diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
index f37d12b6f2c..0b364263de7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/eviction/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/qos:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/server/stats:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
index a03601eef80..33e7aadf111 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
 	evictionapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics"
 	kubepod "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/stats"
@@ -331,6 +332,14 @@ func (m *managerImpl) synchronize(diskInfoProvider DiskInfoProvider, podFunc Act
 
 	glog.Infof("eviction manager: pods ranked for eviction: %s", format.Pods(activePods))
 
+	//record age of metrics for met thresholds that we are using for evictions.
+	for _, t := range thresholds {
+		timeObserved := observations[t.Signal].time
+		if !timeObserved.IsZero() {
+			metrics.EvictionStatsAge.WithLabelValues(string(t.Signal)).Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(timeObserved.Time))
+		}
+	}
+
 	// we kill at most a single pod during each eviction interval
 	for i := range activePods {
 		pod := activePods[i]
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index 682e6a94610..a006dc497a1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	PodWorkerStartLatencyKey      = "pod_worker_start_latency_microseconds"
 	PLEGRelistLatencyKey          = "pleg_relist_latency_microseconds"
 	PLEGRelistIntervalKey         = "pleg_relist_interval_microseconds"
+	EvictionStatsAgeKey           = "eviction_stats_age_microseconds"
 	// Metrics keys of remote runtime operations
 	RuntimeOperationsKey        = "runtime_operations"
 	RuntimeOperationsLatencyKey = "runtime_operations_latency_microseconds"
@@ -178,6 +179,14 @@ var (
 		},
 		[]string{"operation_type"},
 	)
+	EvictionStatsAge = prometheus.NewSummaryVec(
+		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
+			Subsystem: KubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:      EvictionStatsAgeKey,
+			Help:      "Time between when stats are collected, and when pod is evicted based on those stats by eviction signal",
+		},
+		[]string{"eviction_signal"},
+	)
 )
 
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
@@ -204,6 +213,7 @@ func Register(containerCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache) {
 		prometheus.MustRegister(RuntimeOperations)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(RuntimeOperationsLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(RuntimeOperationsErrors)
+		prometheus.MustRegister(EvictionStatsAge)
 	})
 }