diff --git a/.changeset/popular-items-admire.md b/.changeset/popular-items-admire.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78bdcc6917a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-items-admire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+#internal add metric for workflow execution start
diff --git a/core/services/workflows/monitoring/monitoring.go b/core/services/workflows/monitoring/monitoring.go
index fd3e57357ab..1ccd1c1bc1f 100644
--- a/core/services/workflows/monitoring/monitoring.go
+++ b/core/services/workflows/monitoring/monitoring.go
@@ -37,15 +37,17 @@ type EngineMetrics struct {
 	engineHeartbeatCounter metric.Int64Counter
 	engineHeartbeatGauge   metric.Int64Gauge
 
-	workflowCompletedDurationSeconds  metric.Int64Histogram
-	workflowEarlyExitDurationSeconds  metric.Int64Histogram
-	workflowErrorDurationSeconds      metric.Int64Histogram
-	workflowTimeoutDurationSeconds    metric.Int64Histogram
-	workflowStepDurationSeconds       metric.Int64Histogram
+	workflowCompletedDurationSeconds   metric.Int64Histogram
+	workflowEarlyExitDurationSeconds   metric.Int64Histogram
+	workflowErrorDurationSeconds       metric.Int64Histogram
+	workflowTimeoutDurationSeconds     metric.Int64Histogram
+	workflowStepDurationSeconds        metric.Int64Histogram
 	capabilityExecutionDurationSeconds metric.Int64Histogram
-	workflowMissingMeteringReport     metric.Int64Counter
-	workflowMeteringMode              metric.Int64Gauge
+	workflowMissingMeteringReport      metric.Int64Counter
+	workflowMeteringMode               metric.Int64Gauge
+
 	workflowExecutionFailedCounter    metric.Int64Counter
+	workflowExecutionStartedCounter   metric.Int64Counter
 	workflowExecutionSucceededCounter metric.Int64Counter
 
 	getSecretsDuration metric.Int64Histogram
@@ -136,6 +138,11 @@ func InitMonitoringResources() (em *EngineMetrics, err error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to register workflow trigger event queue full counter: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	em.workflowExecutionStartedCounter, err = beholder.GetMeter().Int64Counter("platform_engine_workflow_execution_started_count")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to register workflow execution started counter: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	em.workflowExecutionFailedCounter, err = beholder.GetMeter().Int64Counter("platform_engine_workflow_execution_failed_count")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to register workflow execution failed counter: %w", err)
@@ -432,3 +439,8 @@ func (c WorkflowsMetricLabeler) IncrementWorkflowExecutionSucceededCounter(ctx c
 	otelLabels := beholder.OtelAttributes(c.Labels).AsStringAttributes()
 	c.em.workflowExecutionSucceededCounter.Add(ctx, 1, metric.WithAttributes(otelLabels...))
 }
+
+func (c WorkflowsMetricLabeler) IncrementWorkflowExecutionStartedCounter(ctx context.Context) {
+	otelLabels := beholder.OtelAttributes(c.Labels).AsStringAttributes()
+	c.em.workflowExecutionStartedCounter.Add(ctx, 1, metric.WithAttributes(otelLabels...))
+}
diff --git a/core/services/workflows/v2/engine.go b/core/services/workflows/v2/engine.go
index 3aa4e4af1fd..59afd484eda 100644
--- a/core/services/workflows/v2/engine.go
+++ b/core/services/workflows/v2/engine.go
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ func (e *Engine) startExecution(ctx context.Context, wrappedTriggerEvent enqueue
 	startTime := e.cfg.Clock.Now()
 	executionLogger.Infow("Workflow execution starting ...")
 	_ = events.EmitExecutionStartedEvent(ctx, e.loggerLabels, triggerEvent.ID, executionID)
+	e.metrics.With("workflowID", e.cfg.WorkflowID, "workflowName", e.cfg.WorkflowName.String()).IncrementWorkflowExecutionStartedCounter(ctx)
 	var executionStatus string // store.StatusStarted
 
 	var timeProvider TimeProvider = &types.LocalTimeProvider{}