diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/token_source.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/token_source.go
index 6b772e58ab7..ac41ba5e832 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/token_source.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/token_source.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 
 	"code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/googleapi"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
 )
@@ -35,6 +36,26 @@ const (
 	tokenURLBurst = 3
 )
 
+var (
+	getTokenCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "get_token_count",
+			Help: "Counter of total Token() requests to the alternate token source",
+		},
+	)
+	getTokenFailCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "get_token_fail_count",
+			Help: "Counter of failed Token() requests to the alternate token source",
+		},
+	)
+)
+
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(getTokenCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(getTokenFailCounter)
+}
+
 type altTokenSource struct {
 	oauthClient *http.Client
 	tokenURL    string
@@ -43,6 +64,15 @@ type altTokenSource struct {
 
 func (a *altTokenSource) Token() (*oauth2.Token, error) {
 	a.throttle.Accept()
+	getTokenCounter.Inc()
+	t, err := a.token()
+	if err != nil {
+		getTokenFailCounter.Inc()
+	}
+	return t, err
+}
+
+func (a *altTokenSource) token() (*oauth2.Token, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", a.tokenURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err