diff --git a/info/v1/machine.go b/info/v1/machine.go
index 6df86a266e..0aa742dd86 100644
--- a/info/v1/machine.go
+++ b/info/v1/machine.go
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ type HugePagesInfo struct {
 
 	// number of huge pages
 	NumPages uint64 `json:"num_pages"`
+
+	// number of free huge pages (nil if unavailable)
+	FreePages *uint64 `json:"free_pages,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type DiskInfo struct {
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus_fake.go b/metrics/prometheus_fake.go
index ab48cce860..4469bb4cb8 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus_fake.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus_fake.go
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ func (p testSubcontainersInfoProvider) GetMachineInfo() (*info.MachineInfo, erro
 				Memory: 33604804608,
 				HugePages: []info.HugePagesInfo{
 					{
-						PageSize: uint64(1048576),
-						NumPages: uint64(0),
+						PageSize:  uint64(1048576),
+						NumPages:  uint64(0),
+						FreePages: ptrUint64(0),
 					},
 					{
-						PageSize: uint64(2048),
-						NumPages: uint64(0),
+						PageSize:  uint64(2048),
+						NumPages:  uint64(0),
+						FreePages: ptrUint64(0),
 					},
 				},
 				Cores: []info.Core{
@@ -163,12 +165,14 @@ func (p testSubcontainersInfoProvider) GetMachineInfo() (*info.MachineInfo, erro
 				Memory: 33604804606,
 				HugePages: []info.HugePagesInfo{
 					{
-						PageSize: uint64(1048576),
-						NumPages: uint64(2),
+						PageSize:  uint64(1048576),
+						NumPages:  uint64(2),
+						FreePages: ptrUint64(1),
 					},
 					{
-						PageSize: uint64(2048),
-						NumPages: uint64(4),
+						PageSize:  uint64(2048),
+						NumPages:  uint64(4),
+						FreePages: ptrUint64(3),
 					},
 				},
 				Cores: []info.Core{
@@ -811,6 +815,10 @@ func (p testSubcontainersInfoProvider) GetRequestedContainersInfo(string, v2.Req
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func ptrUint64(v uint64) *uint64 {
+	return &v
+}
+
 type erroringSubcontainersInfoProvider struct {
 	successfulProvider testSubcontainersInfoProvider
 	shouldFail         bool
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus_machine.go b/metrics/prometheus_machine.go
index 2c3e96a12d..4de42e924d 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus_machine.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus_machine.go
@@ -216,6 +216,15 @@ func NewPrometheusMachineCollector(i infoProvider, includedMetrics container.Met
 					return getHugePagesCount(machineInfo)
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				name:        "machine_node_hugepages_free",
+				help:        "Number of free hugepages on NUMA node.",
+				valueType:   prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				extraLabels: []string{prometheusNodeLabelName, prometheusPageSizeLabelName},
+				getValues: func(machineInfo *info.MachineInfo) metricValues {
+					return getHugePagesFree(machineInfo)
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				name:        "machine_node_distance",
 				help:        "Distance between NUMA node and target NUMA node.",
@@ -353,6 +362,25 @@ func getHugePagesCount(machineInfo *info.MachineInfo) metricValues {
 	return mValues
 }
 
+func getHugePagesFree(machineInfo *info.MachineInfo) metricValues {
+	mValues := make(metricValues, 0)
+	for _, node := range machineInfo.Topology {
+		nodeID := strconv.Itoa(node.Id)
+
+		for _, hugePage := range node.HugePages {
+			if hugePage.FreePages != nil {
+				mValues = append(mValues,
+					metricValue{
+						value:     float64(*hugePage.FreePages),
+						labels:    []string{nodeID, strconv.FormatUint(hugePage.PageSize, 10)},
+						timestamp: machineInfo.Timestamp,
+					})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return mValues
+}
+
 func getCaches(machineInfo *info.MachineInfo) metricValues {
 	mValues := make(metricValues, 0)
 	for _, node := range machineInfo.Topology {
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus_machine_test.go b/metrics/prometheus_machine_test.go
index bb0e8d7827..9c33fbebad 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus_machine_test.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus_machine_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,22 @@ func TestGetHugePagesCount(t *testing.T) {
 	assertMetricValues(t, expectedMetricVals, metricVals, "Unexpected information about Node memory")
 }
 
