diff --git a/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs b/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs
index e095191c57..12d3b3a30e 100644
--- a/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ impl<PoolApi, Block> TransactionPool for BasicPool<PoolApi, Block>
 	}
 
 	fn remove_invalid(&self, hashes: &[TxHash<Self>]) -> Vec<Arc<Self::InPoolTransaction>> {
-		self.pool.validated_pool().remove_invalid(hashes)
+		let removed = self.pool.validated_pool().remove_invalid(hashes);
+		self.metrics.report(|metrics| metrics.validations_invalid.inc_by(removed.len() as u64));
+		removed
 	}
 
 	fn status(&self) -> PoolStatus {
diff --git a/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/metrics.rs b/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/metrics.rs
index 78e49b3ca5..74c41a1262 100644
--- a/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/transaction-pool/src/metrics.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ impl MetricsLink {
 pub struct Metrics {
 	pub validations_scheduled: Counter<U64>,
 	pub validations_finished: Counter<U64>,
+	pub validations_invalid: Counter<U64>,
 }
 
 impl Metrics {
@@ -64,6 +65,13 @@ impl Metrics {
 				)?,
 				registry,
 			)?,
+			validations_invalid: register(
+				Counter::new(
+					"sub_txpool_validations_invalid",
+					"Total number of transactions that were removed from the pool as invalid",
+				)?,
+				registry,
+			)?,
 		})
 	}
 }