diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4565050babe5..1e270e662669e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ transforms-logs = [
   "transforms-trace_to_log"
 ]
 transforms-metrics = [
+  "transforms-absolute_to_incremental",
   "transforms-aggregate",
   "transforms-filter",
   "transforms-incremental_to_absolute",
@@ -774,6 +775,7 @@ transforms-metrics = [
   "transforms-throttle",
 ]
 
+transforms-absolute_to_incremental = []
 transforms-aggregate = []
 transforms-aws_ec2_metadata = ["dep:arc-swap"]
 transforms-dedupe = ["transforms-impl-dedupe"]
diff --git a/changelog.d/24655.feature.md b/changelog.d/24655.feature.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a07fbe00474fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/24655.feature.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Adds a transformer to translate absolute into incremental metrics.
+
+authors: johannesfloriangeiger
diff --git a/src/transforms/absolute_to_incremental.rs b/src/transforms/absolute_to_incremental.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e8b1abf4a1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/absolute_to_incremental.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+use std::{collections::HashMap, future::ready, pin::Pin, time::Duration};
+
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use vector_lib::configurable::configurable_component;
+
+use crate::{
+    config::{DataType, Input, OutputId, TransformConfig, TransformContext, TransformOutput},
+    event::Event,
+    schema,
+    sinks::util::buffer::metrics::{MetricSet, NormalizerConfig, NormalizerSettings},
+    transforms::{TaskTransform, Transform},
+};
+
+/// Configuration for the `absolute_to_incremental` transform.
+#[configurable_component(transform(
+    "absolute_to_incremental",
+    "Convert absolute metrics to incremental."
+))]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct AbsoluteToIncrementalConfig {
+    /// Configuration for the internal metrics cache used to normalize a stream of absolute
+    /// metrics into incremental metrics.
+    ///
+    /// By default, absolute metrics are evicted after 5 minutes of not being updated. The next
+    /// absolute value will be reset.
+    #[configurable(derived)]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub cache: NormalizerConfig<AbsoluteToIncrementalDefaultNormalizerSettings>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct AbsoluteToIncrementalDefaultNormalizerSettings;
+
+impl NormalizerSettings for AbsoluteToIncrementalDefaultNormalizerSettings {
+    const MAX_EVENTS: Option<usize> = None;
+    const MAX_BYTES: Option<usize> = None;
+    const TIME_TO_LIVE: Option<u64> = Some(300);
+}
+
+pub const fn default_expire_metrics_secs() -> Duration {
+    Duration::from_secs(120)
+}
+
+impl_generate_config_from_default!(AbsoluteToIncrementalConfig);
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+#[typetag::serde(name = "absolute_to_incremental")]
+impl TransformConfig for AbsoluteToIncrementalConfig {
+    async fn build(&self, _context: &TransformContext) -> crate::Result<Transform> {
+        AbsoluteToIncremental::new(self).map(Transform::event_task)
+    }
+
+    fn input(&self) -> Input {
+        Input::metric()
+    }
+
+    fn outputs(
+        &self,
+        _: &TransformContext,
+        _: &[(OutputId, schema::Definition)],
+    ) -> Vec<TransformOutput> {
+        vec![TransformOutput::new(DataType::Metric, HashMap::new())]
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct AbsoluteToIncremental {
+    data: MetricSet,
+}
+
+impl AbsoluteToIncremental {
+    pub fn new(config: &AbsoluteToIncrementalConfig) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+        // Create a new MetricSet with the proper cache settings
+        Ok(Self {
+            data: MetricSet::new(config.cache.validate()?.into_settings()),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn transform_one(&mut self, event: Event) -> Option<Event> {
+        self.data
+            .make_incremental(event.as_metric().clone())
+            .map(Event::Metric)
+    }
+}
+
+impl TaskTransform<Event> for AbsoluteToIncremental {
+    fn transform(
+        self: Box<Self>,
+        task: Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Event> + Send>>,
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Event> + Send>>
+    where
+        Self: 'static,
+    {
+        let mut inner = self;
+        Box::pin(task.filter_map(move |v| ready(inner.transform_one(v))))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    use futures_util::SinkExt;
+    use similar_asserts::assert_eq;
+    use vector_lib::config::ComponentKey;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::event::{
+        Metric,
+        metric::{MetricKind, MetricValue},
+    };
+
+    fn make_metric(name: &'static str, kind: MetricKind, value: MetricValue) -> Event {
+        let mut event = Event::Metric(Metric::new(name, kind, value))
+            .with_source_id(Arc::new(ComponentKey::from("in")))
+            .with_upstream_id(Arc::new(OutputId::from("transform")));
+
+        event.metadata_mut().set_source_type("unit_test_stream");
+
+        event
+    }
+
+    async fn assert_metric_eq(
+        tx: &mut futures::channel::mpsc::Sender<Event>,
