diff --git a/sys/sys/vmmeter.h b/sys/sys/vmmeter.h
index 6caba18b94f2..bdd196464357 100644
--- a/sys/sys/vmmeter.h
+++ b/sys/sys/vmmeter.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct vmmeter {
 	u_int v_pdwakeups;	/* (f) times daemon has awaken from sleep */
 	u_int v_pdpages;	/* (q) pages analyzed by daemon */
 
+	u_int v_tcached;	/* (q) total pages cached */
 	u_int v_dfree;		/* (q) pages freed by daemon */
 	u_int v_pfree;		/* (q) pages freed by exiting processes */
 	u_int v_tfree;		/* (p) total pages freed */
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_meter.c b/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
index e52ab9647e8a..d949fbf7a63f 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ SYSCTL_PROC(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_pdwakeups, CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RD,
 	&cnt.v_pdwakeups, 0, vcnt, "IU", "Pagedaemon wakeups");
 SYSCTL_PROC(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_pdpages, CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RD,
 	&cnt.v_pdpages, 0, vcnt, "IU", "Pagedaemon page scans");
+SYSCTL_PROC(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_tcached, CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RD,
+	&cnt.v_tcached, 0, vcnt, "IU", "Total pages cached");
 SYSCTL_PROC(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_dfree, CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RD,
 	&cnt.v_dfree, 0, vcnt, "IU", "");
 SYSCTL_PROC(_vm_stats_vm, OID_AUTO, v_pfree, CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RD,
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
index 750e2958f6b5..6504f604c1c7 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ vm_page_cache(vm_page_t m)
 	}
 	if (VM_PAGE_INQUEUE1(m, PQ_CACHE))
 		return;
+	cnt.v_tcached++;
 
 	/*
 	 * Remove all pmaps and indicate that the page is not
diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
index efd5b79945ef..28d45c02c2af 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ fill_vmmeter(struct vmmeter *vmmp)
 		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_reactivated);
 		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_pdwakeups);
 		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_pdpages);
+		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_tcached);
 		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_dfree);
 		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_pfree);
 		GET_VM_STATS(vm, v_tfree);
@@ -721,6 +722,7 @@ dosum(void)
 	(void)printf("%9u pages affected by  fork()\n", sum.v_forkpages);
 	(void)printf("%9u pages affected by vfork()\n", sum.v_vforkpages);
 	(void)printf("%9u pages affected by rfork()\n", sum.v_rforkpages);
+	(void)printf("%9u pages cached\n", sum.v_tcached);
 	(void)printf("%9u pages freed\n", sum.v_tfree);
 	(void)printf("%9u pages freed by daemon\n", sum.v_dfree);
 	(void)printf("%9u pages freed by exiting processes\n", sum.v_pfree);