diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62c8935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/histogram.go b/histogram.go
index a576681..5c7a80b 100644
--- a/histogram.go
+++ b/histogram.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ type Histogram struct {
 	upper uint64
 
 	sum float64
+
+	compatible bool
 }
 
 // Reset resets the given histogram.
@@ -149,7 +152,10 @@ func (h *Histogram) VisitNonZeroBuckets(f func(vmrange string, count uint64)) {
 //
 // The returned histogram is safe to use from concurrent goroutines.
 func NewHistogram(name string) *Histogram {
-	return defaultSet.NewHistogram(name)
+	return defaultSet.NewHistogram(name, true)
+}
+func NewHistogramByVM(name string) *Histogram {
+	return defaultSet.NewHistogram(name, false)
 }
 
 // GetOrCreateHistogram returns registered histogram with the given name
@@ -201,6 +207,10 @@ var (
 )
 
 func (h *Histogram) marshalTo(prefix string, w io.Writer) {
+	if h.compatible {
+		h.marshalToPrometheus(prefix, w)
+		return
+	}
 	countTotal := uint64(0)
 	h.VisitNonZeroBuckets(func(vmrange string, count uint64) {
 		tag := fmt.Sprintf("vmrange=%q", vmrange)
@@ -221,6 +231,31 @@ func (h *Histogram) marshalTo(prefix string, w io.Writer) {
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s_count%s %d\n", name, labels, countTotal)
 }
+func (h *Histogram) marshalToPrometheus(prefix string, w io.Writer) {
+	countTotal := uint64(0)
+	h.VisitNonZeroBuckets(func(vmrange string, count uint64) {
+		v := strings.Split(vmrange, "...")
+		if len(v) != 2 {
+			return
+		}
+		tag := fmt.Sprintf("le=%q", v[1])
+		metricName := addTag(prefix, tag)
+		name, labels := splitMetricName(metricName)
+		countTotal += count
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s_bucket%s %d\n", name, labels, countTotal)
+	})
+	if countTotal == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	name, labels := splitMetricName(prefix)
+	sum := h.getSum()
+	if float64(int64(sum)) == sum {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s_sum%s %d\n", name, labels, int64(sum))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s_sum%s %g\n", name, labels, sum)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s_count%s %d\n", name, labels, countTotal)
+}
 
 func (h *Histogram) getSum() float64 {
 	h.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/set.go b/set.go
index 79355ea..43667be 100644
--- a/set.go
+++ b/set.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func (s *Set) WritePrometheus(w io.Writer) {
 //   - foo{bar="baz",aaa="b"}
 //
 // The returned histogram is safe to use from concurrent goroutines.
-func (s *Set) NewHistogram(name string) *Histogram {
-	h := &Histogram{}
+func (s *Set) NewHistogram(name string, compatible bool) *Histogram {
+	h := &Histogram{compatible: compatible}
 	s.registerMetric(name, h)
 	return h
 }
diff --git a/set_test.go b/set_test.go
index 66ed07a..4ddba29 100644
--- a/set_test.go
+++ b/set_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestNewSet(t *testing.T) {
 			if sm == nil {
 				t.Fatalf("NewSummary returned nil")
 			}
-			h := s.NewHistogram(fmt.Sprintf("histogram_%d", j))
+			h := s.NewHistogram(fmt.Sprintf("histogram_%d", j), false)
 			if h == nil {
 				t.Fatalf("NewHistogram returned nil")
 			}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestSetUnregisterAllMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 			_ = s.NewCounter(fmt.Sprintf("counter_%d", i))
 			_ = s.NewSummary(fmt.Sprintf("summary_%d", i))
-			_ = s.NewHistogram(fmt.Sprintf("histogram_%d", i))
+			_ = s.NewHistogram(fmt.Sprintf("histogram_%d", i), false)
 			_ = s.NewGauge(fmt.Sprintf("gauge_%d", i), func() float64 { return 0 })
 			expectedMetricsCount += 4
 		}