diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index b98a65aac4f..461c2e730a3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(
 	}
 	serviceLister := &cache.StoreToServiceLister{serviceStore}
 
+	dockerClient = metrics.NewInstrumentedDockerInterface(dockerClient)
 	klet := &Kubelet{
 		hostname:                       hostname,
 		dockerClient:                   dockerClient,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/instrumented_docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/instrumented_docker.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f464e2c706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/instrumented_docker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockertools"
+	docker "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
+)
+
+var _ dockertools.DockerInterface = instrumentedDockerInterface{}
+
+type instrumentedDockerInterface struct {
+	client dockertools.DockerInterface
+}
+
+// Creates an instrumented DockerInterface from an existing DockerInterface.
+func NewInstrumentedDockerInterface(dockerClient dockertools.DockerInterface) dockertools.DockerInterface {
+	return instrumentedDockerInterface{
+		client: dockerClient,
+	}
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) ListContainers(options docker.ListContainersOptions) ([]docker.APIContainers, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("list_containers").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.ListContainers(options)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) InspectContainer(id string) (*docker.Container, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("inspect_container").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.InspectContainer(id)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) CreateContainer(opts docker.CreateContainerOptions) (*docker.Container, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("create_container").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.CreateContainer(opts)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) StartContainer(id string, hostConfig *docker.HostConfig) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("start_container").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.StartContainer(id, hostConfig)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) StopContainer(id string, timeout uint) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("stop_container").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.StopContainer(id, timeout)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) RemoveContainer(opts docker.RemoveContainerOptions) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("remove_container").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.RemoveContainer(opts)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) InspectImage(image string) (*docker.Image, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("inspect_image").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.InspectImage(image)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) ListImages(opts docker.ListImagesOptions) ([]docker.APIImages, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("list_images").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.ListImages(opts)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) PullImage(opts docker.PullImageOptions, auth docker.AuthConfiguration) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("pull_image").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.PullImage(opts, auth)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) RemoveImage(image string) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("remove_image").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.RemoveImage(image)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) Logs(opts docker.LogsOptions) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("logs").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.Logs(opts)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) Version() (*docker.Env, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("version").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.Version()
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) CreateExec(opts docker.CreateExecOptions) (*docker.Exec, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("create_exec").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.CreateExec(opts)
+}
+
+func (self instrumentedDockerInterface) StartExec(startExec string, opts docker.StartExecOptions) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() {
+		DockerOperationsLatency.WithLabelValues("start_exec").Observe(SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
+	return self.client.StartExec(startExec, opts)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index bb6a5267822..b53cac9ac1c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ var (
 	)
 	// TODO(vmarmol): Containers per pod
 	// TODO(vmarmol): Latency of SyncPods
+	DockerOperationsLatency = prometheus.NewSummaryVec(
+		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
+			Subsystem: kubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:      "docker_operations_latency_microseconds",
+			Help:      "Latency in microseconds of Docker operations. Broken down by operation type.",
+		},
+		[]string{"operation_type"},
+	)
 )
 
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
@@ -57,6 +65,7 @@ func Register(containerCache dockertools.DockerCache) {
 	registerMetrics.Do(func() {
 		prometheus.MustRegister(ImagePullLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(SyncPodLatency)
+		prometheus.MustRegister(DockerOperationsLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(newPodAndContainerCollector(containerCache))
 	})
 }