+func TestGetHugePagesFree(t *testing.T) {
+	machineInfo, err := testSubcontainersInfoProvider{}.GetMachineInfo()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	metricVals := getHugePagesFree(machineInfo)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 4, len(metricVals))
+	expectedMetricVals := []metricValue{
+		{value: 0, labels: []string{"0", "1048576"}, timestamp: time.Unix(1395066363, 0)},
+		{value: 0, labels: []string{"0", "2048"}, timestamp: time.Unix(1395066363, 0)},
+		{value: 1, labels: []string{"1", "1048576"}, timestamp: time.Unix(1395066363, 0)},
+		{value: 3, labels: []string{"1", "2048"}, timestamp: time.Unix(1395066363, 0)},
+	}
+	assertMetricValues(t, expectedMetricVals, metricVals, "Unexpected information about free hugepages")
+}
+
 func TestGetDistance(t *testing.T) {
 	machineInfo, err := testSubcontainersInfoProvider{}.GetMachineInfo()
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
diff --git a/metrics/testdata/prometheus_machine_metrics b/metrics/testdata/prometheus_machine_metrics
index 60043e5ea0..d5a8cee817 100644
--- a/metrics/testdata/prometheus_machine_metrics
+++ b/metrics/testdata/prometheus_machine_metrics
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ machine_node_hugepages_count{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test"
 machine_node_hugepages_count{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="0",page_size="2048",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 0 1395066363000
 machine_node_hugepages_count{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="1",page_size="1048576",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 2 1395066363000
 machine_node_hugepages_count{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="1",page_size="2048",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 4 1395066363000
+# HELP machine_node_hugepages_free Number of free hugepages on NUMA node.
+# TYPE machine_node_hugepages_free gauge
+machine_node_hugepages_free{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="0",page_size="1048576",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 0 1395066363000
+machine_node_hugepages_free{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="0",page_size="2048",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 0 1395066363000
+machine_node_hugepages_free{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="1",page_size="1048576",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 1 1395066363000
+machine_node_hugepages_free{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="1",page_size="2048",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 3 1395066363000
 # HELP machine_node_memory_capacity_bytes Amount of memory assigned to NUMA node.
 # TYPE machine_node_memory_capacity_bytes gauge
 machine_node_memory_capacity_bytes{boot_id="boot-id-test",machine_id="machine-id-test",node_id="0",system_uuid="system-uuid-test"} 3.3604804608e+10 1395066363000
diff --git a/utils/sysfs/fakesysfs/fake.go b/utils/sysfs/fakesysfs/fake.go
index 3ef4ca6329..08585766a6 100644
--- a/utils/sysfs/fakesysfs/fake.go
+++ b/utils/sysfs/fakesysfs/fake.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ type FakeSysFs struct {
 	hugePagesNr    map[string]string
 	hugePagesNrErr error
 
+	hugePagesFree    map[string]string
+	hugePagesFreeErr error
+
 	distances    map[string]string
 	distancesErr error
 
@@ -125,6 +128,11 @@ func (fs *FakeSysFs) GetHugePagesNr(hugepagesDirectory string, hugePageName stri
 	return fs.hugePagesNr[hugePageFile], fs.hugePagesNrErr
 }
 
+func (fs *FakeSysFs) GetHugePagesFree(hugepagesDirectory string, hugePageName string) (string, error) {
+	hugePageFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/%s", hugepagesDirectory, hugePageName, sysfs.HugePagesFreeFile)
+	return fs.hugePagesFree[hugePageFile], fs.hugePagesFreeErr
+}
+
 func (fs *FakeSysFs) GetBlockDevices() ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	fs.info.EntryName = "sda"
 	return []os.FileInfo{&fs.info}, nil
@@ -224,6 +232,11 @@ func (fs *FakeSysFs) SetHugePagesNr(hugePagesNr map[string]string, err error) {
 	fs.hugePagesNrErr = err
 }
 
+func (fs *FakeSysFs) SetHugePagesFree(hugePagesFree map[string]string, err error) {
+	fs.hugePagesFree = hugePagesFree
+	fs.hugePagesFreeErr = err
+}
+
 func (fs *FakeSysFs) SetEntryName(name string) {
 	fs.info.EntryName = name
 }
diff --git a/utils/sysfs/sysfs.go b/utils/sysfs/sysfs.go
index a42876e80a..725ebf0b7a 100644
--- a/utils/sysfs/sysfs.go
+++ b/utils/sysfs/sysfs.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ const (
 
 	//HugePagesNrFile name of nr_hugepages file in sysfs
 	HugePagesNrFile = "nr_hugepages"
+	//HugePagesFreeFile name of free_hugepages file in sysfs
+	HugePagesFreeFile = "free_hugepages"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ type SysFs interface {
 	GetHugePagesInfo(hugePagesDirectory string) ([]os.FileInfo, error)
 	// Get hugepage_nr from specified directory
 	GetHugePagesNr(hugePagesDirectory string, hugePageName string) (string, error)
+	// Get free_hugepages from specified directory
+	GetHugePagesFree(hugePagesDirectory string, hugePageName string) (string, error)
 	// Get directory information for available block devices.
 	GetBlockDevices() ([]os.FileInfo, error)
 	// Get Size of a given block device.
@@ -230,6 +234,15 @@ func (fs *realSysFs) GetHugePagesNr(hugepagesDirectory string, hugePageName stri
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(hugePageFile)), err
 }
 
