diff --git a/storage/metrics.go b/storage/metrics.go
index a38f9ac72..3763990c0 100644
--- a/storage/metrics.go
+++ b/storage/metrics.go
@@ -59,6 +59,38 @@ var (
 			Help:      "Total number of keys.",
 		})
 
+	watchersGauge = prometheus.NewGauge(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "watchers_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of watchers.",
+		})
+
+	slowWatchersGauge = prometheus.NewGauge(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "slow_watchers_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of unsynced slow watchers.",
+		})
+
+	totalEventsCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "events_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of events sent by this member.",
+		})
+
+	pendingEventsGauge = prometheus.NewGauge(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "pending_events_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of pending events to be sent.",
+		})
+
 	indexCompactionPauseDurations = prometheus.NewHistogram(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Namespace: "etcd",
@@ -96,7 +128,19 @@ func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(deleteCounter)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(txnCounter)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(keysGauge)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(watchersGauge)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(totalEventsCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(slowWatchersGauge)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(pendingEventsGauge)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(indexCompactionPauseDurations)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(dbCompactionPauseDurations)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(dbCompactionTotalDurations)
 }
+
+// ReportEventReceived reports that an event is received.
+// This function should be called when the external systems received an
+// event from storage.Watcher.
+func ReportEventReceived() {
+	pendingEventsGauge.Dec()
+	totalEventsCounter.Inc()
+}
diff --git a/storage/watchable_store.go b/storage/watchable_store.go
index 83eba9120..84f39f2b5 100644
--- a/storage/watchable_store.go
+++ b/storage/watchable_store.go
@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ func (s *watchableStore) Watcher(key []byte, prefix bool, startRev, endRev int64
 			s.endm[endRev] = append(s.endm[endRev], wa)
 		}
 	} else {
+		slowWatchersGauge.Inc()
 		s.unsynced = append(s.unsynced, wa)
 	}
+	watchersGauge.Inc()
 
 	cancel := CancelFunc(func() {
 		s.mu.Lock()
@@ -184,6 +186,8 @@ func (s *watchableStore) Watcher(key []byte, prefix bool, startRev, endRev int64
 		for i, w := range s.unsynced {
 			if w == wa {
 				s.unsynced = append(s.unsynced[:i], s.unsynced[i+1:]...)
+				slowWatchersGauge.Dec()
+				watchersGauge.Dec()
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ func (s *watchableStore) Watcher(key []byte, prefix bool, startRev, endRev int64
 		for i, w := range s.synced[k] {
 			if w == wa {
 				s.synced[k] = append(s.synced[k][:i], s.synced[k][i+1:]...)
+				watchersGauge.Dec()
 			}
 		}
 		if wa.end != 0 {
@@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ func (s *watchableStore) syncWatchers() {
 		// push events to the channel
 		for _, ev := range evs {
 			w.ch <- ev
+			pendingEventsGauge.Inc()
 		}
 		// stop watcher if it reaches the end
 		if w.end > 0 && nextRev >= w.end {
@@ -271,6 +277,7 @@ func (s *watchableStore) syncWatchers() {
 		nws = append(nws, w)
 	}
 	s.unsynced = nws
+	slowWatchersGauge.Set(float64(len(s.unsynced)))
 }
 
 // handle handles the change of the happening event on all watchers.
@@ -294,6 +301,7 @@ func (s *watchableStore) notify(rev int64, ev storagepb.Event) {
 			}
 			select {
 			case w.ch <- ev:
+				pendingEventsGauge.Inc()
 				nws = append(nws, w)
 			default:
 				// put it back to unsynced place
@@ -306,6 +314,7 @@ func (s *watchableStore) notify(rev int64, ev storagepb.Event) {
 				}
 				w.cur = rev
 				s.unsynced = append(s.unsynced, w)
+				slowWatchersGauge.Inc()
 			}
 		}
 		s.synced[string(ev.Kv.Key[:i])] = nws
@@ -319,6 +328,7 @@ func (s *watchableStore) stopWatchers(rev int64) {
 		for _, w := range s.synced[k] {
 			if w == wa {
 				s.synced[k] = append(s.synced[k][:i], s.synced[k][i+1:]...)
+				watchersGauge.Dec()
 			}
 		}
 		wa.stopWithError(ExceedEnd)