diff --git a/cluster/juju/.gitignore b/cluster/juju/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71d6f3c6d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/juju/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+builds
+deps
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/layer.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/layer.yaml
index 1774fbacb32..9cb22a3d4a3 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/layer.yaml
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/layer.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 repo: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.git
 includes:
+  - 'layer:metrics'
   - 'layer:nagios'
   - 'layer:nginx'
   - 'layer:tls-client'
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/metrics.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fcb3c1c489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubeapi-load-balancer/metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+metrics:
+  juju-units: {}
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/layer.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/layer.yaml
index 75bd5a27b61..4e5273c2253 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/layer.yaml
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/layer.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 repo: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.git
 includes:
   - 'layer:basic'
-  - 'layer:tls-client'
-  - 'layer:leadership'
   - 'layer:debug'
+  - 'layer:leadership'
+  - 'layer:metrics'
   - 'layer:nagios'
+  - 'layer:tls-client'
   - 'interface:ceph-admin'
   - 'interface:etcd'
   - 'interface:http'
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/metrics.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba5550d70a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-master/metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+metrics:
+  juju-units: {}
+  pods:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of pods
+    command: kubectl get po --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  services:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of services
+    command: kubectl get svc --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  replicasets:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of replicasets
+    command: kubectl get rs --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  replicationcontrollers:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of replicationcontrollers
+    command: kubectl get rc --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  nodes:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of kubernetes nodes
+    command: kubectl get nodes | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  persistentvolume:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of pv
+    command: kubectl get pv --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  persistentvolumeclaims:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of claims
+    command: kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
+  serviceaccounts:
+    type: gauge
+    description: number of sa
+    command: kubectl get sa --all-namespaces | tail -n+2 | wc -l
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/layer.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/layer.yaml
index ce0979de6f2..ffe1fa154d2 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/layer.yaml
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/layer.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ includes:
   - 'layer:basic'
   - 'layer:debug'
   - 'layer:docker'
+  - 'layer:metrics'
   - 'layer:nagios'
   - 'layer:tls-client'
   - 'layer:nvidia-cuda'
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/metrics.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fcb3c1c489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+metrics:
+  juju-units: {}