diff --git a/clustering/jgroups/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/clustering/jgroups/subsystem/ChannelInstanceResourceDefinition.java b/clustering/jgroups/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/clustering/jgroups/subsystem/ChannelInstanceResourceDefinition.java
index 2522bf6fd986..6096b4fed5a8 100644
--- a/clustering/jgroups/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/clustering/jgroups/subsystem/ChannelInstanceResourceDefinition.java
+++ b/clustering/jgroups/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/clustering/jgroups/subsystem/ChannelInstanceResourceDefinition.java
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ public static void registerChannelProtocolMetrics(OperationContext context, Stri
             protocolDefinitions.add(protocolDefinition);
         }
 
+        // create the relay resource definition if element is defined
+        ResourceDefinition relayDefinition = null ;
+        if (stack.hasDefined(ModelKeys.RELAY)) {
+            relayDefinition = getProtocolMetricResourceDefinition(context, channelName, "relay.RELAY2");
+        }
+
         // register the channel resource and its protocol resources
         ManagementResourceRegistration subsystemRootRegistration = context.getResourceRegistrationForUpdate();
         ManagementResourceRegistration channelRegistration = subsystemRootRegistration.registerSubModel(new ChannelInstanceResourceDefinition(channelName, true));
@@ -227,6 +233,9 @@ public static void registerChannelProtocolMetrics(OperationContext context, Stri
         for (ResourceDefinition protocolDefinition : protocolDefinitions) {
             channelRegistration.registerSubModel(protocolDefinition);
         }
+        if (stack.hasDefined(ModelKeys.RELAY)) {
+            channelRegistration.registerSubModel(relayDefinition);
+        }
     }
 
     public static void addChannelProtocolMetricsDeregistrationStep(OperationContext context, String channelName) {