diff --git a/lib/collection/src/shards/local_shard/telemetry.rs b/lib/collection/src/shards/local_shard/telemetry.rs
index ecf8114f58..242da52fb8 100644
--- a/lib/collection/src/shards/local_shard/telemetry.rs
+++ b/lib/collection/src/shards/local_shard/telemetry.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl LocalShard {
             optimizations: OptimizerTelemetry {
                 status,
                 optimizations,
-                log: (detail.level >= DetailsLevel::Level4)
+                log: (detail.level >= DetailsLevel::Level4 || detail.optimizer_logs)
                     .then(|| self.optimizers_log.lock().to_telemetry()),
             },
             async_scorer: Some(get_async_scorer()),
diff --git a/lib/collection/src/telemetry.rs b/lib/collection/src/telemetry.rs
index d3c04a4871..45828d9cd0 100644
--- a/lib/collection/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/lib/collection/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use segment::types::{HnswConfig, Payload, QuantizationConfig, StrictModeConfigOu
 use serde::Serialize;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
+use crate::collection_manager::optimizers::TrackerStatus;
 use crate::config::{CollectionConfigInternal, CollectionParams, WalConfig};
 use crate::operations::types::{OptimizersStatus, ReshardingInfo, ShardTransferInfo};
 use crate::optimizers_builder::OptimizersConfig;
@@ -51,6 +52,20 @@ impl CollectionTelemetry {
             .map(|x| x.num_vectors.unwrap_or(0))
             .sum()
     }
+
+    /// Amount of optimizers currently running.
+    ///
+    /// Note: A `DetailsLevel` of 4 or setting `telemetry_detail.optimizer_logs` to true is required.
+    ///       Otherwise, this function will return 0, which may not be correct.
+    pub fn count_optimizers_running(&self) -> usize {
+        self.shards
+            .iter()
+            .flatten()
+            .filter_map(|replica_set| replica_set.local.as_ref())
+            .flat_map(|local_shard| local_shard.optimizations.log.iter().flatten())
+            .filter(|log| log.status == TrackerStatus::Optimizing)
+            .count()
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Clone, Debug, JsonSchema)]
diff --git a/lib/common/common/src/types.rs b/lib/common/common/src/types.rs
index 6d05026b59..c664aca258 100644
--- a/lib/common/common/src/types.rs
+++ b/lib/common/common/src/types.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ impl PartialOrd for ScoredPointOffset {
 pub struct TelemetryDetail {
     pub level: DetailsLevel,
     pub histograms: bool,
+    pub optimizer_logs: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ impl Default for TelemetryDetail {
         TelemetryDetail {
             level: DetailsLevel::Level0,
             histograms: false,
+            optimizer_logs: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/actix/api/service_api.rs b/src/actix/api/service_api.rs
index 6a73e95ad6..be0791d4ee 100644
--- a/src/actix/api/service_api.rs
+++ b/src/actix/api/service_api.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ fn telemetry(
         let detail = TelemetryDetail {
             level: details_level,
             histograms: false,
+            optimizer_logs: false,
         };
         let telemetry_collector = telemetry_collector.lock().await;
         let telemetry_data = telemetry_collector.prepare_data(&access, detail).await;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ async fn metrics(
             TelemetryDetail {
                 level: DetailsLevel::Level3,
                 histograms: true,
+                optimizer_logs: true,
             },
         )
         .await;
diff --git a/src/common/metrics.rs b/src/common/metrics.rs
index 167e1d22d2..4cae669a06 100644
--- a/src/common/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/common/metrics.rs
@@ -174,6 +174,26 @@ impl MetricsProvider for CollectionsTelemetry {
             MetricType::GAUGE,
             vec![gauge(vector_count as f64, &[])],
         ));
+
+        let mut total_optimizations_running = 0;
+
+        for collection in self.collections.iter().flatten() {
+            let collection = match collection {
+                CollectionTelemetryEnum::Full(collection_telemetry) => collection_telemetry,
+                CollectionTelemetryEnum::Aggregated(_) => {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+
+            total_optimizations_running += collection.count_optimizers_running();
+        }
+
+        metrics.push(metric_family(
+            "optimizer_running_processes",
+            "number of currently running optimization processes",
+            MetricType::GAUGE,
+            vec![gauge(total_optimizations_running as f64, &[])],
+        ));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/telemetry_reporting.rs b/src/common/telemetry_reporting.rs
index d7663b20dd..3d353f2959 100644
--- a/src/common/telemetry_reporting.rs
+++ b/src/common/telemetry_reporting.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use super::telemetry::TelemetryCollector;
 const DETAIL: TelemetryDetail = TelemetryDetail {
     level: DetailsLevel::Level2,
     histograms: false,
+    optimizer_logs: false,
 };
 const REPORTING_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60 * 60); // One hour