diff --git a/src/osd/OSD.cc b/src/osd/OSD.cc
index 291851a9f3a36..f446cd9e0335c 100644
--- a/src/osd/OSD.cc
+++ b/src/osd/OSD.cc
@@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ void OSD::create_logger()
   osd_plb.add_u64_counter(l_osd_tier_clean, "tier_clean", "Dirty tier flag cleaned");
   osd_plb.add_u64_counter(l_osd_tier_delay, "tier_delay", "Tier delays (agent waiting)");
   osd_plb.add_u64_counter(l_osd_tier_proxy_read, "tier_proxy_read", "Tier proxy reads");
+  osd_plb.add_u64_counter(l_osd_tier_proxy_write, "tier_proxy_write", "Tier proxy writes");
 
   osd_plb.add_u64_counter(l_osd_agent_wake, "agent_wake", "Tiering agent wake up");
   osd_plb.add_u64_counter(l_osd_agent_skip, "agent_skip", "Objects skipped by agent");
diff --git a/src/osd/OSD.h b/src/osd/OSD.h
index 319e265fdc0e3..12d4a212c661c 100644
--- a/src/osd/OSD.h
+++ b/src/osd/OSD.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ enum {
   l_osd_tier_clean,
   l_osd_tier_delay,
   l_osd_tier_proxy_read,
+  l_osd_tier_proxy_write,
 
   l_osd_agent_wake,
   l_osd_agent_skip,
diff --git a/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc b/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc
index 4627a100af30d..85dcf9d43d05e 100644
--- a/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc
+++ b/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc
@@ -2298,6 +2298,8 @@ void ReplicatedPG::finish_proxy_write(hobject_t oid, ceph_tid_t tid, int r)
     in_progress_proxy_ops.erase(oid);
   }
 
+  osd->logger->inc(l_osd_tier_proxy_write);
+
   MOSDOp *m = static_cast<MOSDOp*>(pwop->op->get_req());
   assert(m != NULL);