diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics.go b/src/runtime/metrics.go
index 6595a4342c4..32d8ab461ca 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ var (
 	metricsSema uint32 = 1
 	metricsInit bool
 	metrics     map[string]metricData
+
+	sizeClassBuckets []float64
 )
 
 type metricData struct {
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ func initMetrics() {
 	if metricsInit {
 		return
 	}
+	sizeClassBuckets = make([]float64, _NumSizeClasses)
+	for i := range sizeClassBuckets {
+		sizeClassBuckets[i] = float64(class_to_size[i])
+	}
 	metrics = map[string]metricData{
 		"/gc/cycles/automatic:gc-cycles": {
 			deps: makeStatDepSet(sysStatsDep),
@@ -60,6 +66,26 @@ func initMetrics() {
 				out.scalar = in.sysStats.gcCyclesDone
 			},
 		},
+		"/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects": {
+			deps: makeStatDepSet(heapStatsDep),
+			compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
+				hist := out.float64HistOrInit(sizeClassBuckets)
+				hist.counts[len(hist.counts)-1] = uint64(in.heapStats.largeAllocCount)
+				for i := range hist.buckets {
+					hist.counts[i] = uint64(in.heapStats.smallAllocCount[i])
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		"/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects": {
+			deps: makeStatDepSet(heapStatsDep),
+			compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
+				hist := out.float64HistOrInit(sizeClassBuckets)
+				hist.counts[len(hist.counts)-1] = uint64(in.heapStats.largeFreeCount)
+				for i := range hist.buckets {
+					hist.counts[i] = uint64(in.heapStats.smallFreeCount[i])
+				}
+			},
+		},
 		"/gc/heap/goal:bytes": {
 			deps: makeStatDepSet(sysStatsDep),
 			compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
@@ -370,6 +396,32 @@ type metricValue struct {
 	pointer unsafe.Pointer // contains non-scalar values.
 }
 
+// float64HistOrInit tries to pull out an existing float64Histogram
+// from the value, but if none exists, then it allocates one with
+// the given buckets.
+func (v *metricValue) float64HistOrInit(buckets []float64) *metricFloat64Histogram {
+	var hist *metricFloat64Histogram
+	if v.kind == metricKindFloat64Histogram && v.pointer != nil {
+		hist = (*metricFloat64Histogram)(v.pointer)
+	} else {
+		v.kind = metricKindFloat64Histogram
+		hist = new(metricFloat64Histogram)
+		v.pointer = unsafe.Pointer(hist)
+	}
+	hist.buckets = buckets
+	if len(hist.counts) != len(hist.buckets)+1 {
+		hist.counts = make([]uint64, len(buckets)+1)
+	}
+	return hist
+}
+
+// metricFloat64Histogram is a runtime copy of runtime/metrics.Float64Histogram
+// and must be kept structurally identical to that type.
+type metricFloat64Histogram struct {
+	counts  []uint64
+	buckets []float64
+}
+
 // agg is used by readMetrics, and is protected by metricsSema.
 //
 // Managed as a global variable because its pointer will be
diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics/description.go b/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
index 66d229c270e..e43904fc7d1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics/description.go
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
 		Kind:        KindUint64,
 		Cumulative:  true,
 	},
+	{
+		Name:        "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects",
+		Description: "Distribution of all objects allocated by approximate size.",
+		Kind:        KindFloat64Histogram,
+	},
+	{
+		Name:        "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects",
+		Description: "Distribution of all objects freed by approximate size.",
+		Kind:        KindFloat64Histogram,
+	},
 	{
 		Name:        "/gc/heap/goal:bytes",
 		Description: "Heap size target for the end of the GC cycle.",
diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go b/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
index 9b44e73ee6b..5045a5b4c16 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics/doc.go
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ Supported metrics
 	/gc/cycles/total:gc-cycles
 		Count of all completed GC cycles.
 
+	/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects
+		Distribution of all objects allocated by approximate size.
+
+	/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects
+		Distribution of all objects freed by approximate size.
+
 	/gc/heap/goal:bytes
 		Heap size target for the end of the GC cycle.
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/metrics_test.go b/src/runtime/metrics_test.go
index 37247602947..1a30810544c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/metrics_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/metrics_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ func TestReadMetricsConsistency(t *testing.T) {
 	var totalVirtual struct {
 		got, want uint64
 	}
+	var objects struct {
+		alloc, free *metrics.Float64Histogram
+		total       uint64
+	}
 	for i := range samples {
 		kind := samples[i].Value.Kind()
 		if want := descs[samples[i].Name].Kind; kind != want {
@@ -118,11 +122,43 @@ func TestReadMetricsConsistency(t *testing.T) {
 		switch samples[i].Name {
 		case "/memory/classes/total:bytes":
 			totalVirtual.got = samples[i].Value.Uint64()
+		case "/gc/heap/objects:objects":
+			objects.total = samples[i].Value.Uint64()
+		case "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects":
+			objects.alloc = samples[i].Value.Float64Histogram()
+		case "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects":
+			objects.free = samples[i].Value.Float64Histogram()
 		}
 	}
 	if totalVirtual.got != totalVirtual.want {
 		t.Errorf(`"/memory/classes/total:bytes" does not match sum of /memory/classes/**: got %d, want %d`, totalVirtual.got, totalVirtual.want)
 	}
+	if len(objects.alloc.Buckets) != len(objects.free.Buckets) {
+		t.Error("allocs-by-size and frees-by-size buckets don't match in length")
+	} else if len(objects.alloc.Counts) != len(objects.free.Counts) {
+		t.Error("allocs-by-size and frees-by-size counts don't match in length")
+	} else {
+		for i := range objects.alloc.Buckets {
+			ba := objects.alloc.Buckets[i]
+			bf := objects.free.Buckets[i]
+			if ba != bf {
+				t.Errorf("bucket %d is different for alloc and free hists: %f != %f", i, ba, bf)
+			}
+		}
+		if !t.Failed() {
+			got, want := uint64(0), objects.total
+			for i := range objects.alloc.Counts {
+				if objects.alloc.Counts[i] < objects.free.Counts[i] {
+					t.Errorf("found more allocs than frees in object dist bucket %d", i)
+					continue
+				}
+				got += objects.alloc.Counts[i] - objects.free.Counts[i]
+			}
+			if got != want {
+				t.Errorf("object distribution counts don't match count of live objects: got %d, want %d", got, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func BenchmarkReadMetricsLatency(b *testing.B) {