diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go
index d04df2122c0..edecfbb4949 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ func (p *PriorityQueue) AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(pInfo *framework.QueuedPodI
 
 	// If a move request has been received, move it to the BackoffQ, otherwise move
 	// it to unschedulableQ.
+	for plugin := range pInfo.UnschedulablePlugins {
+		metrics.UnschedulableReason(plugin, pInfo.Pod.Spec.SchedulerName).Inc()
+	}
 	if p.moveRequestCycle >= podSchedulingCycle {
 		if err := p.podBackoffQ.Add(pInfo); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error adding pod %v to the backoff queue: %v", pod.Name, err)
@@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ func (p *PriorityQueue) AddUnschedulableIfNotPresent(pInfo *framework.QueuedPodI
 	} else {
 		p.unschedulableQ.addOrUpdate(pInfo)
 		metrics.SchedulerQueueIncomingPods.WithLabelValues("unschedulable", ScheduleAttemptFailure).Inc()
+
 	}
 
 	p.PodNominator.AddNominatedPod(pInfo.PodInfo, nil)
@@ -940,6 +944,9 @@ func MakeNextPodFunc(queue SchedulingQueue) func() *framework.QueuedPodInfo {
 		podInfo, err := queue.Pop()
 		if err == nil {
 			klog.V(4).InfoS("About to try and schedule pod", "pod", klog.KObj(podInfo.Pod))
+			for plugin := range podInfo.UnschedulablePlugins {
+				metrics.UnschedulableReason(plugin, podInfo.Pod.Spec.SchedulerName).Dec()
+			}
 			return podInfo
 		}
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error while retrieving next pod from scheduling queue")
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go
index e926269af67..f950ed82fed 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ var (
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		}, []string{"type"})
 
+	unschedulableReasons = metrics.NewGaugeVec(
+		&metrics.GaugeOpts{
+			Subsystem:      SchedulerSubsystem,
+			Name:           "unschedulable_pods",
+			Help:           "The number of unschedulable pods broken down by plugin name. A pod will increment the gauge for all plugins that caused it to not schedule and so this metric have meaning only when broken down by plugin.",
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		}, []string{"plugin", "profile"})
+
 	metricsList = []metrics.Registerable{
 		scheduleAttempts,
 		e2eSchedulingLatency,
@@ -189,6 +197,7 @@ var (
 		SchedulerGoroutines,
 		PermitWaitDuration,
 		CacheSize,
+		unschedulableReasons,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -235,3 +244,7 @@ func UnschedulablePods() metrics.GaugeMetric {
 func SinceInSeconds(start time.Time) float64 {
 	return time.Since(start).Seconds()
 }
+
+func UnschedulableReason(plugin string, profile string) metrics.GaugeMetric {
+	return unschedulableReasons.With(metrics.Labels{"plugin": plugin, "profile": profile})
+}