diff --git a/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.cpp b/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.cpp
index 63adc2225b..1f20a68140 100644
--- a/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.cpp
+++ b/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.cpp
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ namespace {
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace kagome::parachain {
+  constexpr auto kMetricNoShowsTotal =
+      "kagome_parachain_approvals_no_shows_total";
 
   ApprovalDistribution::ApprovalDistribution(
       std::shared_ptr<consensus::babe::BabeConfigRepository> babe_config_repo,
@@ -598,7 +600,8 @@ namespace kagome::parachain {
         scheduler_{std::make_shared<libp2p::basic::SchedulerImpl>(
             std::make_shared<libp2p::basic::AsioSchedulerBackend>(
                 approval_thread_pool.io_context()),
-            libp2p::basic::Scheduler::Config{})} {
+            libp2p::basic::Scheduler::Config{})},
+        metrics_registry_{metrics::createRegistry()} {
     BOOST_ASSERT(parachain_host_);
     BOOST_ASSERT(keystore_);
     BOOST_ASSERT(peer_view_);
@@ -614,6 +617,12 @@ namespace kagome::parachain {
     BOOST_ASSERT(main_pool_handler_);
     BOOST_ASSERT(worker_pool_handler_);
     BOOST_ASSERT(approval_thread_handler_);
+
+    metrics_registry_->registerCounterFamily(
+        kMetricNoShowsTotal,
+        "Number of assignments which became no-shows in the approval voting subsystem");
+    metric_no_shows_total_ =
+        metrics_registry_->registerCounterMetric(kMetricNoShowsTotal);
   }
 
   bool ApprovalDistribution::tryStart() {
@@ -2996,6 +3005,11 @@ namespace kagome::parachain {
         block_entry.mark_approved_by_hash(candidate_hash);
         const auto is_block_approved = block_entry.is_fully_approved();
 
+        auto no_shows = known_no_shows(check);
+        if (no_shows != 0) {
+          metric_no_shows_total_->inc(no_shows);
+        }
+
         if (is_block_approved && !was_block_approved) {
           notifyApproved(block_hash);
         }
diff --git a/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.hpp b/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.hpp
index 0b128a02de..281e6548d0 100644
--- a/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.hpp
+++ b/core/parachain/approval/approval_distribution.hpp
@@ -898,6 +898,9 @@ namespace kagome::parachain {
     };
     SafeObject<std::unordered_map<CandidateHash, ApprovalCache>, std::mutex>
         approvals_cache_;
+
+    metrics::RegistryPtr metrics_registry_;
+    metrics::Counter *metric_no_shows_total_;
   };
 
 }  // namespace kagome::parachain