diff --git a/policy/handler.go b/policy/handler.go
index 81244eb4..358985d6 100644
--- a/policy/handler.go
+++ b/policy/handler.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	metrics "github.com/armon/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handleTick(ctx context.Context, policy *sdk.ScalingPolicy) (*s
 
 	status, err := target.Status(policy.Target.Config)
 	if err != nil {
+		metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"target", "status", "failure_count"}, 1)
 		h.log.Warn("failed to get target status", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/policy/manager.go b/policy/manager.go
index 549ce363..bdc6ce4b 100644
--- a/policy/manager.go
+++ b/policy/manager.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ func (m *Manager) monitorPolicies(ctx context.Context, evalCh chan<- *sdk.Scalin
 
 		case err := <-m.policyIDsErrCh:
 			m.log.Error("encountered an error monitoring policy IDs", "error", err)
+			metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"policy", "manager", "failure_count"}, 1)
 			if isUnrecoverableError(err) {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/policyeval/base_worker.go b/policyeval/base_worker.go
index c574148a..d1567aaf 100644
--- a/policyeval/base_worker.go
+++ b/policyeval/base_worker.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func (w *BaseWorker) handlePolicy(ctx context.Context, eval *sdk.ScalingEvaluati
 
 	currentStatus, err := runTargetStatus(target, eval.Policy)
 	if err != nil {
+		metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"target", "status", "failure_count"}, 1)
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get target status: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -181,6 +182,8 @@ func (w *BaseWorker) handlePolicy(ctx context.Context, eval *sdk.ScalingEvaluati
 				"on_check_error", eval.Policy.OnCheckError,
 				"error", err)
 
+			metrics.IncrCounterWithLabels([]string{"target", "status", "failure_count"}, 1, []metrics.Label{{Name: "check", Value: checkEval.Check.Name}})
+
 			// Define how to handle error.
 			// Use check behaviour if set or fail iff the policy is set to fail.
 			switch checkEval.Check.OnError {
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@ func (w *BaseWorker) handlePolicy(ctx context.Context, eval *sdk.ScalingEvaluati
 
 	err = w.scaleTarget(logger, target, eval.Policy, *winner.action, currentStatus)
 	if err != nil {
+		metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"target", "scale", "failure_count"}, 1)
 		return err
 	}