diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index ccf86f16d9f0..2a238d68610e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2891,6 +2891,21 @@ static int proc_pid_patch_state(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS
+static int proc_stack_depth(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
+				struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	unsigned long prev_depth = THREAD_SIZE -
+				(task->prev_lowest_stack & (THREAD_SIZE - 1));
+	unsigned long depth = THREAD_SIZE -
+				(task->lowest_stack & (THREAD_SIZE - 1));
+
+	seq_printf(m, "previous stack depth: %lu\nstack depth: %lu\n",
+							prev_depth, depth);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS */
+
 /*
  * Thread groups
  */
@@ -2992,6 +3007,9 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
 	ONE("patch_state",  S_IRUSR, proc_pid_patch_state),
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS
+	ONE("stack_depth", S_IRUGO, proc_stack_depth),
+#endif
 };
 
 static int proc_tgid_base_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c1a23acd24e7..ae9d10e14b82 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1194,6 +1194,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
 	unsigned long			lowest_stack;
+	unsigned long			prev_lowest_stack;
 #endif
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/stackleak.h b/include/linux/stackleak.h
index 628c2b947b89..b911b973d328 100644
--- a/include/linux/stackleak.h
+++ b/include/linux/stackleak.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 static inline void stackleak_task_init(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	t->lowest_stack = (unsigned long)end_of_stack(t) + sizeof(unsigned long);
+# ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS
+	t->prev_lowest_stack = t->lowest_stack;
+# endif
 }
 #else /* !CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK */
 static inline void stackleak_task_init(struct task_struct *t) { }
diff --git a/kernel/stackleak.c b/kernel/stackleak.c
index 628485db37ba..f66239572c89 100644
--- a/kernel/stackleak.c
+++ b/kernel/stackleak.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ asmlinkage void stackleak_erase(void)
 	if (kstack_ptr == boundary)
 		kstack_ptr += sizeof(unsigned long);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS
+	current->prev_lowest_stack = kstack_ptr;
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Now write the poison value to the kernel stack. Start from
 	 * 'kstack_ptr' and move up till the new 'boundary'. We assume that
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
index c65fdd823591..b0a015ef5268 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
@@ -170,4 +170,16 @@ config STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE
 	  a stack frame size greater than or equal to this parameter.
 	  If unsure, leave the default value 100.
 
+config STACKLEAK_METRICS
+	bool "Show STACKLEAK metrics in the /proc file system"
+	depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
+	depends on PROC_FS
+	help
+	  If this is set, STACKLEAK metrics for every task are available in
+	  the /proc file system. In particular, /proc/<pid>/stack_depth
+	  shows the maximum kernel stack consumption for the current and
+	  previous syscalls. Although this information is not precise, it
+	  can be useful for estimating the STACKLEAK performance impact for
+	  your workloads.
+
 endif