diff --git a/tsdb/wal/wal.go b/tsdb/wal/wal.go
index b0b693174..510326b88 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/wal/wal.go
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ type walMetrics struct {
 	truncateFail    prometheus.Counter
 	truncateTotal   prometheus.Counter
 	currentSegment  prometheus.Gauge
+	writesFailed    prometheus.Counter
 }
 
 func newWALMetrics(w *WAL, r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
@@ -217,6 +218,10 @@ func newWALMetrics(w *WAL, r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
 		Name: "prometheus_tsdb_wal_segment_current",
 		Help: "WAL segment index that TSDB is currently writing to.",
 	})
+	m.writesFailed = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "prometheus_tsdb_wal_writes_failed_total",
+		Help: "Total number of WAL writes that failed.",
+	})
 
 	if r != nil {
 		r.MustRegister(
@@ -226,6 +231,7 @@ func newWALMetrics(w *WAL, r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
 			m.truncateFail,
 			m.truncateTotal,
 			m.currentSegment,
+			m.writesFailed,
 		)
 	}
 
@@ -575,6 +581,7 @@ func (w *WAL) Log(recs ...[]byte) error {
 	// a bit of extra logic here frees them from that overhead.
 	for i, r := range recs {
 		if err := w.log(r, i == len(recs)-1); err != nil {
+			w.metrics.writesFailed.Inc()
 			return err
 		}
 	}