+func (fs *realSysFs) GetHugePagesFree(hugepagesDirectory string, hugePageName string) (string, error) {
+	hugePageFilePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/%s", hugepagesDirectory, hugePageName, HugePagesFreeFile)
+	hugePageFile, err := os.ReadFile(hugePageFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(hugePageFile)), err
+}
+
 func (fs *realSysFs) GetBlockDevices() ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	dirs, err := os.ReadDir(blockDir)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/sysfs/sysfs_test.go b/utils/sysfs/sysfs_test.go
index 22874e7059..864ddee0eb 100644
--- a/utils/sysfs/sysfs_test.go
+++ b/utils/sysfs/sysfs_test.go
@@ -124,6 +124,23 @@ func TestGetHugePagesNrWhenFileIsMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "", rawHugePageNr)
 }
 
+func TestGetHugePagesFree(t *testing.T) {
+	sysFs := NewRealSysFs()
+	rawHugePageFree, err := sysFs.GetHugePagesFree("./testdata/node0/hugepages/", "hugepages-1048576kB")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	hugePageFree, err := strconv.Atoi(rawHugePageFree)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, hugePageFree)
+}
+
+func TestGetHugePagesFreeWhenFileIsMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	sysFs := NewRealSysFs()
+	rawHugePageFree, err := sysFs.GetHugePagesFree("./testdata/node1/hugepages/", "hugepages-1048576kB")
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", rawHugePageFree)
+}
+
 func TestIsCPUOnline(t *testing.T) {
 	sysFs := &realSysFs{
 		cpuPath: "./testdata_epyc7402_nohyperthreading",
diff --git a/utils/sysfs/testdata/node0/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/free_hugepages b/utils/sysfs/testdata/node0/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/free_hugepages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00491fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/sysfs/testdata/node0/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/free_hugepages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/utils/sysfs/testdata/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/free_hugepages b/utils/sysfs/testdata/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/free_hugepages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/sysfs/testdata/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/free_hugepages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo.go b/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
index d2e8b6c943..3097a0330d 100644
--- a/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
+++ b/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
@@ -192,9 +192,21 @@ func GetHugePagesInfo(sysFs sysfs.SysFs, hugepagesDirectory string) ([]info.Huge
 			return hugePagesInfo, fmt.Errorf("could not parse file nr_hugepage for %s, contents %q", st.Name(), string(val))
 		}
 
+		// Read free_hugepages (optional - nil if unavailable)
+		var freePages *uint64
+		freeVal, err := sysFs.GetHugePagesFree(hugepagesDirectory, st.Name())
+		if err == nil && freeVal != "" {
+			var fp uint64
+			n, err = fmt.Sscanf(string(freeVal), "%d", &fp)
+			if err == nil && n == 1 {
+				freePages = &fp
+			}
+		}
+
 		hugePagesInfo = append(hugePagesInfo, info.HugePagesInfo{
-			NumPages: numPages,
-			PageSize: pageSize,
+			NumPages:  numPages,
+			PageSize:  pageSize,
+			FreePages: freePages,
 		})
 	}
 	return hugePagesInfo, nil
diff --git a/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go b/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go
index 0ff97443ea..ddc5473b4c 100644
--- a/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go
+++ b/utils/sysinfo/sysinfo_test.go
@@ -42,9 +42,25 @@ func TestGetHugePagesInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	fakeSys.SetHugePagesNr(hugePageNr, nil)
 
+	hugePageFree := map[string]string{
+		"/fakeSysfs/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/free_hugepages":    "1",
+		"/fakeSysfs/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/free_hugepages": "0",
+	}
+	fakeSys.SetHugePagesFree(hugePageFree, nil)
+
 	hugePagesInfo, err := GetHugePagesInfo(&fakeSys, "/fakeSysfs/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(hugePagesInfo))
+	// Verify FreePages is correctly read
+	for _, hp := range hugePagesInfo {
+		if hp.PageSize == 2048 {
+			assert.NotNil(t, hp.FreePages)
+			assert.Equal(t, uint64(1), *hp.FreePages)
+		} else if hp.PageSize == 1048576 {
+			assert.NotNil(t, hp.FreePages)
+			assert.Equal(t, uint64(0), *hp.FreePages)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestGetHugePagesInfoWithHugePagesDirectory(t *testing.T) {