diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 461c2e730a3..5ca5b805b56 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1275,6 +1275,9 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) cleanupOrphanedVolumes(pods []api.BoundPod, running []*docker
 
 // SyncPods synchronizes the configured list of pods (desired state) with the host current state.
 func (kl *Kubelet) SyncPods(pods []api.BoundPod, podSyncTypes map[types.UID]metrics.SyncPodType, start time.Time) error {
+	defer func() {
+		metrics.SyncPodsLatency.Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(start))
+	}()
 	glog.V(4).Infof("Desired: %#v", pods)
 	var err error
 	desiredContainers := make(map[podContainer]empty)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index b53cac9ac1c..629bcd0086e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -45,8 +45,14 @@ var (
 		},
 		[]string{"operation_type"},
 	)
+	SyncPodsLatency = prometheus.NewSummary(
+		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
+			Subsystem: kubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:      "sync_pods_latency_microseconds",
+			Help:      "Latency in microseconds to sync all pods.",
+		},
+	)
 	// TODO(vmarmol): Containers per pod
-	// TODO(vmarmol): Latency of SyncPods
 	DockerOperationsLatency = prometheus.NewSummaryVec(
 		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
 			Subsystem: kubeletSubsystem,
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ func Register(containerCache dockertools.DockerCache) {
 		prometheus.MustRegister(ImagePullLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(SyncPodLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(DockerOperationsLatency)
+		prometheus.MustRegister(SyncPodsLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(newPodAndContainerCollector(containerCache))
 	})
 }