatusRecorder.registerMetrics(any(PredownloadMetrics.class)), times(1));
+    } finally {
+      scheduler.stop();
+    }
+  }
 }