diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/AsyncDispatcher.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/AsyncDispatcher.java
index ba6bb435ec2..0915eb4a981 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/AsyncDispatcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/AsyncDispatcher.java
@@ -409,4 +409,8 @@ public void addMetrics(EventTypeMetrics metrics,
       Class<? extends Enum> eventClass) {
     eventTypeMetricsMap.put(eventClass, metrics);
   }
+
+  public int getEventQueueSize() {
+    return eventQueue.size();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/EventDispatcher.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/EventDispatcher.java
index 11cdf150ddb..6731bdacac8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/EventDispatcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/EventDispatcher.java
@@ -161,4 +161,8 @@ protected long getEventProcessorId() {
   protected boolean isStopped() {
     return this.stopped;
   }
+
+  public int getEventQueueSize() {
+    return eventQueue.size();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ClusterMetrics.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ClusterMetrics.java
index 67a3a620875..fa3c5c90949 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ClusterMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ClusterMetrics.java
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ public class ClusterMetrics {
     rmEventProcCPUMax;
   @Metric("# of Containers assigned in the last second") MutableGaugeInt
     containerAssignedPerSecond;
+  @Metric("# of rm dispatcher event queue size")
+    MutableGaugeInt rmDispatcherEventQueueSize;
+  @Metric("# of scheduler dispatcher event queue size")
+    MutableGaugeInt schedulerDispatcherEventQueueSize;
 
   private boolean rmEventProcMonitorEnable = false;
 
@@ -356,4 +360,20 @@ public void incrNumContainerAssigned() {
   private ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor getAssignCounterExecutor(){
     return assignCounterExecutor;
   }
+
+  public int getRmEventQueueSize() {
+    return rmDispatcherEventQueueSize.value();
+  }
+
+  public void setRmEventQueueSize(int rmEventQueueSize) {
+    this.rmDispatcherEventQueueSize.set(rmEventQueueSize);
+  }
+
+  public int getSchedulerEventQueueSize() {
+    return schedulerDispatcherEventQueueSize.value();
+  }
+
+  public void setSchedulerEventQueueSize(int schedulerEventQueueSize) {
+    this.schedulerDispatcherEventQueueSize.set(schedulerEventQueueSize);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
index b0dc218f3dd..a813a8524e6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer;
 
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 /**
@@ -715,6 +718,7 @@ public class RMActiveServices extends CompositeService {
     private boolean fromActive = false;
     private StandByTransitionRunnable standByTransitionRunnable;
     private RMNMInfo rmnmInfo;
+    private ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor eventQueueMetricExecutor;
 
     RMActiveServices(ResourceManager rm) {
       super("RMActiveServices");
@@ -937,6 +941,23 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration configuration) throws Exception {
         addIfService(volumeManager);
       }
 
+      eventQueueMetricExecutor = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(1,
+              new ThreadFactoryBuilder().
+              setDaemon(true).setNameFormat("EventQueueSizeMetricThread").
+              build());
+      eventQueueMetricExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          int rmEventQueueSize = ((AsyncDispatcher)getRMContext().
+              getDispatcher()).getEventQueueSize();
+          ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().setRmEventQueueSize(rmEventQueueSize);
+          int schedulerEventQueueSize = ((EventDispatcher)schedulerDispatcher).
+              getEventQueueSize();
+          ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().
+              setSchedulerEventQueueSize(schedulerEventQueueSize);
+        }
+      }, 1, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
       super.serviceInit(conf);
     }
 
@@ -1012,6 +1033,9 @@ protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
           LOG.error("Error closing store.", e);
         }
       }
+      if (eventQueueMetricExecutor != null) {
+        eventQueueMetricExecutor.shutdownNow();
+      }
 
     }
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/MetricsOverviewTable.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/MetricsOverviewTable.java
index 3ce4f2b5185..c9922964ff9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/MetricsOverviewTable.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/MetricsOverviewTable.java
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ protected void render(Block html) {
 