+        mut out_stream: impl Stream<Item = Event> + Unpin,
+        metric: Event,
+        expected_metric: Event,
+    ) {
+        tx.send(metric).await.unwrap();
+        if let Some(out_event) = out_stream.next().await {
+            let result = out_event;
+            assert_eq!(result, expected_metric);
+        } else {
+            panic!("Unexpectedly received None in output stream");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_absolute_to_incremental() {
+        let config = toml::from_str::<AbsoluteToIncrementalConfig>(
+            r#"
+[cache]
+max_events = 100
+"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let absolute_to_incremental = AbsoluteToIncremental::new(&config)
+            .map(Transform::event_task)
+            .unwrap();
+        let absolute_to_incremental = absolute_to_incremental.into_task();
+        let (mut tx, rx) = futures::channel::mpsc::channel(10);
+        let mut out_stream = absolute_to_incremental.transform_events(Box::pin(rx));
+
+        let abs_counter_0 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Absolute,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 0.0 },
+        );
+        tx.send(abs_counter_0).await.unwrap();
+
+        let abs_counter_1 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Absolute,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 10.0 },
+        );
+        let expected_abs_counter_1 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Incremental,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 10.0 },
+        );
+        assert_metric_eq(
+            &mut tx,
+            &mut out_stream,
+            abs_counter_1,
+            expected_abs_counter_1,
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let abs_counter_2 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Absolute,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 20.0 },
+        );
+        let expected_abs_counter_2 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Incremental,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 10.0 },
+        );
+        assert_metric_eq(
+            &mut tx,
+            &mut out_stream,
+            abs_counter_2,
+            expected_abs_counter_2,
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let abs_counter_3 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Absolute,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 30.0 },
+        );
+        let expected_abs_counter_3 = make_metric(
+            "absolute_counter",
+            MetricKind::Incremental,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 10.0 },
+        );
+        assert_metric_eq(
+            &mut tx,
+            &mut out_stream,
+            abs_counter_3,
+            expected_abs_counter_3,
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        // Incremental counters are emitted unchanged
+        let incremental_counter = make_metric(
+            "incremental_counter",
+            MetricKind::Incremental,
+            MetricValue::Counter { value: 42.0 },
+        );
+        let expected_incremental_counter = incremental_counter.clone();
+        assert_metric_eq(
+            &mut tx,
+            &mut out_stream,
+            incremental_counter,
+            expected_incremental_counter,
+        )
+        .await;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/transforms/mod.rs b/src/transforms/mod.rs
index e4f6671828807..378b1e040de25 100644
--- a/src/transforms/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ pub mod reduce;
 #[cfg(feature = "transforms-impl-sample")]
 pub mod sample;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "transforms-absolute_to_incremental")]
+pub mod absolute_to_incremental;
 #[cfg(feature = "transforms-aggregate")]
 pub mod aggregate;
 #[cfg(feature = "transforms-aws_ec2_metadata")]
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/generated/absolute_to_incremental.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/generated/absolute_to_incremental.cue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33acc28e844bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/transforms/generated/absolute_to_incremental.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package metadata
+
+generated: components: transforms: absolute_to_incremental: configuration: cache: {
+	description: """
+		Configuration for the internal metrics cache used to normalize a stream of absolute
+		metrics into incremental metrics.
+
+		By default, absolute metrics are evicted after 5 minutes of not being updated. The next
+		absolute value will be reset.
+		"""
+	required: false
+	type: object: options: {
+		max_bytes: {
+			description: "The maximum size in bytes of the events in the metrics normalizer cache, excluding cache overhead."
+			required:    false
+			type: uint: unit: "bytes"
+		}
+		max_events: {
+			description: "The maximum number of events of the metrics normalizer cache"
+			required:    false
+			type: uint: unit: "events"
+		}
+		time_to_live: {
+			description: "The maximum age of a metric not being updated before it is evicted from the metrics normalizer cache."
+			required:    false
+			type: uint: {
+				default: 300
+				unit:    "seconds"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}