diff --git a/docs/deployment/metrics.md b/docs/deployment/metrics.md
index 550671f6e7..7e52687309 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/metrics.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ The exposed metrics are
 | ------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------
 | `nfd_master_build_info`                           | Gauge     | Version from which nfd-master was built
 | `nfd_worker_build_info`                           | Gauge     | Version from which nfd-worker was built
+| `nfd_node_update_requests_total`                  | Counter   | Number of node update requests processed by the master
 | `nfd_node_updates_total`                          | Counter   | Number of nodes updated
 | `nfd_node_update_failures_total`                  | Counter   | Number of nodes update failures
 | `nfd_node_labels_rejected_total`                  | Counter   | Number of nodes labels rejected by nfd-master
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go b/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
index 1aec52f287..c64842a7ae 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 // When adding metric names, see https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names
 const (
 	buildInfoQuery           = "nfd_master_build_info"
+	nodeUpdateRequestsQuery  = "nfd_node_update_requests_total"
 	nodeUpdatesQuery         = "nfd_node_updates_total"
 	nodeUpdateFailuresQuery  = "nfd_node_update_failures_total"
 	nodeLabelsRejectedQuery  = "nfd_node_labels_rejected_total"
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ var (
 			"version": version.Get(),
 		},
 	})
+	nodeUpdateRequests = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: nodeUpdateRequestsQuery,
+		Help: "Number of node update requests processed by the master.",
+	})
 	nodeUpdates = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: nodeUpdatesQuery,
 		Help: "Number of nodes updated by the master.",
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ func runMetricsServer(port int) {
 	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 	r.MustRegister(
 		buildInfo,
+		nodeUpdateRequests,
 		nodeUpdates,
 		nodeUpdateFailures,
 		nodeLabelsRejected,
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
index cf92976ffc..9f283398cc 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ func isNamespaceDenied(labelNs string, wildcardDeniedNs map[string]struct{}, nor
 
 // SetLabels implements LabelerServer
 func (m *nfdMaster) SetLabels(c context.Context, r *pb.SetLabelsRequest) (*pb.SetLabelsReply, error) {
+	nodeUpdateRequests.Inc()
 	err := authorizeClient(c, m.args.VerifyNodeName, r.NodeName)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "gRPC client authorization failed", "nodeName", r.NodeName)
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go b/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go
index 59429c34b2..55ce2a712f 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func (u *nodeUpdaterPool) processNodeUpdateRequest(queue workqueue.RateLimitingI
 
 	defer queue.Done(nodeName)
 
+	nodeUpdateRequests.Inc()
 	if err := u.nfdMaster.nfdAPIUpdateOneNode(nodeName.(string)); err != nil {
 		if queue.NumRequeues(nodeName) < 5 {
 			klog.InfoS("retrying node update", "nodeName", nodeName)