diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/metrics_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/metrics_test.go
index 1b96d25a217..318e689f45b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -81,6 +81,37 @@ func TestObserveWebhook(t *testing.T) {
 	expectHistogramCountTotal(t, "apiserver_admission_webhook_admission_duration_seconds", wantLabels, 1)
 }
 
+func TestObserveWebhookRejection(t *testing.T) {
+	Metrics.reset()
+	Metrics.ObserveWebhookRejection("x", stepAdmit, string(admission.Create), WebhookRejectionNoError, 500)
+	Metrics.ObserveWebhookRejection("x", stepAdmit, string(admission.Create), WebhookRejectionNoError, 654)
+	Metrics.ObserveWebhookRejection("x", stepValidate, string(admission.Update), WebhookRejectionCallingWebhookError, 0)
+	wantLabels := map[string]string{
+		"name":           "x",
+		"operation":      string(admission.Create),
+		"type":           "admit",
+		"error_type":     "no_error",
+		"rejection_code": "500",
+	}
+	wantLabels600 := map[string]string{
+		"name":           "x",
+		"operation":      string(admission.Create),
+		"type":           "admit",
+		"error_type":     "no_error",
+		"rejection_code": "600",
+	}
+	wantLabelsCallingWebhookError := map[string]string{
+		"name":           "x",
+		"operation":      string(admission.Update),
+		"type":           "validate",
+		"error_type":     "calling_webhook_error",
+		"rejection_code": "0",
+	}
+	expectCounterValue(t, "apiserver_admission_webhook_rejection_count", wantLabels, 1)
+	expectCounterValue(t, "apiserver_admission_webhook_rejection_count", wantLabels600, 1)
+	expectCounterValue(t, "apiserver_admission_webhook_rejection_count", wantLabelsCallingWebhookError, 1)
+}
+
 func TestWithMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	Metrics.reset()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/testutil_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/testutil_test.go
index af5ee79a8b6..4fbbd3e60aa 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/testutil_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/metrics/testutil_test.go
@@ -89,3 +89,35 @@ func expectHistogramCountTotal(t *testing.T, name string, labelFilter map[string
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// expectCounterValue ensures that the counts of metrics matching the labelFilter is as
+// expected.
+func expectCounterValue(t *testing.T, name string, labelFilter map[string]string, wantCount int) {
+	metrics, err := prometheus.DefaultGatherer.Gather()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to gather metrics: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	counterSum := 0
+	for _, mf := range metrics {
+		if mf.GetName() != name {
+			continue // Ignore other metrics.
+		}
+		for _, metric := range mf.GetMetric() {
+			if !labelsMatch(metric, labelFilter) {
+				continue
+			}
+			counterSum += int(metric.GetCounter().GetValue())
+		}
+	}
+	if wantCount != counterSum {
+		t.Errorf("Wanted count %d, got %d for metric %s with labels %#+v", wantCount, counterSum, name, labelFilter)
+		for _, mf := range metrics {
+			if mf.GetName() == name {
+				for _, metric := range mf.GetMetric() {
+					t.Logf("\tnear match: %s", metric.String())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}