diff --git a/packages/backend/src/promClient.ts b/packages/backend/src/promClient.ts
index 15462083..8e8c4372 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/promClient.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/promClient.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export class PromClient {
     private registry: Registry;
     private app: express.Application;
     public activeRepoIndexingJobs: Gauge<string>;
+    public pendingRepoIndexingJobs: Gauge<string>;
     public repoIndexingReattemptsTotal: Counter<string>;
     public repoIndexingFailTotal: Counter<string>;
     public repoIndexingSuccessTotal: Counter<string>;
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@ export class PromClient {
         });
         this.registry.registerMetric(this.activeRepoIndexingJobs);
 
+        this.pendingRepoIndexingJobs = new Gauge({
+            name: 'pending_repo_indexing_jobs',
+            help: 'The number of repo indexing jobs waiting in queue',
+            labelNames: ['repo'],
+        });
+        this.registry.registerMetric(this.pendingRepoIndexingJobs);
+
         this.repoIndexingReattemptsTotal = new Counter({
             name: 'repo_indexing_reattempts',
             help: 'The number of repo indexing reattempts',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/repoManager.ts b/packages/backend/src/repoManager.ts
index 7ce224f7..db70578d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/repoManager.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/repoManager.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ export class RepoManager implements IRepoManager {
                     }
                 })));
 
+                // Increment pending jobs counter for each repo added
+                orgRepos.forEach(repo => {
+                    this.promClient.pendingRepoIndexingJobs.inc({ repo: repo.id.toString() });
+                });
+
                 this.logger.info(`Added ${orgRepos.length} jobs to indexQueue for org ${orgId} with priority ${priority}`);
             }
 
@@ -267,6 +272,7 @@ export class RepoManager implements IRepoManager {
             }
         });
         this.promClient.activeRepoIndexingJobs.inc();
+        this.promClient.pendingRepoIndexingJobs.dec({ repo: repo.id.toString() });
 
         let indexDuration_s: number | undefined;
         let fetchDuration_s: number | undefined;