diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
index 8b288aa6dec..6fb2f9e2442 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/topology_manager.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package topologymanager
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -209,9 +210,12 @@ func (m *manager) RemoveContainer(containerID string) error {
 
 func (m *manager) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
 	klog.InfoS("Topology Admit Handler")
-
 	metrics.TopologyManagerAdmissionRequestsTotal.Inc()
 	pod := attrs.Pod
 
-	return m.scope.Admit(pod)
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	podAdmitResult := m.scope.Admit(pod)
+	metrics.TopologyManagerAdmissionDuration.Observe(float64(time.Since(startTime).Milliseconds()))
+
+	return podAdmitResult
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index bb3e16ced99..04e37c6d7d1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ const (
 	// Metrics to track the Topology manager behavior
 	TopologyManagerAdmissionRequestsTotalKey = "topology_manager_admission_requests_total"
 	TopologyManagerAdmissionErrorsTotalKey   = "topology_manager_admission_errors_total"
+	TopologyManagerAdmissionDurationKey      = "topology_manager_admission_duration_ms"
 
 	// Values used in metric labels
 	Container          = "container"
@@ -573,6 +574,17 @@ var (
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		},
 	)
+
+	// TopologyManagerAdmissionDuration is a Histogram that tracks the duration (in seconds) to serve a pod admission request.
+	TopologyManagerAdmissionDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(
+		&metrics.HistogramOpts{
+			Subsystem:      KubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:           TopologyManagerAdmissionDurationKey,
+			Help:           "Duration in milliseconds to serve a pod admission request.",
+			Buckets:        metrics.ExponentialBuckets(.05, 2, 15),
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+	)
 )
 
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
@@ -626,6 +638,7 @@ func Register(collectors ...metrics.StableCollector) {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(CPUManagerPinningErrorsTotal)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(TopologyManagerAdmissionRequestsTotal)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(TopologyManagerAdmissionErrorsTotal)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(TopologyManagerAdmissionDuration)
 
 		for _, collector := range collectors {
 			legacyregistry.CustomMustRegister(collector)