diff --git a/docs/deployment/metrics.md b/docs/deployment/metrics.md
index 38a4011fe..a6db3bd3b 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/metrics.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ The exposed metrics are
 | `nfd_master_build_info`                           | Gauge     | Version from which nfd-master was built
 | `nfd_worker_build_info`                           | Gauge     | Version from which nfd-worker was built
 | `nfd_node_updates_total`                          | Counter   | Number of nodes updated
+| `nfd_node_update_failures_total`                  | Counter   | Number of nodes update failures
 | `nfd_nodefeaturerule_processing_duration_seconds` | Histogram | Time taken to process NodeFeatureRule objects
 | `nfd_feature_discovery_duration_seconds`          | Histogram | Time taken to discover features on a node
 
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go b/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
index 9b409720d..20bdbc7b8 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/metrics.go
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ import (
 
 // When adding metric names, see https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/#metric-names
 const (
-	buildInfoQuery         = "nfd_master_build_info"
-	nodeUpdatesQuery       = "nfd_node_updates_total"
-	nfrProcessingTimeQuery = "nfd_nodefeaturerule_processing_duration_seconds"
+	buildInfoQuery          = "nfd_master_build_info"
+	nodeUpdatesQuery        = "nfd_node_updates_total"
+	nodeUpdateFailuresQuery = "nfd_node_update_failures_total"
+	nfrProcessingTimeQuery  = "nfd_nodefeaturerule_processing_duration_seconds"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ var (
 		Name: nodeUpdatesQuery,
 		Help: "Number of nodes updated by the master.",
 	})
+	nodeUpdateFailures = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: nodeUpdateFailuresQuery,
+		Help: "Number of node update failures.",
+	})
 	nfrProcessingTime = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Name:    nfrProcessingTimeQuery,
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ func runMetricsServer(port int) {
 	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 	r.MustRegister(buildInfo,
 		nodeUpdates,
+		nodeUpdateFailures,
 		nfrProcessingTime)
 
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
index c194cd176..731d0c1f6 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) prune() error {
 		// Prune labels and extended resources
 		err := m.updateNodeObject(cli, node.Name, Labels{}, Annotations{}, ExtendedResources{}, []corev1.Taint{})
 		if err != nil {
+			nodeUpdateFailures.Inc()
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to prune node %q: %v", node.Name, err)
 		}
 
@@ -675,6 +676,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) SetLabels(c context.Context, r *pb.SetLabelsRequest) (*pb.Se
 
 		// Create labels et al
 		if err := m.refreshNodeFeatures(cli, r.NodeName, annotations, r.GetLabels(), r.GetFeatures()); err != nil {
+			nodeUpdateFailures.Inc()
 			return &pb.SetLabelsReply{}, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go b/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go
index 8a19a91db..59429c34b 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func (u *nodeUpdaterPool) processNodeUpdateRequest(queue workqueue.RateLimitingI
 			return true
 		} else {
 			klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to update node", "nodeName", nodeName)
+			nodeUpdateFailures.Inc()
 		}
 	}
 	queue.Forget(nodeName)