diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index b925b631beb..613f5ba2bbd 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/juju/ratelimit",
-			"Rev": "772f5c38e468398c4511514f4f6aa9a4185bc0a0"
+			"Rev": "77ed1c8a01217656d2080ad51981f6e99adaa177"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/kardianos/osext",
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/juju/ratelimit/ratelimit.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/juju/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
index a36ffc74fec..3ef32fbcc09 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/juju/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/juju/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 package ratelimit
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-	"math"
 )
 
 // Bucket represents a token bucket that fills at a predetermined rate.
@@ -171,6 +171,30 @@ func (tb *Bucket) takeAvailable(now time.Time, count int64) int64 {
 	return count
 }
 
+// Available returns the number of available tokens. It will be negative
+// when there are consumers waiting for tokens. Note that if this
+// returns greater than zero, it does not guarantee that calls that take
+// tokens from the buffer will succeed, as the number of available
+// tokens could have changed in the meantime. This method is intended
+// primarily for metrics reporting and debugging.
+func (tb *Bucket) Available() int64 {
+	return tb.available(time.Now())
+}
+
+// available is the internal version of available - it takes the current time as
+// an argument to enable easy testing.
+func (tb *Bucket) available(now time.Time) int64 {
+	tb.mu.Lock()
+	defer tb.mu.Unlock()
+	tb.adjust(now)
+	return tb.avail
+}
+
+// Capacity returns the capacity that the bucket was created with.
+func (tb *Bucket) Capacity() int64 {
+	return tb.capacity
+}
+
 // Rate returns the fill rate of the bucket, in tokens per second.
 func (tb *Bucket) Rate() float64 {
 	return 1e9 * float64(tb.quantum) / float64(tb.fillInterval)
diff --git a/pkg/util/throttle.go b/pkg/util/throttle.go
index b7d7785d90d..54a2fe58dae 100644
--- a/pkg/util/throttle.go
+++ b/pkg/util/throttle.go
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ type RateLimiter interface {
 	Accept()
 	// Stop stops the rate limiter, subsequent calls to CanAccept will return false
 	Stop()
+	// Saturation returns a percentage number which describes how saturated
+	// this rate limiter is.
+	// Usually we use token bucket rate limiter. In that case,
+	// 1.0 means no tokens are available; 0.0 means we have a full bucket of tokens to use.
+	Saturation() float64
 }
 
-type tickRateLimiter struct {
+type tokenBucketRateLimiter struct {
 	limiter *ratelimit.Bucket
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ type tickRateLimiter struct {
 // The maximum number of tokens in the bucket is capped at 'burst'.
 func NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(qps float32, burst int) RateLimiter {
 	limiter := ratelimit.NewBucketWithRate(float64(qps), int64(burst))
-	return &tickRateLimiter{limiter}
+	return &tokenBucketRateLimiter{limiter}
 }
 
 type fakeRateLimiter struct{}
@@ -48,22 +53,32 @@ func NewFakeRateLimiter() RateLimiter {
 	return &fakeRateLimiter{}
 }
 
-func (t *tickRateLimiter) TryAccept() bool {
+func (t *tokenBucketRateLimiter) TryAccept() bool {
 	return t.limiter.TakeAvailable(1) == 1
 }
 
+func (t *tokenBucketRateLimiter) Saturation() float64 {
+	capacity := t.limiter.Capacity()
+	avail := t.limiter.Available()
+	return float64(capacity-avail) / float64(capacity)
+}
+
 // Accept will block until a token becomes available
-func (t *tickRateLimiter) Accept() {
+func (t *tokenBucketRateLimiter) Accept() {
 	t.limiter.Wait(1)
 }
 
-func (t *tickRateLimiter) Stop() {
+func (t *tokenBucketRateLimiter) Stop() {
 }
 
 func (t *fakeRateLimiter) TryAccept() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (t *fakeRateLimiter) Saturation() float64 {
+	return 0
+}
+
 func (t *fakeRateLimiter) Stop() {}
 
 func (t *fakeRateLimiter) Accept() {}
diff --git a/pkg/util/throttle_test.go b/pkg/util/throttle_test.go
index b75553df17a..089d7087191 100644
--- a/pkg/util/throttle_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/throttle_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package util
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -63,3 +64,26 @@ func TestThrottle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("rate limit was not respected, finished too early")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRateLimiterSaturation(t *testing.T) {
+	const e = 0.000001
+	tests := []struct {
+		capacity int
+		take     int
+
+		expectedSaturation float64
+	}{
+		{1, 1, 1},
+		{10, 3, 0.3},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		rl := NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(1, tt.capacity)
+		for i := 0; i < tt.take; i++ {
+			rl.Accept()
+		}
+		if math.Abs(rl.Saturation()-tt.expectedSaturation) > e {
+			t.Fatalf("#%d: Saturation rate difference isn't within tolerable range\n want=%f, get=%f",
+				i, tt.expectedSaturation, rl.Saturation())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go
index 77bd64bfb32..db6258a31d9 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 
 const schedulerSubsystem = "scheduler"
 
+var BindingSaturationReportInterval = 1 * time.Second
+
 var (
 	E2eSchedulingLatency = prometheus.NewSummary(
 		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
@@ -50,6 +52,13 @@ var (
 			MaxAge:    time.Hour,
 		},
 	)
+	BindingRateLimiterSaturation = prometheus.NewGauge(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Subsystem: schedulerSubsystem,
+			Name:      "binding_ratelimiter_saturation",
+			Help:      "Binding rateLimiter's saturation rate in percentage",
+		},
+	)
 )
 
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@ func Register() {
 		prometheus.MustRegister(E2eSchedulingLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(SchedulingAlgorithmLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(BindingLatency)
+		prometheus.MustRegister(BindingRateLimiterSaturation)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index 2362f1eb0d6..cbfcbc8fd62 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Binder     Binder
 
 	// Rate at which we can create pods
+	// If this field is nil, we don't have any rate limit.
 	BindPodsRateLimiter util.RateLimiter
 
 	// NextPod should be a function that blocks until the next pod
@@ -107,6 +108,12 @@ func New(c *Config) *Scheduler {
 
 // Run begins watching and scheduling. It starts a goroutine and returns immediately.
 func (s *Scheduler) Run() {
+	if s.config.BindPodsRateLimiter != nil {
+		go util.Forever(func() {
+			sat := s.config.BindPodsRateLimiter.Saturation()
+			metrics.BindingRateLimiterSaturation.Set(sat)
+		}, metrics.BindingSaturationReportInterval)
+	}
 	go util.Until(s.scheduleOne, 0, s.config.StopEverything)
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 94523bcdd92..715461a881b 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ func (fr *FakeRateLimiter) TryAccept() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (fr *FakeRateLimiter) Saturation() float64 {
+	return 0
+}
+
 func (fr *FakeRateLimiter) Stop() {}
 
 func (fr *FakeRateLimiter) Accept() {