diff --git a/pkg/audit/audit_client.go b/pkg/audit/audit_client.go
index 2f60842d63..2603dfde23 100644
--- a/pkg/audit/audit_client.go
+++ b/pkg/audit/audit_client.go
@@ -123,11 +123,13 @@ func (c *Client) createAuditEntry(ss *sessions.SessionState, appURL string, tena
 	auditMessage, err := json.Marshal(auditObject)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("%s: could not marshal the audit object: %v", ErrPersitAuditEvent.Error(), err)
+		AuditErrorMetricCounter.Inc()
 		return
 	}
 	err = c.send(string(auditMessage))
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("%s: could not send the audit message to the url '%s': %v", ErrPersitAuditEvent.Error(), c.opts.URL, err)
+		AuditErrorMetricCounter.Inc()
 		return
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/audit/audit_metrics.go b/pkg/audit/audit_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6522681679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/audit/audit_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package audit
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
+)
+
+var AuditErrorMetricCounter = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+	Name: "oauth2_proxy_audit_errors_requests_total",
+	Help: "Total number of failed audit requests.",
+})