diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD
index c1d7c0d28be..1602d395668 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/blang/semver:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go
index 665a24c4135..5c997443b73 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package metrics
 import (
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+	"k8s.io/component-base/version"
 )
 
 // Gauge is our internal representation for our wrapping struct around prometheus
@@ -158,3 +160,25 @@ func (v *GaugeVec) Delete(labels map[string]string) bool {
 	}
 	return v.GaugeVec.Delete(labels)
 }
+
+func newGaugeFunc(opts GaugeOpts, function func() float64, v semver.Version) GaugeFunc {
+	g := NewGauge(&opts)
+
+	if !g.Create(&v) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return prometheus.NewGaugeFunc(g.GaugeOpts.toPromGaugeOpts(), function)
+}
+
+// NewGaugeFunc creates a new GaugeFunc based on the provided GaugeOpts. The
+// value reported is determined by calling the given function from within the
+// Write method. Take into account that metric collection may happen
+// concurrently. If that results in concurrent calls to Write, like in the case
+// where a GaugeFunc is directly registered with Prometheus, the provided
+// function must be concurrency-safe.
+func NewGaugeFunc(opts GaugeOpts, function func() float64) GaugeFunc {
+	v := parseVersion(version.Get())
+
+	return newGaugeFunc(opts, function, v)
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge_test.go
index 16f8ca5e2de..6af9920c65d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package metrics
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	apimachineryversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
@@ -191,3 +193,78 @@ func TestGaugeVec(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGaugeFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	currentVersion := apimachineryversion.Info{
+		Major:      "1",
+		Minor:      "17",
+		GitVersion: "v1.17.0-alpha-1.12345",
+	}
+
+	var function = func() float64 {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	var tests = []struct {
+		desc string
+		GaugeOpts
+		expectedMetrics string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc: "Test non deprecated",
+			GaugeOpts: GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace: "namespace",
+				Subsystem: "subsystem",
+				Name:      "metric_non_deprecated",
+				Help:      "gauge help",
+			},
+			expectedMetrics: `
+# HELP namespace_subsystem_metric_non_deprecated [ALPHA] gauge help
+# TYPE namespace_subsystem_metric_non_deprecated gauge
+namespace_subsystem_metric_non_deprecated 1
+			`,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Test deprecated",
+			GaugeOpts: GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace:         "namespace",
+				Subsystem:         "subsystem",
+				Name:              "metric_deprecated",
+				Help:              "gauge help",
+				DeprecatedVersion: "1.17.0",
+			},
+			expectedMetrics: `
+# HELP namespace_subsystem_metric_deprecated [ALPHA] (Deprecated since 1.17.0) gauge help
+# TYPE namespace_subsystem_metric_deprecated gauge
+namespace_subsystem_metric_deprecated 1
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Test hidden",
+			GaugeOpts: GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace:         "namespace",
+				Subsystem:         "subsystem",
+				Name:              "metric_hidden",
+				Help:              "gauge help",
+				DeprecatedVersion: "1.16.0",
+			},
+			expectedMetrics: "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		tc := test
+		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			registry := newKubeRegistry(currentVersion)
+			gauge := newGaugeFunc(tc.GaugeOpts, function, parseVersion(currentVersion))
+			if gauge != nil { // hidden metrics will not be initialize, register is not allowed
+				registry.RawMustRegister(gauge)
+			}
+
+			metricName := BuildFQName(tc.GaugeOpts.Namespace, tc.GaugeOpts.Subsystem, tc.GaugeOpts.Name)
+			if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(tc.expectedMetrics), metricName); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go
index 02d4aa18992..6b4a290d27d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ type KubeOpts struct {
 	StabilityLevel    StabilityLevel
 }
 
+// BuildFQName joins the given three name components by "_". Empty name
+// components are ignored. If the name parameter itself is empty, an empty
+// string is returned, no matter what. Metric implementations included in this
+// library use this function internally to generate the fully-qualified metric
+// name from the name component in their Opts. Users of the library will only
+// need this function if they implement their own Metric or instantiate a Desc
+// (with NewDesc) directly.
+func BuildFQName(namespace, subsystem, name string) string {
+	return prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, subsystem, name)
+}
+
 // StabilityLevel represents the API guarantees for a given defined metric.
 type StabilityLevel string
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/wrappers.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/wrappers.go
index c860cb0af30..6ae8a458acb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/wrappers.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/wrappers.go
@@ -84,3 +84,12 @@ type PromRegistry interface {
 type Gatherer interface {
 	prometheus.Gatherer
 }
+
+// GaugeFunc is a Gauge whose value is determined at collect time by calling a
+// provided function.
+//
+// To create GaugeFunc instances, use NewGaugeFunc.
+type GaugeFunc interface {
+	Metric
+	Collector
+}