diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/metrics_util.go b/test/e2e/framework/metrics_util.go
index 410919aed38..1ef6b37268e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/metrics_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/metrics_util.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ type EtcdMetrics struct {
 	SnapshotSaveTotalDuration HistogramVec `json:"snapshotSaveTotalDuration"`
 	PeerRoundTripTime         HistogramVec `json:"peerRoundTripTime"`
 	WalFsyncDuration          HistogramVec `json:"walFsyncDuration"`
+	MaxDatabaseSize           float64      `json:"maxDatabaseSize"`
 }
 
 func newEtcdMetrics() *EtcdMetrics {
@@ -275,6 +277,100 @@ func (l *EtcdMetrics) PrintJSON() string {
 	return PrettyPrintJSON(l)
 }
 
+type EtcdMetricsCollector struct {
+	stopCh  chan struct{}
+	wg      *sync.WaitGroup
+	metrics *EtcdMetrics
+}
+
+func NewEtcdMetricsCollector() *EtcdMetricsCollector {
+	return &EtcdMetricsCollector{
+		stopCh:  make(chan struct{}),
+		wg:      &sync.WaitGroup{},
+		metrics: newEtcdMetrics(),
+	}
+}
+
+func getEtcdMetrics() ([]*model.Sample, error) {
+	// Etcd is only exposed on localhost level. We are using ssh method
+	if TestContext.Provider == "gke" {
+		Logf("Not grabbing scheduler metrics through master SSH: unsupported for gke")
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	cmd := "curl http://localhost:2379/metrics"
+	sshResult, err := SSH(cmd, GetMasterHost()+":22", TestContext.Provider)
+	if err != nil || sshResult.Code != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error (code: %d) in ssh connection to master: %#v", sshResult.Code, err)
+	}
+	data := sshResult.Stdout
+
+	return extractMetricSamples(data)
+}
+
+func getEtcdDatabaseSize() (float64, error) {
+	samples, err := getEtcdMetrics()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	for _, sample := range samples {
+		if sample.Metric[model.MetricNameLabel] == "etcd_debugging_mvcc_db_total_size_in_bytes" {
+			return float64(sample.Value), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't find etcd database size metric")
+}
+
+// StartCollecting starts to collect etcd db size metric periodically
+// and updates MaxDatabaseSize accordingly.
+func (mc *EtcdMetricsCollector) StartCollecting(interval time.Duration) {
+	mc.wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer mc.wg.Done()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(interval):
+				dbSize, err := getEtcdDatabaseSize()
+				if err != nil {
+					Logf("Failed to collect etcd database size")
+					continue
+				}
+				mc.metrics.MaxDatabaseSize = math.Max(mc.metrics.MaxDatabaseSize, dbSize)
+			case <-mc.stopCh:
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func (mc *EtcdMetricsCollector) StopAndSummarize() error {
+	close(mc.stopCh)
+	mc.wg.Wait()
+
+	// Do some one-off collection of metrics.
+	samples, err := getEtcdMetrics()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, sample := range samples {
+		switch sample.Metric[model.MetricNameLabel] {
+		case "etcd_disk_backend_commit_duration_seconds_bucket":
+			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &mc.metrics.BackendCommitDuration)
+		case "etcd_debugging_snap_save_total_duration_seconds_bucket":
+			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &mc.metrics.SnapshotSaveTotalDuration)
+		case "etcd_disk_wal_fsync_duration_seconds_bucket":
+			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &mc.metrics.WalFsyncDuration)
+		case "etcd_network_peer_round_trip_time_seconds_bucket":
+			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &mc.metrics.PeerRoundTripTime)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mc *EtcdMetricsCollector) GetMetrics() *EtcdMetrics {
+	return mc.metrics
+}
+
 type SaturationTime struct {
 	TimeToSaturate time.Duration `json:"timeToSaturate"`
 	NumberOfNodes  int           `json:"numberOfNodes"`
@@ -619,42 +715,6 @@ func convertSampleToBucket(sample *model.Sample, h *HistogramVec) {
 	hist.Buckets[string(sample.Metric["le"])] = int(sample.Value)
 }
 
-// VerifyEtcdMetrics verifies etcd metrics by logging them
-func VerifyEtcdMetrics(c clientset.Interface) (*EtcdMetrics, error) {
-	// Etcd is only exposed on localhost level. We are using ssh method
-	if TestContext.Provider == "gke" {
-		Logf("Not grabbing scheduler metrics through master SSH: unsupported for gke")
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	cmd := "curl http://localhost:2379/metrics"
-	sshResult, err := SSH(cmd, GetMasterHost()+":22", TestContext.Provider)
-	if err != nil || sshResult.Code != 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error (code: %d) in ssh connection to master: %#v", sshResult.Code, err)
-	}
-	data := sshResult.Stdout
-
-	samples, err := extractMetricSamples(data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	result := newEtcdMetrics()
-	for _, sample := range samples {
-		switch sample.Metric[model.MetricNameLabel] {
-		case "etcd_disk_backend_commit_duration_seconds_bucket":
-			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &result.BackendCommitDuration)
-		case "etcd_debugging_snap_save_total_duration_seconds_bucket":
-			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &result.SnapshotSaveTotalDuration)
-		case "etcd_disk_wal_fsync_duration_seconds_bucket":
-			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &result.WalFsyncDuration)
-		case "etcd_network_peer_round_trip_time_seconds_bucket":
-			convertSampleToBucket(sample, &result.PeerRoundTripTime)
-		}
-	}
-	return result, nil
-}
-
 func PrettyPrintJSON(metrics interface{}) string {
 	output := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(output).Encode(metrics); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/density.go b/test/e2e/scalability/density.go
index c966119be79..a06f43c2daf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/density.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/density.go
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 	missingMeasurements := 0
 	var testPhaseDurations *timer.TestPhaseTimer
 	var profileGathererStopCh chan struct{}
+	var etcdMetricsCollector *framework.EtcdMetricsCollector
 
 	// Gathers data prior to framework namespace teardown
 	AfterEach(func() {
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 			summaries = append(summaries, metrics)
 		}
 
-		// Verify scheduler metrics.
+		// Summarize scheduler metrics.
 		latency, err := framework.VerifySchedulerLatency(c)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		if err == nil {
@@ -443,10 +444,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 			summaries = append(summaries, latency)
 		}
 
-		etcdMetrics, err := framework.VerifyEtcdMetrics(c)
+		// Summarize etcd metrics.
+		err = etcdMetricsCollector.StopAndSummarize()
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		if err == nil {
-			summaries = append(summaries, etcdMetrics)
+			summaries = append(summaries, etcdMetricsCollector.GetMetrics())
 		}
 
 		summaries = append(summaries, testPhaseDurations)
@@ -509,6 +511,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Density", func() {
 		// Start apiserver CPU profile gatherer with frequency based on cluster size.
 		profileGatheringDelay := time.Duration(5+nodeCount/100) * time.Minute
 		profileGathererStopCh = framework.StartCPUProfileGatherer("kube-apiserver", "density", profileGatheringDelay)
+
+		// Start etcs metrics collection.
+		etcdMetricsCollector = framework.NewEtcdMetricsCollector()
+		etcdMetricsCollector.StartCollecting(time.Minute)
 	})
 
 	type Density struct {