diff --git a/linkerd/app/integration/src/tests/telemetry.rs b/linkerd/app/integration/src/tests/telemetry.rs
index 3b466a0a0c..4d3bda9abc 100644
--- a/linkerd/app/integration/src/tests/telemetry.rs
+++ b/linkerd/app/integration/src/tests/telemetry.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ mod env;
 mod log_stream;
 mod tcp_errors;
 
+use app_core::Infallible;
+
 use crate::*;
 use std::io::Read;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,28 @@ struct TcpFixture {
 }
 
 impl Fixture {
+    async fn http_chunked_server(send_chunks: usize, chunk_size: usize) -> server::Listening {
+        server::new()
+            .route_async("/", move |_req| async move {
+                let chunk: bytes::Bytes = (0..chunk_size).map(|u| u as u8).collect();
+                let body = {
+                    let (mut tx, body) = hyper::Body::channel();
+
+                    tokio::spawn(async move {
+                        for nth in 0..send_chunks {
+                            tx.send_data(chunk.clone())
+                                .await
+                                .expect(&format!("failed to send {nth} chunk"));
+                        }
+                    });
+                    body
+                };
+                Ok::<_, Infallible>(http::Response::new(body))
+            })
+            .run()
+            .await
+    }
+
     async fn inbound() -> Self {
         info!("running test server");
         Fixture::inbound_with_server(server::new().route("/", "hello").run().await).await
@@ -211,6 +235,35 @@ impl TcpFixture {
     }
 }
 
+async fn test_http_response_frames_count(
+    fixture: impl Future<Output = Fixture>,
+    expected_chunks: usize,
+) {
+    let _trace = trace_init();
+    let Fixture {
+        client,
+        metrics,
+        proxy: _proxy,
+        _profile,
+        dst_tx: _dst_tx,
+        pol_out_tx: _pol_out_tx,
+        labels,
+        ..
+    } = fixture.await;
+
+    let metric = labels.metric("response_frames_total");
+
+    assert!(metric.is_not_in(metrics.get("/metrics").await));
+
+    info!("client.get(/)");
+    client.get("/").await;
+
+    metric
+        .value(expected_chunks as u64)
+        .assert_in(&metrics)
+        .await;
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn admin_request_count() {
     let _trace = trace_init();
@@ -279,6 +332,28 @@ async fn metrics_endpoint_inbound_request_count() {
     test_http_count("request_total", Fixture::inbound()).await;
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn metrics_endpoint_inbound_response_frames_total() {
+    for chunks in 1..=10 {
+        test_http_response_frames_count(
+            Fixture::inbound_with_server(Fixture::http_chunked_server(chunks, 64).await),
+            chunks + 1,
+        )
+        .await;
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn metrics_endpoint_outbound_response_frames_total() {
+    for chunks in 1..=10 {
+        test_http_response_frames_count(
+            Fixture::outbound_with_server(Fixture::http_chunked_server(chunks, 64).await),
+            chunks + 1,
+        )
+        .await;
+    }
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn metrics_endpoint_outbound_request_count() {
     test_http_count("request_total", Fixture::outbound()).await
diff --git a/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests.rs b/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests.rs
index 7a0df94b87..e755ef7fd8 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests.rs
+++ b/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ where
 {
     last_update: Instant,
     total: Counter,
+    response_frames_total: Counter,
     by_status: HashMap<Option<http::StatusCode>, StatusMetrics<C>>,
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ impl<C: Hash + Eq> Default for Metrics<C> {
         Self {
             last_update: Instant::now(),
             total: Counter::default(),
+            response_frames_total: Counter::default(),
             by_status: HashMap::default(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/report.rs b/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/report.rs
index 9b4b7e5766..ca3dba9125 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/report.rs
+++ b/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/report.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ where
         )
     }
 
+    fn response_frames_total(&self) -> Metric<'_, Prefixed<'_, &'static str>, Counter> {
+        Metric::new(
+            self.prefix_key("response_frames_total"),
+            "Total number of chunks sent through HTTP as the response.",
+        )
+    }
+
     fn response_latency_ms(
         &self,
     ) -> Metric<'_, Prefixed<'_, &'static str>, Histogram<latency::Ms>> {
@@ -128,6 +135,10 @@ where
         metric.fmt_help(f)?;
         Self::fmt_by_target(&registry, f, metric, |s| &s.total)?;
 
+        let metric = self.response_frames_total();
+        metric.fmt_help(f)?;
+        Self::fmt_by_target(&registry, f, metric, |s| &s.response_frames_total)?;
+
         if self.include_latencies {
             let metric = self.response_latency_ms();
             metric.fmt_help(f)?;
diff --git a/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/service.rs b/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/service.rs
index ad1af7ecbc..9e0fe6c4e9 100644
--- a/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/service.rs
+++ b/linkerd/http/metrics/src/requests/service.rs
@@ -333,9 +333,8 @@ where
     C: ClassifyEos,
     C::Class: Hash + Eq,
 {
-    fn record_latency(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
+    fn record_latency(self: Pin<&mut Self>, now: Instant) {
         let this = self.project();
-        let now = Instant::now();
 
         let lock = match this.metrics.as_mut() {
             Some(lock) => lock,
@@ -377,6 +376,11 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+fn count_frame<C: Hash + Eq>(lock: &Mutex<Metrics<C>>) {
+    let metrics = lock.lock();
+    metrics.response_frames_total.incr();
+}
+
 fn measure_class<C: Hash + Eq>(
     lock: &Arc<Mutex<Metrics<C>>>,
     class: C,
@@ -415,8 +419,11 @@ where
         let poll = ready!(self.as_mut().project().inner.poll_data(cx));
         let frame = poll.map(|opt| opt.map_err(|e| self.as_mut().measure_err(e.into())));
 
+        if let Some(lock) = self.metrics.as_ref().map(Arc::as_ref) {
+            count_frame(lock);
+        }
         if !(*self.as_mut().project().latency_recorded) {
-            self.record_latency();
+            self.record_latency(Instant::now());
         }
 
         Poll::Ready(frame)
@@ -457,7 +464,7 @@ where
 {
     fn drop(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
         if !self.as_ref().latency_recorded {
-            self.as_mut().record_latency();
+            self.as_mut().record_latency(Instant::now());
         }
 
         if let Some(c) = self.as_mut().project().classify.take().map(|c| c.eos(None)) {