diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/adam-influxdb-hostname.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/adam-influxdb-hostname.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab201ae7894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/adam-influxdb-hostname.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Allow GitLab instance to start when InfluxDB hostname cannot be resolved
+merge_request: 11356
+author:
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics.rb
index c6dfa4ad9bd..cb8db2f1e9f 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/metrics.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ module Gitlab
           end
         end
       end
+    rescue Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL, SocketError => ex
+      Gitlab::EnvironmentLogger.error('Cannot resolve InfluxDB address. GitLab Performance Monitoring will not work.')
+      Gitlab::EnvironmentLogger.error(ex)
     end
 
     def self.prepare_metrics(metrics)