diff --git a/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider.go b/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider.go
index 2df3f244a..f03b30817 100644
--- a/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider.go
+++ b/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/pkg"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/pkg/httputil"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/pkg/metrics"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ func (p *ec2ProviderImpl) GetPrivateDNSName(id string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	logrus.Infof("Calling ec2:DescribeInstances for the InstanceId = %s ", id)
+	metrics.Get().EC2DescribeInstanceCallCount.Inc()
 	// Look up instance from EC2 API
 	output, err := p.ec2.DescribeInstances(&ec2.DescribeInstancesInput{
 		InstanceIds: aws.StringSlice([]string{id}),
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ func (p *ec2ProviderImpl) StartEc2DescribeBatchProcessing() {
 func (p *ec2ProviderImpl) getPrivateDnsAndPublishToCache(instanceIdList []string) {
 	// Look up instance from EC2 API
 	logrus.Infof("Making Batch Query to DescribeInstances for %v instances ", len(instanceIdList))
+	metrics.Get().EC2DescribeInstanceCallCount.Inc()
 	output, err := p.ec2.DescribeInstances(&ec2.DescribeInstancesInput{
 		InstanceIds: aws.StringSlice(instanceIdList),
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider_test.go b/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider_test.go
index df6f776d2..35a984697 100644
--- a/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ec2provider/ec2provider_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2/ec2iface"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/pkg/metrics"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ func newMockedEC2ProviderImpl() *ec2ProviderImpl {
 }
 
 func TestGetPrivateDNSName(t *testing.T) {
+	metrics.InitMetrics(prometheus.NewRegistry())
 	ec2Provider := newMockedEC2ProviderImpl()
 	ec2Provider.ec2 = &mockEc2Client{Reservations: prepareSingleInstanceOutput()}
 	go ec2Provider.StartEc2DescribeBatchProcessing()
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ func prepareSingleInstanceOutput() []*ec2.Reservation {
 }
 
 func TestGetPrivateDNSNameWithBatching(t *testing.T) {
+	metrics.InitMetrics(prometheus.NewRegistry())
 	ec2Provider := newMockedEC2ProviderImpl()
 	reservations := prepare100InstanceOutput()
 	ec2Provider.ec2 = &mockEc2Client{Reservations: reservations}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 59ba82973..a7af707f8 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ func Get() Metrics {
 
 // Metrics are handles to the collectors for prometheus for the various metrics we are tracking.
 type Metrics struct {
-	ConfigMapWatchFailures prometheus.Counter
-	Latency                *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	ConfigMapWatchFailures       prometheus.Counter
+	Latency                      *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	EC2DescribeInstanceCallCount prometheus.Counter
 }
 
 func CreateMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) Metrics {
@@ -49,5 +50,12 @@ func CreateMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) Metrics {
 			},
 			[]string{"result"},
 		),
+		EC2DescribeInstanceCallCount: factory.NewCounter(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Namespace: Namespace,
+				Name:      "ec2_describe_instances_call",
+				Help:      "Number of EC2 describe instances calls.",
+			},
+		),
 	}
 }