diff --git a/test/e2e/metrics_test.go b/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
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+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+
+	operatorsv1 "github.com/openshift/api/operator/v1"
+	routev1 "github.com/openshift/api/route/v1"
+	"github.com/openshift/console-operator/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/openshift/console-operator/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+const (
+	consoleURLMetric = "console_url"
+)
+
+func setupMetricsEndpointTestCase(t *testing.T) (*framework.ClientSet, *operatorsv1.Console) {
+	client, _ := framework.StandardSetup(t)
+	routeForTest := tempRouteForTesting()
+	_, err := client.Routes.Routes(api.OpenShiftConsoleOperatorNamespace).Create(routeForTest)
+	if err != nil && !errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+	}
+	return client, nil
+}
+
+func cleanUpMetricsEndpointTestCase(t *testing.T, client *framework.ClientSet) {
+	routeForTest := tempRouteForTesting()
+	err := client.Routes.Routes(api.OpenShiftConsoleOperatorNamespace).Delete(routeForTest.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+	}
+	framework.StandardCleanup(t, client)
+}
+
+// This test essentially does the following to verify the `console_url` is in the metrics endpoint:
+// 	curl --insecure -H "Authorization: Bearer $(oc whoami --show-token)" $(oc get route metrics --template 'https://{{.spec.host}}/metrics') | grep console_url
+// alternatively:
+// 	oc exec -it console-operator-<pod-id> /bin/bash
+// 	curl --insecure -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>  https://localhost:8443/metrics | grep console_url
+func TestMetricsEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	client, _ := setupMetricsEndpointTestCase(t)
+	defer cleanUpMetricsEndpointTestCase(t, client)
+
+	metricsURL := getMetricsURL(t, client)
+	t.Logf("fetching metrics url.... %s\n", metricsURL)
+
+	t.Logf("fetching /metrics data...\n")
+	respString := metricsRequest(t, metricsURL)
+
+	t.Logf("searching for %s in metrics data...\n", consoleURLMetric)
+	found := findLineInResponse(respString, consoleURLMetric)
+	if !found {
+		t.Fatalf("did not find %s", consoleURLMetric)
+	}
+}
+
+func findLineInResponse(haystack, needle string) (found bool) {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(haystack))
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		found := strings.Contains(scanner.Text(), needle)
+		if found {
+			fmt.Printf("found %s\n", scanner.Text())
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func metricsRequest(t *testing.T, routeForMetrics string) string {
+	bearer := getBearerToken(t)
+	req := getRequest(t, routeForMetrics, bearer)
+	insecureClient := getInsecureClient()
+
+	resp, err := insecureClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(bytes)
+}
+
+// a request with a route & the bearer token
+func getRequest(t *testing.T, metricsURL, bearer string) *http.Request {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", metricsURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+
+	}
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", bearer)
+	return req
+}
+
+func getInsecureClient() *http.Client {
+	// ignore self signed certs for testing purposes
+	return &http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// gets us a token from the kubeconfig file
+func getBearerToken(t *testing.T) string {
+	tokenProvider, err := framework.GetConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error, can't get config: %s", err)
+	}
+	// build the request header with a token from the kubeconfig
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", tokenProvider.BearerToken)
+}
+
+// polls for the metrics route host, and returns just a formatted url for https://<host>/metrics
+func getMetricsURL(t *testing.T, client *framework.ClientSet) string {
+	tempRoute := tempRouteForTesting()
+	routeForMetrics := ""
+	err := wait.Poll(1*time.Second, 30*time.Second, func() (stop bool, err error) {
+		tempRoute, err := client.Routes.Routes(api.OpenShiftConsoleOperatorNamespace).Get(tempRoute.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+		}
+		if len(tempRoute.Spec.Host) == 0 {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		routeForMetrics = "https://" + tempRoute.Spec.Host + "/metrics"
+		t.Logf("route for metrics: %s", routeForMetrics)
+		return true, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("route to /metrics: (%s)", routeForMetrics)
+	return routeForMetrics
+}
+
+// In production our metrics endpoint should not have a route, but this makes it
+// easier to access the pod http://localhost:8443/metrics endpoint to verify its output
+func tempRouteForTesting() *routev1.Route {
+	return &routev1.Route{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "metrics",
+			Namespace: api.OpenShiftConsoleOperatorNamespace,
+		},
+		Spec: routev1.RouteSpec{
+			To: routev1.RouteTargetReference{
+				Kind: "Service",
+				Name: "metrics",
+			},
+			Port: &routev1.RoutePort{
+				TargetPort: intstr.FromString("https"),
+			},
+			TLS: &routev1.TLSConfig{
+				Termination:                   routev1.TLSTerminationReencrypt,
+				InsecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: routev1.InsecureEdgeTerminationPolicyRedirect,
+			},
+			WildcardPolicy: routev1.WildcardPolicyNone,
+		},
+	}
+}