diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/WorkflowExecutor.java b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/WorkflowExecutor.java
index d5842e9b23..4012c1e57b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/WorkflowExecutor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/core/execution/WorkflowExecutor.java
@@ -1415,6 +1415,10 @@ boolean scheduleTask(Workflow workflow, List<Task> tasks) {
                 }
             }
 
+            // metric to track the distribution of number of tasks within a workflow
+            Monitors.recordNumTasksInWorkflow(workflow.getTasks().size() + tasks.size(), workflow.getWorkflowName(),
+                String.valueOf(workflow.getWorkflowVersion()));
+
             // Save the tasks in the DAO
             createdTasks = executionDAOFacade.createTasks(tasks);
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/metrics/Monitors.java b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/metrics/Monitors.java
index 8f3a4055df..b224f8e95c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/metrics/Monitors.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/metrics/Monitors.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.netflix.servo.monitor.BasicStopwatch;
 import com.netflix.servo.monitor.Stopwatch;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Counter;
+import com.netflix.spectator.api.DistributionSummary;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Gauge;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Id;
 import com.netflix.spectator.api.Registry;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ public class Monitors {
 
 	private static final Map<String, Map<Map<String, String>, Gauge>> gauges = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
+	private static final Map<String, Map<Map<String, String>, DistributionSummary>> distributionSummaries = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
 	public static final String classQualifier = "WorkflowMonitor";
 
 	private Monitors() {
@@ -90,6 +93,18 @@ private static void gauge(String className, String name, long measurement, Strin
 		getGauge(className, name, additionalTags).set(measurement);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Records a value for an event as a distribution summary. Unlike a gauge, this is sampled multiple times during a
+	 * minute or everytime a new value is recorded.
+	 *
+	 * @param className
+	 * @param name
+	 * @param additionalTags
+	 */
+	private static void distributionSummary(String className, String name, long value, String... additionalTags) {
+		getDistributionSummary(className, name, additionalTags).record(value);
+	}
+
 	private static Timer getTimer(String className, String name, String... additionalTags) {
 		Map<String, String> tags = toMap(className, additionalTags);
 		return timers.computeIfAbsent(name, s -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>()).computeIfAbsent(tags, t -> {
@@ -116,6 +131,15 @@ private static Gauge getGauge(String className, String name, String... additiona
 		});
 	}
 
+	private static DistributionSummary getDistributionSummary(String className, String name, String... additionalTags) {
+		Map<String, String> tags = toMap(className, additionalTags);
+
+		return distributionSummaries.computeIfAbsent(name, s -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>()).computeIfAbsent(tags, t -> {
+			Id id = registry.createId(name, tags);
+			return registry.distributionSummary(id);
+		});
+	}
+
 	private static Map<String, String> toMap(String className, String... additionalTags) {
 		Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>();
 		tags.put("class", className);
@@ -182,6 +206,10 @@ public static void recordRunningWorkflows(long count, String name, String versio
 		gauge(classQualifier, "workflow_running", count, "workflowName", name, "version", version, "ownerApp", ""+ownerApp);
 	}
 
+	public static void recordNumTasksInWorkflow(long count, String name, String version) {
+		distributionSummary(classQualifier, "tasks_in_workflow", count, "workflowName", name, "version", version);
+	}
+
 	public static void recordTaskTimeout(String taskType) {
 		counter(classQualifier, "task_timeout", "taskType", taskType);
 	}