diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMContainerMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMContainerMetrics.java
index 475c000a9c6b..d7d47a78b778 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMContainerMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMContainerMetrics.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.annotation.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.HddsProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsCollector;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsSource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsSystem;
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ public void unRegister() {
   public void getMetrics(MetricsCollector collector, boolean all) {
     Map<String, Integer> stateCount = scmmxBean.getContainerStateCount();
 
+    int totalContainers = 0;
+    for (HddsProtos.LifeCycleState state : HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.values()) {
+      totalContainers = totalContainers + stateCount.get(state.toString());
+    }
+
     collector.addRecord(SOURCE)
         .addGauge(Interns.info("OpenContainers",
             "Number of open containers"),
@@ -84,6 +90,9 @@ public void getMetrics(MetricsCollector collector, boolean all) {
             stateCount.get(DELETING.toString()))
         .addGauge(Interns.info("DeletedContainers",
             "Number of containers in deleted state"),
-            stateCount.get(DELETED.toString()));
+            stateCount.get(DELETED.toString()))
+        .addGauge(Interns.info("TotalContainers",
+            "Number of all containers"),
+            totalContainers);
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/TestSCMContainerMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/TestSCMContainerMetrics.java
index 0a2eeefd1fe6..2a2bcbaa6317 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/TestSCMContainerMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/TestSCMContainerMetrics.java
@@ -77,5 +77,7 @@ public void testSCMContainerMetrics() {
         "Number of containers in deleting state"), 6);
     verify(mb, times(1)).addGauge(Interns.info("DeletedContainers",
         "Number of containers in deleted state"), 7);
+    verify(mb, times(1)).addGauge(Interns.info("TotalContainers",
+        "Number of all containers"), 27);
   }
 }