diff --git a/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h b/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h
index f8be2435..a26f8432 100644
--- a/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h
+++ b/core/include/prometheus/histogram.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <mutex>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "prometheus/client_metric.h"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class PROMETHEUS_CPP_CORE_EXPORT Histogram {
 
  private:
   const BucketBoundaries bucket_boundaries_;
+  mutable std::mutex mutex_;
   std::vector<Counter> bucket_counts_;
   Gauge sum_;
 };
diff --git a/core/src/histogram.cc b/core/src/histogram.cc
index 78ba3c88..4947b3a7 100644
--- a/core/src/histogram.cc
+++ b/core/src/histogram.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ void Histogram::Observe(const double value) {
       std::find_if(
           std::begin(bucket_boundaries_), std::end(bucket_boundaries_),
           [value](const double boundary) { return boundary >= value; })));
+
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
   sum_.Increment(value);
   bucket_counts_[bucket_index].Increment();
 }
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ void Histogram::ObserveMultiple(const std::vector<double>& bucket_increments,
         "the number of buckets in the histogram.");
   }
 
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
   sum_.Increment(sum_of_values);
 
   for (std::size_t i{0}; i < bucket_counts_.size(); ++i) {
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ void Histogram::ObserveMultiple(const std::vector<double>& bucket_increments,
 }
 
 ClientMetric Histogram::Collect() const {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+
   auto metric = ClientMetric{};
 
   auto cumulative_count = 0ULL;