diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 6f5d4d9d5..a7713c24c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 * Added new option -- verify_checksums_in_compaction
 * Chagned Options.prefix_extractor from raw pointer to shared_ptr (take ownership)
   Changed HashSkipListRepFactory and HashLinkListRepFactory constructor to not take SliceTransform object (use Options.prefix_extractor implicitly)
+* Added Env::GetThreadPoolQueueLen(), which returns the waiting queue length of thread pools
 
 ### New Features
 * If we find one truncated record at the end of the MANIFEST or WAL files,
diff --git a/hdfs/env_hdfs.h b/hdfs/env_hdfs.h
index 17d8fcb2b..303cd81cf 100644
--- a/hdfs/env_hdfs.h
+++ b/hdfs/env_hdfs.h
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ class HdfsEnv : public Env {
 
   virtual void WaitForJoin() { posixEnv->WaitForJoin(); }
 
+  virtual unsigned int GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Priority pri = LOW) const
+      override {
+    return posixEnv->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(pri);
+  }
+
   virtual Status GetTestDirectory(std::string* path) {
     return posixEnv->GetTestDirectory(path);
   }
@@ -292,6 +297,10 @@ class HdfsEnv : public Env {
 
   virtual void WaitForJoin() {}
 
+  virtual unsigned int GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Priority pri = LOW) const {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   virtual Status GetTestDirectory(std::string* path) {return notsup;}
 
   virtual uint64_t NowMicros() {return 0;}
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/env.h b/include/rocksdb/env.h
index c96a659fe..16eb16440 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/env.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/env.h
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ class Env {
   // Wait for all threads started by StartThread to terminate.
   virtual void WaitForJoin() = 0;
 
+  // Get thread pool queue length for specific thrad pool.
+  virtual unsigned int GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Priority pri = LOW) const {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   // *path is set to a temporary directory that can be used for testing. It may
   // or many not have just been created. The directory may or may not differ
   // between runs of the same process, but subsequent calls will return the
@@ -702,6 +707,9 @@ class EnvWrapper : public Env {
     return target_->StartThread(f, a);
   }
   void WaitForJoin() { return target_->WaitForJoin(); }
+  virtual unsigned int GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Priority pri = LOW) const {
+    return target_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(pri);
+  }
   virtual Status GetTestDirectory(std::string* path) {
     return target_->GetTestDirectory(path);
   }
diff --git a/util/env_posix.cc b/util/env_posix.cc
index e019d6af0..89d8df68d 100644
--- a/util/env_posix.cc
+++ b/util/env_posix.cc
@@ -1206,6 +1206,8 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
 
   virtual void WaitForJoin();
 
+  virtual unsigned int GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Priority pri = LOW) const override;
+
   virtual Status GetTestDirectory(std::string* result) {
     const char* env = getenv("TEST_TMPDIR");
     if (env && env[0] != '\0') {
@@ -1370,12 +1372,12 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
 
   class ThreadPool {
    public:
-
-    ThreadPool() :
-        total_threads_limit_(1),
-        bgthreads_(0),
-        queue_(),
-        exit_all_threads_(false) {
+    ThreadPool()
+        : total_threads_limit_(1),
+          bgthreads_(0),
+          queue_(),
+          queue_len_(0),
+          exit_all_threads_(false) {
       PthreadCall("mutex_init", pthread_mutex_init(&mu_, nullptr));
       PthreadCall("cvar_init", pthread_cond_init(&bgsignal_, nullptr));
     }
@@ -1405,6 +1407,7 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
         void (*function)(void*) = queue_.front().function;
         void* arg = queue_.front().arg;
         queue_.pop_front();
+        queue_len_.store(queue_.size(), std::memory_order_relaxed);
 
         PthreadCall("unlock", pthread_mutex_unlock(&mu_));
         (*function)(arg);
@@ -1459,6 +1462,7 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
       queue_.push_back(BGItem());
       queue_.back().function = function;
       queue_.back().arg = arg;
+      queue_len_.store(queue_.size(), std::memory_order_relaxed);
 
       // always wake up at least one waiting thread.
       PthreadCall("signal", pthread_cond_signal(&bgsignal_));
@@ -1466,6 +1470,10 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
       PthreadCall("unlock", pthread_mutex_unlock(&mu_));
     }
 
+    unsigned int GetQueueLen() const {
+      return queue_len_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    }
+
    private:
     // Entry per Schedule() call
     struct BGItem { void* arg; void (*function)(void*); };
@@ -1476,6 +1484,7 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
     int total_threads_limit_;
     std::vector<pthread_t> bgthreads_;
     BGQueue queue_;
+    std::atomic_uint queue_len_;  // Queue length. Used for stats reporting
     bool exit_all_threads_;
   };
 
@@ -1498,6 +1507,11 @@ void PosixEnv::Schedule(void (*function)(void*), void* arg, Priority pri) {
   thread_pools_[pri].Schedule(function, arg);
 }
 
+unsigned int PosixEnv::GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Priority pri) const {
+  assert(pri >= Priority::LOW && pri <= Priority::HIGH);
+  return thread_pools_[pri].GetQueueLen();
+}
+
 namespace {
 struct StartThreadState {
   void (*user_function)(void*);
diff --git a/util/env_test.cc b/util/env_test.cc
index a442e3a5c..e17027a39 100644
--- a/util/env_test.cc
+++ b/util/env_test.cc
@@ -172,17 +172,30 @@ TEST(EnvPosixTest, TwoPools) {
   env_->SetBackgroundThreads(kLowPoolSize);
   env_->SetBackgroundThreads(kHighPoolSize, Env::Priority::HIGH);
 
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Env::Priority::LOW));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Env::Priority::HIGH));
+
   // schedule same number of jobs in each pool
   for (int i = 0; i < kJobs; i++) {
     env_->Schedule(&CB::Run, &low_pool_job);
     env_->Schedule(&CB::Run, &high_pool_job, Env::Priority::HIGH);
   }
+  // Wait a short while for the jobs to be dispatched.
+  Env::Default()->SleepForMicroseconds(kDelayMicros);
+  ASSERT_EQ(kJobs - kLowPoolSize, env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen());
+  ASSERT_EQ(kJobs - kLowPoolSize,
+            env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Env::Priority::LOW));
+  ASSERT_EQ(kJobs - kHighPoolSize,
+            env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Env::Priority::HIGH));
 
   // wait for all jobs to finish
   while (low_pool_job.NumFinished() < kJobs ||
          high_pool_job.NumFinished() < kJobs) {
     env_->SleepForMicroseconds(kDelayMicros);
   }
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Env::Priority::LOW));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, env_->GetThreadPoolQueueLen(Env::Priority::HIGH));
 }
 
 bool IsSingleVarint(const std::string& s) {