     SchedulerInfo schedulerInfo = new SchedulerInfo(this.rm);
     int schedBusy = clusterMetrics.getRmSchedulerBusyPercent();
+    int rmEventQueueSize = clusterMetrics.getRmEventQueueSize();
+    int schedulerEventQueueSize = clusterMetrics.getSchedulerEventQueueSize();
 
     div.h3("Scheduler Metrics").
     table("#schedulermetricsoverview").
@@ -217,6 +219,10 @@ protected void render(Block html) {
         th().$class("ui-state-default")
             .__("Maximum Cluster Application Priority").__().
         th().$class("ui-state-default").__("Scheduler Busy %").__().
+        th().$class("ui-state-default")
+            .__("RM Dispatcher EventQueue Size").__().
+        th().$class("ui-state-default")
+            .__("Scheduler Dispatcher EventQueue Size").__().
         __().
         __().
     tbody().$class("ui-widget-content").
@@ -228,6 +234,8 @@ protected void render(Block html) {
         td(schedulerInfo.getMaxAllocation().toString()).
         td(String.valueOf(schedulerInfo.getMaxClusterLevelAppPriority())).
         td(schedBusy == -1 ? UNAVAILABLE : String.valueOf(schedBusy)).
+        td(String.valueOf(rmEventQueueSize)).
+        td(String.valueOf(schedulerEventQueueSize)).
         __().
         __().__();
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/ClusterMetricsInfo.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/ClusterMetricsInfo.java
index 7dc2d8ac1eb..e188fa05268 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/ClusterMetricsInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/ClusterMetricsInfo.java
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ public class ClusterMetricsInfo {
 
   private boolean crossPartitionMetricsAvailable = false;
 
+  private int rmEventQueueSize;
+  private int schedulerEventQueueSize;
+
   public ClusterMetricsInfo() {
   } // JAXB needs this
 
@@ -162,6 +165,8 @@ public ClusterMetricsInfo(final ResourceScheduler rs) {
         + rebootedNodes + unhealthyNodes + decommissioningNodes + shutdownNodes;
     this.containerAssignedPerSecond = clusterMetrics
         .getContainerAssignedPerSecond();
+    this.rmEventQueueSize = clusterMetrics.getRmEventQueueSize();
+    this.schedulerEventQueueSize = clusterMetrics.getSchedulerEventQueueSize();
   }
 
   public int getAppsSubmitted() {
@@ -419,4 +424,12 @@ public boolean getCrossPartitionMetricsAvailable() {
   public int getContainerAssignedPerSecond() {
     return this.containerAssignedPerSecond;
   }
+
+  public int getRmEventQueueSize() {
+    return rmEventQueueSize;
+  }
+
+  public int getSchedulerEventQueueSize() {
+    return schedulerEventQueueSize;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestNodesPage.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestNodesPage.java
index dd271fd34d7..891c8d6c325 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestNodesPage.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestNodesPage.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class TestNodesPage {
 
   // Number of Actual Table Headers for NodesPage.NodesBlock might change in
   // future. In that case this value should be adjusted to the new value.
-  private final int numberOfThInMetricsTable = 23;
+  private final int numberOfThInMetricsTable = 25;
   private final int numberOfActualTableHeaders = 16;
   private final int numberOfThForOpportunisticContainers = 4;
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java
index b651c7959a4..673fbbe2ec0 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServices.java
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ public void verifyClusterMetricsJSON(JSONObject json) throws JSONException,
       Exception {
     assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 1, json.length());
     JSONObject clusterinfo = json.getJSONObject("clusterMetrics");
-    assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 33, clusterinfo.length());
+    assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 35, clusterinfo.length());
     verifyClusterMetrics(
         clusterinfo.getInt("appsSubmitted"), clusterinfo.getInt("appsCompleted"),
         clusterinfo.getInt("reservedMB"), clusterinfo.getInt("availableMB"),