diff --git a/metrics/gprc.go b/metrics/gprc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33875054b64a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/gprc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2019 PingCAP, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics
+
+import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+// Metrics to monitor gRPC service
+var (
+	GRPCConnTransientFailureCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "tidb",
+			Subsystem: "grpc",
+			Name:      "connection_transient_failure_count",
+			Help:      "Counter of gRPC connection transient failure",
+		}, []string{LblAddress, LblStore})
+)
diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index bc1291fb30805..5a43c4168f03c 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -150,4 +150,5 @@ func RegisterMetrics() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVBatchClientUnavailable)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVRangeTaskStats)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVRangeTaskPushDuration)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(GRPCConnTransientFailureCounter)
 }
diff --git a/metrics/session.go b/metrics/session.go
index 0ea3548547986..4e7559400bc60 100644
--- a/metrics/session.go
+++ b/metrics/session.go
@@ -112,4 +112,6 @@ const (
 	LblSQLType     = "sql_type"
 	LblGeneral     = "general"
 	LblInternal    = "internal"
+	LblStore       = "store"
+	LblAddress     = "address"
 )
diff --git a/metrics/tikvclient.go b/metrics/tikvclient.go
index f4cb704f7d38a..ce6be01ce596d 100644
--- a/metrics/tikvclient.go
+++ b/metrics/tikvclient.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var (
 			Name:      "request_seconds",
 			Help:      "Bucketed histogram of sending request duration.",
 			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.0005, 2, 20), // 0.5ms ~ 524s
-		}, []string{LblType, "store"})
+		}, []string{LblType, LblStore})
 
 	TiKVCoprocessorHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogram(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
diff --git a/store/tikv/client.go b/store/tikv/client.go
index 6a483ba3ae8f8..c263648903a64 100644
--- a/store/tikv/client.go
+++ b/store/tikv/client.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/tikvrpc"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/logutil"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/connectivity"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive"
 )
@@ -288,14 +289,19 @@ func (c *rpcClient) SendRequest(ctx context.Context, addr string, req *tikvrpc.R
 		}
 	}
 
+	clientConn := connArray.Get()
+	if state := clientConn.GetState(); state == connectivity.TransientFailure {
+		metrics.GRPCConnTransientFailureCounter.WithLabelValues(addr, storeID).Inc()
+	}
+
 	if req.IsDebugReq() {
-		client := debugpb.NewDebugClient(connArray.Get())
+		client := debugpb.NewDebugClient(clientConn)
 		ctx1, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 		defer cancel()
 		return tikvrpc.CallDebugRPC(ctx1, client, req)
 	}
 
-	client := tikvpb.NewTikvClient(connArray.Get())
+	client := tikvpb.NewTikvClient(clientConn)
 
 	if req.Type != tikvrpc.CmdCopStream {
 		ctx1, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)