diff --git a/metrics-jvm/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSet.java b/metrics-jvm/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSet.java
index 7e0d319b52..1797c84442 100644
--- a/metrics-jvm/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSet.java
+++ b/metrics-jvm/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSet.java
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ public Long getValue() {
                 }
             });
 
+            gauges.put(name(poolName, "used-after-gc"),new Gauge<Long>() {
+                @Override
+                public Long getValue() {
+                    return pool.getCollectionUsage().getUsed();
+                }
+            });
+
             gauges.put(name(poolName, "init"),new Gauge<Long>() {
                 @Override
                 public Long getValue() {
diff --git a/metrics-jvm/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSetTest.java b/metrics-jvm/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSetTest.java
index dbfe2c601b..96df0b024d 100644
--- a/metrics-jvm/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSetTest.java
+++ b/metrics-jvm/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/jvm/MemoryUsageGaugeSetTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class MemoryUsageGaugeSetTest {
     private final MemoryUsage nonHeap = mock(MemoryUsage.class);
     private final MemoryUsage pool = mock(MemoryUsage.class);
     private final MemoryUsage weirdPool = mock(MemoryUsage.class);
+    private final MemoryUsage weirdCollection = mock(MemoryUsage.class);
     private final MemoryMXBean mxBean = mock(MemoryMXBean.class);
     private final MemoryPoolMXBean memoryPool = mock(MemoryPoolMXBean.class);
     private final MemoryPoolMXBean weirdMemoryPool = mock(MemoryPoolMXBean.class);
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         when(weirdPool.getUsed()).thenReturn(300L);
         when(weirdPool.getMax()).thenReturn(-1L);
 
+        when(weirdCollection.getUsed()).thenReturn(290L);
+
         when(mxBean.getHeapMemoryUsage()).thenReturn(heap);
         when(mxBean.getNonHeapMemoryUsage()).thenReturn(nonHeap);
 
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         when(memoryPool.getName()).thenReturn("Big Pool");
 
         when(weirdMemoryPool.getUsage()).thenReturn(weirdPool);
+        when(weirdMemoryPool.getCollectionUsage()).thenReturn(weirdCollection);
         when(weirdMemoryPool.getName()).thenReturn("Weird Pool");
     }
 
@@ -81,9 +85,11 @@ public void hasASetOfGauges() throws Exception {
                         "pools.Big-Pool.used",
                         "pools.Big-Pool.usage",
                         "pools.Big-Pool.max",
+                        "pools.Big-Pool.used-after-gc",
                         "pools.Weird-Pool.init",
                         "pools.Weird-Pool.committed",
                         "pools.Weird-Pool.used",
+                        "pools.Weird-Pool.used-after-gc",
                         "pools.Weird-Pool.usage",
                         "pools.Weird-Pool.max");
     }
@@ -248,6 +254,14 @@ public void hasAGaugeForWeirdMemoryPoolMax() throws Exception {
                 .isEqualTo(-1L);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void hasAGaugeForWeirdCollectionPoolUsed() throws Exception {
+        final Gauge gauge = (Gauge) gauges.getMetrics().get("pools.Weird-Pool.used-after-gc");
+
+        assertThat(gauge.getValue())
+                .isEqualTo(290L);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void autoDetectsMemoryUsageBeanAndMemoryPools() throws Exception {
         assertThat(new MemoryUsageGaugeSet().getMetrics().keySet())