diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go
index 5b089df07a..00d7efbbc1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go
@@ -220,14 +220,16 @@ type DriverStatus struct {
 }
 
 type DriverCapabilities struct {
-	Attach         bool `json:"attach"`
-	SELinuxRelabel bool `json:"selinuxRelabel"`
+	Attach          bool `json:"attach"`
+	SELinuxRelabel  bool `json:"selinuxRelabel"`
+	SupportsMetrics bool `json:"supportsMetrics"`
 }
 
 func defaultCapabilities() *DriverCapabilities {
 	return &DriverCapabilities{
-		Attach:         true,
-		SELinuxRelabel: true,
+		Attach:          true,
+		SELinuxRelabel:  true,
+		SupportsMetrics: false,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter.go
index 5085293cc1..4405d12add 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ type flexVolumeMounter struct {
 	// the considered volume spec
 	spec     *volume.Spec
 	readOnly bool
-	volume.MetricsNil
 }
 
 var _ volume.Mounter = &flexVolumeMounter{}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
index 70d4b009f6..6ddd455490 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) newMounterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, pod *api.P
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	var metricsProvider volume.MetricsProvider
+	if plugin.capabilities.SupportsMetrics {
+		metricsProvider = volume.NewMetricsStatFS(plugin.host.GetPodVolumeDir(
+			pod.UID, utilstrings.EscapeQualifiedNameForDisk(sourceDriver), spec.Name()))
+	} else {
+		metricsProvider = &volume.MetricsNil{}
+	}
+
 	return &flexVolumeMounter{
 		flexVolume: &flexVolume{
 			driverName:            sourceDriver,
@@ -188,6 +196,7 @@ func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) newMounterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, pod *api.P
 			podNamespace:          pod.Namespace,
 			podServiceAccountName: pod.Spec.ServiceAccountName,
 			volName:               spec.Name(),
+			MetricsProvider:       metricsProvider,
 		},
 		runner:   runner,
 		spec:     spec,
@@ -202,14 +211,23 @@ func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) NewUnmounter(volName string, podUID types.UID) (
 
 // newUnmounterInternal is the internal unmounter routine to clean the volume.
 func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) newUnmounterInternal(volName string, podUID types.UID, mounter mount.Interface, runner exec.Interface) (volume.Unmounter, error) {
+	var metricsProvider volume.MetricsProvider
+	if plugin.capabilities.SupportsMetrics {
+		metricsProvider = volume.NewMetricsStatFS(plugin.host.GetPodVolumeDir(
+			podUID, utilstrings.EscapeQualifiedNameForDisk(plugin.driverName), volName))
+	} else {
+		metricsProvider = &volume.MetricsNil{}
+	}
+
 	return &flexVolumeUnmounter{
 		flexVolume: &flexVolume{
-			driverName: plugin.driverName,
-			execPath:   plugin.getExecutable(),
-			mounter:    mounter,
-			plugin:     plugin,
-			podUID:     podUID,
-			volName:    volName,
+			driverName:      plugin.driverName,
+			execPath:        plugin.getExecutable(),
+			mounter:         mounter,
+			plugin:          plugin,
+			podUID:          podUID,
+			volName:         volName,
+			MetricsProvider: metricsProvider,
 		},
 		runner: runner,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/unmounter.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/unmounter.go
index 67e26fe15c..406c7f84f0 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/unmounter.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/unmounter.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ type flexVolumeUnmounter struct {
 	*flexVolume
 	// Runner used to teardown the volume.
 	runner exec.Interface
-	volume.MetricsNil
 }
 
 var _ volume.Unmounter = &flexVolumeUnmounter{}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/volume.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/volume.go
index abeeb05297..f4988d839e 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/volume.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 	utilstrings "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 )
 
 type flexVolume struct {
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ type flexVolume struct {
 	volName string
 	// the underlying plugin
 	plugin *flexVolumePlugin
+	// the metric plugin
+	volume.MetricsProvider
 }
 
 // volume.Volume interface