diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
index cb692299647..991b29a4347 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func startNodeIpamController(ctx context.Context, controllerContext ControllerCo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, true, err
 	}
-	go nodeIpamController.Run(ctx.Done())
+	go nodeIpamController.RunWithMetrics(ctx.Done(), controllerContext.ControllerManagerMetrics)
 	return nil, true, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go
index 3e600e28a3b..3a3c8ce1919 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodeipam/node_ipam_controller.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	corelisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
 	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
+	controllersmetrics "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/controllers"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/ratelimiter"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam"
 )
@@ -164,3 +165,10 @@ func (nc *Controller) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 
 	<-stopCh
 }
+
+// RunWithMetrics is a wrapper for Run that also tracks starting and stopping of the nodeipam controller with additional metric
+func (nc *Controller) RunWithMetrics(stopCh <-chan struct{}, controllerManagerMetrics *controllersmetrics.ControllerManagerMetrics) {
+	controllerManagerMetrics.ControllerStarted("nodeipam")
+	defer controllerManagerMetrics.ControllerStopped("nodeipam")
+	nc.Run(stopCh)
+}