diff --git a/pkg/infra/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/infra/metrics/metrics.go
index f98512f8b99..551d8da8f5a 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ var (
 	// MAccessPermissionsCacheUsage is a metric counter for cache usage
 	MAccessPermissionsCacheUsage *prometheus.CounterVec
 
+	// MAccessSearchUserPermissionsCacheUsage is a metric counter for cache usage
+	MAccessSearchUserPermissionsCacheUsage *prometheus.CounterVec
+
 	// MPublicDashboardRequestCount is a metric counter for public dashboards requests
 	MPublicDashboardRequestCount prometheus.Counter
 
@@ -648,6 +651,12 @@ func init() {
 		Namespace: ExporterName,
 	}, []string{"status"}, map[string][]string{"status": accesscontrol.CacheUsageStatuses})
 
+	MAccessSearchUserPermissionsCacheUsage = metricutil.NewCounterVecStartingAtZero(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name:      "access_search_user_permissions_cache_usage",
+		Help:      "access control search user permissions cache hit/miss",
+		Namespace: ExporterName,
+	}, []string{"status"}, map[string][]string{"status": accesscontrol.CacheUsageStatuses})
+
 	StatsTotalLibraryPanels = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Name:      "stat_totals_library_panels",
 		Help:      "total amount of library panels in the database",
@@ -768,6 +777,7 @@ func initMetricVars(reg prometheus.Registerer) {
 		MAccessSearchPermissionsSummary,
 		MAccessEvaluationCount,
 		MAccessPermissionsCacheUsage,
+		MAccessSearchUserPermissionsCacheUsage,
 		MAlertingActiveAlerts,
 		MStatTotalDashboards,
 		MStatTotalFolders,
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/service.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/service.go
index cd10de3246f..cfe5de6932c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/acimpl/service.go
@@ -407,9 +407,12 @@ func (s *Service) searchUserPermissionsFromCache(orgID int64, searchOptions acce
 	key := permissionCacheKey(tempUser)
 	permissions, ok := s.cache.Get((key))
 	if !ok {
+		metrics.MAccessSearchUserPermissionsCacheUsage.WithLabelValues(accesscontrol.CacheMiss).Inc()
 		return nil, false
 	}
 
+	metrics.MAccessSearchUserPermissionsCacheUsage.WithLabelValues(accesscontrol.CacheHit).Inc()
+
 	s.log.Debug("Using cached permissions", "key", key)
 	filteredPermissions := make([]accesscontrol.Permission, 0)
 	for _, permission := range permissions.([]accesscontrol.Permission) {