diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
index 0e3dd869fce1..cfbf2c249f54 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ func (a *StaticAutoscaler) RunOnce(currentTime time.Time) errors.AutoscalerError
 	}
 
 	// Call CloudProvider.Refresh before any other calls to cloud provider.
+	refreshStart := time.Now()
 	err = a.AutoscalingContext.CloudProvider.Refresh()
+	metrics.UpdateDurationFromStart(metrics.CloudProviderRefresh, refreshStart)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Failed to refresh cloud provider config: %v", err)
 		return errors.ToAutoscalerError(errors.CloudProviderError, err)
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go b/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go
index 9580ee3344c0..41b7fb7a9d97 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ const (
 	FindUnneeded               FunctionLabel = "findUnneeded"
 	UpdateState                FunctionLabel = "updateClusterState"
 	FilterOutSchedulable       FunctionLabel = "filterOutSchedulable"
+	CloudProviderRefresh       FunctionLabel = "cloudProviderRefresh"
 	Main                       FunctionLabel = "main"
 	Poll                       FunctionLabel = "poll"
 	Reconfigure                FunctionLabel = "reconfigure"