diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
index de92d6eab24..ef9e85fe568 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ func (m *managerImpl) synchronize(diskInfoProvider DiskInfoProvider, podFunc Act
 		}
 		message, annotations := evictionMessage(resourceToReclaim, pod, statsFunc)
 		if m.evictPod(pod, gracePeriodOverride, message, annotations) {
+			metrics.Evictions.WithLabelValues(string(thresholdToReclaim.Signal)).Inc()
 			return []*v1.Pod{pod}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index 83f175b2461..71e1b6d24b3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const (
 	PLEGRelistDurationKey                = "pleg_relist_duration_seconds"
 	PLEGDiscardEventsKey                 = "pleg_discard_events"
 	PLEGRelistIntervalKey                = "pleg_relist_interval_seconds"
+	EvictionsKey                         = "evictions"
 	EvictionStatsAgeKey                  = "eviction_stats_age_seconds"
 	DeprecatedPodWorkerLatencyKey        = "pod_worker_latency_microseconds"
 	DeprecatedPodStartLatencyKey         = "pod_start_latency_microseconds"
@@ -205,6 +206,16 @@ var (
 		},
 		[]string{"operation_type"},
 	)
+	// Evictions is a Counter that tracks the cumulative number of pod evictions initiated by the kubelet.
+	// Broken down by eviction signal.
+	Evictions = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Subsystem: KubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:      EvictionsKey,
+			Help:      "Cumulative number of pod evictions by eviction signal",
+		},
+		[]string{"eviction_signal"},
+	)
 	// EvictionStatsAge is a Histogram that tracks the time (in seconds) between when stats are collected and when a pod is evicted
 	// based on those stats. Broken down by eviction signal.
 	EvictionStatsAge = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
@@ -435,6 +446,7 @@ func Register(containerCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache, collectors ...prometheu
 		prometheus.MustRegister(RuntimeOperations)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(RuntimeOperationsDuration)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(RuntimeOperationsErrors)
+		prometheus.MustRegister(Evictions)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(EvictionStatsAge)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(DevicePluginRegistrationCount)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(DevicePluginAllocationDuration)