diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
index 9f06db7e95cf..1b10775721fd 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ private RegionLocations locateRegionInMeta(TableName tableName, byte[] row, bool
       // Query the meta region
       long pauseBase = this.pause;
       takeUserRegionLock();
+      final long lockStartTime = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
       try {
         // We don't need to check if useCache is enabled or not. Even if useCache is false
         // we already cleared the cache for this row before acquiring userRegion lock so if this
@@ -1063,6 +1064,10 @@ rpcControllerFactory, getMetaLookupPool(), metaReplicaCallTimeoutScanInMicroSeco
           !(e instanceof RegionOfflineException || e instanceof NoServerForRegionException);
       } finally {
         userRegionLock.unlock();
+        // update duration of the lock being held
+        if (metrics != null) {
+          metrics.updateUserRegionLockHeld(EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - lockStartTime);
+        }
       }
       try {
         Thread.sleep(ConnectionUtils.getPauseTime(pauseBase, tries));
@@ -1076,9 +1081,19 @@ rpcControllerFactory, getMetaLookupPool(), metaReplicaCallTimeoutScanInMicroSeco
   void takeUserRegionLock() throws IOException {
     try {
       long waitTime = connectionConfig.getMetaOperationTimeout();
+      if (metrics != null) {
+        metrics.updateUserRegionLockQueue(userRegionLock.getQueueLength());
+      }
+      final long waitStartTime = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
       if (!userRegionLock.tryLock(waitTime, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+        if (metrics != null) {
+          metrics.incrUserRegionLockTimeout();
+        }
         throw new LockTimeoutException("Failed to get user region lock in" + waitTime + " ms. "
           + " for accessing meta region server.");
+      } else if (metrics != null) {
+        // successfully grabbed the lock, start timer of holding the lock
+        metrics.updateUserRegionLockWaiting(EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - waitStartTime);
       }
     } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
       LOG.error("Interrupted while waiting for a lock", ie);
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetricsConnection.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetricsConnection.java
index b4792fdd3489..16a13df1e68e 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetricsConnection.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetricsConnection.java
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ public Counter newMetric(Class<?> clazz, String name, String scope) {
   protected final Counter hedgedReadWin;
   protected final Histogram concurrentCallsPerServerHist;
   protected final Histogram numActionsPerServerHist;
+  protected final Counter userRegionLockTimeoutCount;
+  protected final Timer userRegionLockWaitingTimer;
+  protected final Timer userRegionLockHeldTimer;
+  protected final Histogram userRegionLockQueueHist;
 
   // dynamic metrics
 
@@ -348,6 +352,14 @@ protected Ratio getRatio() {
       registry.histogram(name(MetricsConnection.class, "concurrentCallsPerServer", scope));
     this.numActionsPerServerHist =
       registry.histogram(name(MetricsConnection.class, "numActionsPerServer", scope));
+    this.userRegionLockTimeoutCount =
+      registry.counter(name(this.getClass(), "userRegionLockTimeoutCount", scope));
+    this.userRegionLockWaitingTimer =
+      registry.timer(name(this.getClass(), "userRegionLockWaitingDuration", scope));
+    this.userRegionLockHeldTimer =
+      registry.timer(name(this.getClass(), "userRegionLockHeldDuration", scope));
+    this.userRegionLockQueueHist =
+      registry.histogram(name(MetricsConnection.class, "userRegionLockQueueLength", scope));
 
     this.reporter = JmxReporter.forRegistry(this.registry).build();
     this.reporter.start();
@@ -425,6 +437,24 @@ public void incrDelayRunnersAndUpdateDelayInterval(long interval) {
     this.runnerStats.updateDelayInterval(interval);
   }
 
+  /** incr */
+  public void incrUserRegionLockTimeout() {
+    userRegionLockTimeoutCount.inc();
+  }
+
+  /** update */
+  public void updateUserRegionLockWaiting(long duration) {
+    userRegionLockWaitingTimer.update(duration, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  }
+
+  public void updateUserRegionLockHeld(long duration) {
+    userRegionLockHeldTimer.update(duration, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  }
+
+  public void updateUserRegionLockQueue(int count) {
+    userRegionLockQueueHist.update(count);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get a metric for {@code key} from {@code map}, or create it with {@code factory}.
    */
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java
index cc03fff3207b..3e48cb239376 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ public void testUserRegionLockThrowsException() throws IOException, InterruptedE
     conf.setInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER, 0);
     conf.setLong(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_META_OPERATION_TIMEOUT, 2000);
     conf.setLong(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_SCANNER_TIMEOUT_PERIOD, 2000);
+    conf.setBoolean(MetricsConnection.CLIENT_SIDE_METRICS_ENABLED_KEY, true);
 
     try (ConnectionImplementation conn =
       (ConnectionImplementation) ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf)) {
@@ -587,6 +588,28 @@ public void testUserRegionLockThrowsException() throws IOException, InterruptedE
 
       assertTrue(client1.getException() instanceof LockTimeoutException
         ^ client2.getException() instanceof LockTimeoutException);
+
+      // obtain the client metrics
+      MetricsConnection metrics = conn.getConnectionMetrics();
+      long queueCount = metrics.userRegionLockQueueHist.getCount();
+      assertEquals("Queue of userRegionLock should be updated twice. queueCount: " + queueCount,
+        queueCount, 2);
+
+      long timeoutCount = metrics.userRegionLockTimeoutCount.getCount();
+      assertEquals("Timeout of userRegionLock should happen once. timeoutCount: " + timeoutCount,
+        timeoutCount, 1);
+
+      long waitingTimerCount = metrics.userRegionLockWaitingTimer.getCount();
+      assertEquals("userRegionLock should be grabbed successfully once. waitingTimerCount: "
+        + waitingTimerCount, waitingTimerCount, 1);
+
+      long heldTimerCount = metrics.userRegionLockHeldTimer.getCount();
+      assertEquals(
+        "userRegionLock should be held successfully once. heldTimerCount: " + heldTimerCount,
+        heldTimerCount, 1);
+      double heldTime = metrics.userRegionLockHeldTimer.getSnapshot().getMax();
+      assertTrue("Max held time should be greater than 2 seconds. heldTime: " + heldTime,
+        heldTime >= 2E9);
     }
   }