diff --git a/topdown/http.go b/topdown/http.go
index 02fee0c5a6..6b9b15ce60 100644
--- a/topdown/http.go
+++ b/topdown/http.go
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ var allowedKeyNames = [...]string{
 }
 
 var (
-	allowedKeys              = ast.NewSet()
-	requiredKeys             = ast.NewSet(ast.StringTerm("method"), ast.StringTerm("url"))
-	httpSendLatencyMetricKey = "rego_builtin_" + strings.ReplaceAll(ast.HTTPSend.Name, ".", "_")
+	allowedKeys                 = ast.NewSet()
+	requiredKeys                = ast.NewSet(ast.StringTerm("method"), ast.StringTerm("url"))
+	httpSendLatencyMetricKey    = "rego_builtin_" + strings.ReplaceAll(ast.HTTPSend.Name, ".", "_")
+	httpSendInterQueryCacheHits = httpSendLatencyMetricKey + "_interquery_cache_hits"
 )
 
 type httpSendKey string
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@ func (c *interQueryCache) checkHTTPSendInterQueryCache() (ast.Value, error) {
 	if !found {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-
+	c.bctx.Metrics.Counter(httpSendInterQueryCacheHits).Incr()
 	var cachedRespData *interQueryCacheData
 
 	switch v := value.(type) {
diff --git a/topdown/http_test.go b/topdown/http_test.go
index df38944985..e013c1de8d 100644
--- a/topdown/http_test.go
+++ b/topdown/http_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/metrics"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/topdown/builtins"
 
+	iCache "github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/topdown/cache"
+
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/ast"
 )
 
@@ -2483,17 +2485,44 @@ func TestHTTPSendMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	// Execute query and verify http.send latency shows up in metrics registry.
-	m := metrics.New()
-	q := NewQuery(ast.MustParseBody(fmt.Sprintf(`http.send({"method": "get", "url": %q})`, ts.URL))).WithMetrics(m)
-	_, err := q.Run(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	t.Run("latency", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Execute query and verify http.send latency shows up in metrics registry.
+		m := metrics.New()
+		q := NewQuery(ast.MustParseBody(fmt.Sprintf(`http.send({"method": "get", "url": %q})`, ts.URL))).WithMetrics(m)
+		_, err := q.Run(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 
-	if m.Timer(httpSendLatencyMetricKey).Int64() == 0 {
-		t.Fatal("expected non-zero value for http.send latency metric")
-	}
+		if m.Timer(httpSendLatencyMetricKey).Int64() == 0 {
+			t.Fatal("expected non-zero value for http.send latency metric")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cache hits", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// add an inter-query cache
+		config, _ := iCache.ParseCachingConfig(nil)
+		interQueryCache := iCache.NewInterQueryCache(config)
+
+		// Execute query twice and verify http.send inter-query cache hit metric is incremented.
+		m := metrics.New()
+		q := NewQuery(ast.MustParseBody(fmt.Sprintf(`http.send({"method": "get", "url": %q, "cache": true})`, ts.URL))).
+			WithInterQueryBuiltinCache(interQueryCache).
+			WithMetrics(m)
+		_, err := q.Run(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		// cache hit
+		_, err = q.Run(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if exp, act := uint64(1), m.Counter(httpSendInterQueryCacheHits).Value(); exp != act {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %d cache hits, got %d", exp, act)
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestInitDefaults(t *testing.T) {