diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics.go b/src/runtime/metrics.go
index 4931a0ef8b8ba0a624345582b33d542d530137d7..ffbb4e4d0f4c030d8711a5c6a872d17e2c2b1332 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics.go
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ func initMetrics() {
 				hist.counts[len(hist.counts)-1] = memstats.gcPauseDist.overflow.Load()
 			},
 		},
+		"/gc/scan/stack:bytes": {
+			compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
+				out.kind = metricKindUint64
+				out.scalar = uint64(gcController.lastStackScan.Load())
+			},
+		},
 		"/gc/stack/starting-size:bytes": {
 			compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
 				out.kind = metricKindUint64
diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics/description.go b/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
index e3eb87b353b02c8dad73f2f07a0bdceeae40c258..8355fc5da04272ca5a54b204a72ab34b2320f676 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
@@ -294,6 +294,11 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
 		Kind:        KindFloat64Histogram,
 		Cumulative:  true,
 	},
+	{
+		Name:        "/gc/scan/stack:bytes",
+		Description: "The number of bytes of stack that were scanned last GC cycle.",
+		Kind:        KindUint64,
+	},
 	{
 		Name:        "/gc/stack/starting-size:bytes",
 		Description: "The stack size of new goroutines.",
diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go b/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
index f95177edc85436094415209fec796175140be61c..7f21278450776e7b7a6728d1d9ee07e997fe6884 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
 		Distribution of individual GC-related stop-the-world pause
 		latencies. Bucket counts increase monotonically.
 
+	/gc/scan/stack:bytes
+		The number of bytes of stack that were scanned last GC cycle.
+
 	/gc/stack/starting-size:bytes
 		The stack size of new goroutines.