diff --git a/integration/metrics_test.go b/integration/metrics_test.go
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+// Copyright 2017 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/testutil"
+)
+
+// TestMetricDbSize checks that the db size metric is set on boot.
+func TestMetricDbSize(t *testing.T) {
+	defer testutil.AfterTest(t)
+	clus := NewClusterV3(t, &ClusterConfig{Size: 1})
+	defer clus.Terminate(t)
+
+	v, err := clus.Members[0].Metric("etcd_debugging_mvcc_db_total_size_in_bytes")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if v == "0" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected non-zero, got %q", v)
+	}
+}