diff --git a/db/view/view_update_generator.cc b/db/view/view_update_generator.cc
index ee90304151..eea0d619bd 100644
--- a/db/view/view_update_generator.cc
+++ b/db/view/view_update_generator.cc
@@ -152,4 +152,21 @@ future<> view_update_generator::register_staging_sstable(sstables::shared_sstabl
     }
 }
 
+void view_update_generator::setup_metrics() {
+    namespace sm = seastar::metrics;
+
+    _metrics.add_group("view_update_generator", {
+        sm::make_gauge("pending_registrations", sm::description("Number of tasks waiting to register staging sstables"),
+                [this] { return _registration_sem.waiters(); }),
+
+        sm::make_gauge("queued_batches_count", 
+                sm::description("Number of sets of sstables queued for view update generation"),
+                [this] { return _sstables_with_tables.size(); }),
+
+        sm::make_gauge("sstables_to_move_count",
+                sm::description("Number of sets of sstables which are already processed and wait to be moved from their staging directory"),
+                [this] { return _sstables_to_move.size(); })
+    });
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/db/view/view_update_generator.hh b/db/view/view_update_generator.hh
index 3b63d42eb6..d753aeceb0 100644
--- a/db/view/view_update_generator.hh
+++ b/db/view/view_update_generator.hh
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ private:
     };
     std::unordered_map<lw_shared_ptr<table>, std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>> _sstables_with_tables;
     std::unordered_map<lw_shared_ptr<table>, std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>> _sstables_to_move;
+    metrics::metric_groups _metrics;
 public:
-    view_update_generator(database& db) : _db(db) { }
+    view_update_generator(database& db) : _db(db) {
+        setup_metrics();
+    }
 
     future<> start();
     future<> stop();
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ public:
     ssize_t available_register_units() const { return _registration_sem.available_units(); }
 private:
     bool should_throttle() const;
+    void setup_metrics();
 };
 
 }