diff --git a/rest/request.go b/rest/request.go
index 956d924d..4c04eaad 100644
--- a/rest/request.go
+++ b/rest/request.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/streaming"
+	utilclock "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	restclientwatch "k8s.io/client-go/rest/watch"
@@ -556,37 +557,69 @@ func (r *Request) tryThrottle(ctx context.Context) error {
 		klog.V(3).Infof("Throttling request took %v, request: %s:%s", latency, r.verb, r.URL().String())
 	}
 	if latency > extraLongThrottleLatency {
-		globalThrottledLogger.Log(2, fmt.Sprintf("Throttling request took %v, request: %s:%s", latency, r.verb, r.URL().String()))
+		// If the rate limiter latency is very high, the log message should be printed at a higher log level,
+		// but we use a throttled logger to prevent spamming.
+		globalThrottledLogger.Infof("Throttling request took %v, request: %s:%s", latency, r.verb, r.URL().String())
 	}
+	metrics.RateLimiterLatency.Observe(r.verb, r.finalURLTemplate(), latency)
 
 	return err
 }
 
-type throttledLogger struct {
-	logTimeLock    sync.RWMutex
-	lastLogTime    time.Time
+type throttleSettings struct {
+	logLevel       klog.Level
 	minLogInterval time.Duration
+
+	lastLogTime time.Time
+	lock        sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+type throttledLogger struct {
+	clock    utilclock.PassiveClock
+	settings []*throttleSettings
 }
 
 var globalThrottledLogger = &throttledLogger{
-	minLogInterval: 1 * time.Second,
+	clock: utilclock.RealClock{},
+	settings: []*throttleSettings{
+		{
+			logLevel:       2,
+			minLogInterval: 1 * time.Second,
+		}, {
+			logLevel:       0,
+			minLogInterval: 10 * time.Second,
+		},
+	},
 }
 
-func (b *throttledLogger) Log(level klog.Level, message string) {
-	if bool(klog.V(level)) {
-		if func() bool {
-			b.logTimeLock.RLock()
-			defer b.logTimeLock.RUnlock()
-			return time.Since(b.lastLogTime) > b.minLogInterval
-		}() {
-			b.logTimeLock.Lock()
-			defer b.logTimeLock.Unlock()
-			if time.Since(b.lastLogTime) > b.minLogInterval {
-				klog.V(level).Info(message)
-				b.lastLogTime = time.Now()
+func (b *throttledLogger) attemptToLog() (klog.Level, bool) {
+	for _, setting := range b.settings {
+		if bool(klog.V(setting.logLevel)) {
+			// Return early without write locking if possible.
+			if func() bool {
+				setting.lock.RLock()
+				defer setting.lock.RUnlock()
+				return b.clock.Since(setting.lastLogTime) >= setting.minLogInterval
+			}() {
+				setting.lock.Lock()
+				defer setting.lock.Unlock()
+				if b.clock.Since(setting.lastLogTime) >= setting.minLogInterval {
+					setting.lastLogTime = b.clock.Now()
+					return setting.logLevel, true
+				}
 			}
+			return -1, false
 		}
 	}
+	return -1, false
+}
+
+// Infof will write a log message at each logLevel specified by the reciever's throttleSettings
+// as long as it hasn't written a log message more recently than minLogInterval.
+func (b *throttledLogger) Infof(message string, args ...interface{}) {
+	if logLevel, ok := b.attemptToLog(); ok {
+		klog.V(logLevel).Infof(message, args...)
+	}
 }
 
 // Watch attempts to begin watching the requested location.
diff --git a/rest/request_test.go b/rest/request_test.go
index 5d9fbc4a..2a183ba4 100644
--- a/rest/request_test.go
+++ b/rest/request_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -2190,3 +2191,30 @@ func TestRequestPreflightCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestThrottledLogger(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now()
+	clock := clock.NewFakeClock(now)
+	globalThrottledLogger.clock = clock
+
+	logMessages := 0
+	for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		wg.Add(100)
+		for j := 0; j < 100; j++ {
+			go func() {
+				if _, ok := globalThrottledLogger.attemptToLog(); ok {
+					logMessages++
+				}
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+		now = now.Add(1 * time.Second)
+		clock.SetTime(now)
+	}
+
+	if a, e := logMessages, 1000; a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v log messages, but got %v", e, a)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/metrics/metrics.go b/tools/metrics/metrics.go
index 6a8f25a9..5194026b 100644
--- a/tools/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/tools/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ var (
 	ClientCertRotationAge DurationMetric = noopDuration{}
 	// RequestLatency is the latency metric that rest clients will update.
 	RequestLatency LatencyMetric = noopLatency{}
+	// RateLimiterLatency is the client side rate limiter latency metric.
+	RateLimiterLatency LatencyMetric = noopLatency{}
 	// RequestResult is the result metric that rest clients will update.
 	RequestResult ResultMetric = noopResult{}
 )
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ type RegisterOpts struct {
 	ClientCertExpiry      ExpiryMetric
 	ClientCertRotationAge DurationMetric
 	RequestLatency        LatencyMetric
+	RateLimiterLatency    LatencyMetric
 	RequestResult         ResultMetric
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@ func Register(opts RegisterOpts) {
 		if opts.RequestLatency != nil {
 			RequestLatency = opts.RequestLatency
 		}
+		if opts.RateLimiterLatency != nil {
+			RateLimiterLatency = opts.RateLimiterLatency
+		}
 		if opts.RequestResult != nil {
 			RequestResult = opts.RequestResult
 		}