diff --git a/components/usage/config.json b/components/usage/config.json
index 3afe1c7c648de3..ff036bb180539d 100644
--- a/components/usage/config.json
+++ b/components/usage/config.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     "services": {
       "grpc": {
         "address": ":9001"
+      },
+      "http": {
+        "address": ":9002"
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/components/usage/go.mod b/components/usage/go.mod
index a7feff0f6c341d..67ffc3ff28901f 100644
--- a/components/usage/go.mod
+++ b/components/usage/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1 // indirect
diff --git a/components/usage/go.sum b/components/usage/go.sum
index f63492d75bb309..6fae7ef405d2d9 100644
--- a/components/usage/go.sum
+++ b/components/usage/go.sum
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1m
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20201210154907-fd9021fe5dad/go.mod h1:cXg6YxExXjJnVBQHBLXeUAgxn2UodCpnH306RInaBQk=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.10.2-0.20220325020618-49ff273808a1/go.mod h1:KJwIaB5Mv44NWtYuAOFCVOjcI94vtpEz2JU/D2v6IjE=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
+github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1 h1:lvB5Jl89CsZtGIWuTcDM1E/vkVs49/Ml7JJe07l8SPQ=
+github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 h1:EVhdT+1Kseyi1/pUmXKaFxYsDNy9RQYkMWRH68J/W7Y=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
+github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1 h1:9lRY6j8DEeeBT10CvO9hGW0gmky0BprnvDI5vfhUHH4=
+github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1/go.mod h1:t8XrUpc4KVXb7HGyJ4/cEnwQiaxrX/hz1Zv/4g96P1Q=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0 h1:+9834+KizmvFV7pXQGSXQTsaWhq2GjuNUt0aUU0YBYw=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0/go.mod h1:z0ButlSOZa5vEBq9m2m2hlwIgKw+rp3sdCBRoJY+30Y=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 h1:Ovs26xHkKqVztRpIrF/92BcuyuQ/YW4NSIpoGtfXNho=
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/server/server.go b/components/usage/pkg/server/server.go
index 3d75723551c9b8..0cad678a80473f 100644
--- a/components/usage/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage/pkg/controller"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage/pkg/db"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage/pkg/stripe"
+	"github.com/gorilla/handlers"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@ func Start(cfg Config) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to register gRPC services: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	h := stripe.NewWebhookHandler()
+	registerHttpHandlers(srv, h)
+
 	err = controller.RegisterMetrics(srv.MetricsRegistry())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to register controller metrics: %w", err)
@@ -133,3 +137,7 @@ func registerGRPCServices(srv *baseserver.Server, conn *gorm.DB, stripeClient *s
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func registerHttpHandlers(srv *baseserver.Server, h *stripe.WebhookHandler) {
+	srv.HTTPMux().Handle("/stripe/invoices/webhook", handlers.ContentTypeHandler(h, "application/json"))
+}
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/stripe/webhook.go b/components/usage/pkg/stripe/webhook.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..065213da65a305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/stripe/webhook.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package stripe
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
+	"github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v72"
+)
+
+type WebhookHandler struct{}
+
+func NewWebhookHandler() *WebhookHandler {
+	return &WebhookHandler{}
+}
+
+func (h *WebhookHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	const maxBodyBytes = int64(65536)
+
+	req.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, req.Body, maxBodyBytes)
+
+	event := stripe.Event{}
+	err := json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(&event)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Stripe webhook error while parsing event payload")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// TODO: verify webhook signature.
+	// Conditional on there being a secret configured.
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "event type: %s", event.Type)
+}