diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-runners.ts b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-runners.ts
index f41235b6ab..07e529903b 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-runners.ts
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-runners.ts
@@ -514,3 +514,33 @@ export async function createRegistrationTokenOrg(
     throw e;
   }
 }
+
+export async function getGitHubRateLimit(repo: Repo, installationId: number, metrics: Metrics): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const { used, limit, remaining } = await locallyCached('ghRunners', 'getGitHubRateLimit', 10, async () => {
+      try {
+        const client = await createGitHubClientForRunnerRepo(repo, metrics);
+
+        const rateLimit = await expBackOff(() => {
+          return metrics.trackRequest(metrics.getGitHubRateLimitSuccess, metrics.getGitHubRateLimitFailure, () => {
+            return client.rateLimit.get();
+          });
+        });
+
+        const limit = Number(rateLimit.headers['x-ratelimit-limit']);
+        const remaining = Number(rateLimit.headers['x-ratelimit-remaining']);
+        const used = Number(rateLimit.headers['x-ratelimit-used']);
+
+        return { used, limit, remaining };
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(`[getGitHubRateLimit]: <anonymous> ${e}`);
+        throw e;
+      }
+    });
+
+    metrics.gitHubRateLimitStats(limit, remaining, used);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(`[getGitHubRateLimit]: ${e}`);
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/metrics.ts b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/metrics.ts
index d156f896ce..64c5998919 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/metrics.ts
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/metrics.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,29 @@ export class Metrics {
   }
 
   // GitHub API CALLS
+  /* istanbul ignore next */
+  getGitHubRateLimitSuccess(ms: number) {
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.total`, 1);
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.getGitHubRateLimit.count`, 1);
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.getGitHubRateLimit.success`, 1);
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.getGitHubRateLimit.wallclock`, ms);
+  }
+
+  /* istanbul ignore next */
+  getGitHubRateLimitFailure(ms: number) {
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.total`, 1);
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.getGitHubRateLimit.count`, 1);
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.getGitHubRateLimit.failure`, 1);
+    this.countEntry(`gh.calls.getGitHubRateLimit.wallclock`, ms);
+  }
+
+  /* istanbul ignore next */
+  gitHubRateLimitStats(limit: number, remaining: number, used: number) {
+    this.addEntry(`gh.calls.ratelimit.limit`, limit);
+    this.addEntry(`gh.calls.ratelimit.remaining`, remaining);
+    this.addEntry(`gh.calls.ratelimit.used`, used);
+  }
+
   /* istanbul ignore next */
   createAppAuthGHCallSuccess(ms: number) {
     this.countEntry(`gh.calls.total`, 1);
diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts
index 1964c0c032..132c46bbf4 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   getRunnerTypes,
   listGithubRunnersOrg,
   listGithubRunnersRepo,
+  getGitHubRateLimit,
 } from './gh-runners';
 
 import { Config } from './config';
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ export async function scaleUp(
   metrics.runRepo(repo);
   metrics.run();
 
+  getGitHubRateLimit(repo, Number(payload.installationId), metrics);
+
   const runnerTypes = await getRunnerTypes(
     {
       owner: repo.owner,