diff --git a/app/metrics.yaml b/app/metrics.yaml
index 58b387e5dae8..16814cef4c94 100644
--- a/app/metrics.yaml
+++ b/app/metrics.yaml
@@ -5101,6 +5101,20 @@ awesomebar:
       - fenix-core@mozilla.com
     expires: "2021-08-01"
 
+home_menu:
+  settings_item_clicked:
+    type: event
+    description: The user clicked the settings option in home menu.
+    bugs:
+      - https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/18856
+    data_reviews:
+      - https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/18856
+    data_sensitivity:
+      - interaction
+    notification_emails:
+      - fenix-core@mozilla.com
+    expires: "2021-10-01"
+
 android_keystore_experiment:
   experiment_failure:
     type: event
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt
index 860a3637e539..01f2c1427d6d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ sealed class Event {
     object SearchSuggestionClicked : Event()
     object OpenedTabSuggestionClicked : Event()
 
+    // Home menu interaction
+    object HomeMenuSettingsItemClicked : Event()
+
     // Interaction events with extras
 
     data class TopSiteSwipeCarousel(val page: Int) : Event() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt
index 45eb024bbfe5..2c3ee37c8336 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.ErrorPage
 import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.Events
 import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.FindInPage
 import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.History
+import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.HomeMenu
 import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.LoginDialog
 import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.Logins
 import org.mozilla.fenix.GleanMetrics.MasterPassword
@@ -809,6 +810,9 @@ private val Event.wrapper: EventWrapper<*>?
         is Event.SecurePrefsReset -> EventWrapper<NoExtraKeys>(
             { AndroidKeystoreExperiment.reset.record(it) }
         )
+        is Event.HomeMenuSettingsItemClicked -> EventWrapper<NoExtraKeys>(
+            { HomeMenu.settingsItemClicked.record(it) }
+        )
 
         // Don't record other events in Glean:
         is Event.AddBookmark -> null
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/HomeFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/HomeFragment.kt
index 531ecb2d76f8..e796021caa5c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/HomeFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/HomeFragment.kt
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ class HomeFragment : Fragment() {
                             R.id.homeFragment,
                             HomeFragmentDirections.actionGlobalSettingsFragment()
                         )
+                        requireComponents.analytics.metrics.track(Event.HomeMenuSettingsItemClicked)
                     }
                     HomeMenu.Item.SyncTabs -> {
                         hideOnboardingIfNeeded()
diff --git a/docs/metrics.md b/docs/metrics.md
index 63602a25b084..f7f97dbe018e 100644
--- a/docs/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/metrics.md
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ In addition to those built-in metrics, the following metrics are added to the pi
 | history.removed |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |A user removed a history item  |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#3940](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/3940), [mozilla-mobile/fenix#15713](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | history.removed_all |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |A user removed all history items  |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#3940](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/3940), [mozilla-mobile/fenix#15713](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | history.shared |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |A user shared a history item  |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#3940](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/3940), [mozilla-mobile/fenix#15713](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
+| home_menu.settings_item_clicked |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |The user clicked the settings option in home menu. |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#18856](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/18856)||2021-10-01 |2 |
 | login_dialog.cancelled |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |The login dialog prompt was cancelled  |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#13050](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/13050)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | login_dialog.displayed |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |The login dialog prompt was displayed  |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#13050](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/13050)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | login_dialog.never_save |[event](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/event.html) |The login dialog prompt "never save" button was pressed  |[mozilla-mobile/fenix#13050](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/13050)||2021-08-01 |2 |