diff --git a/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go b/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go
index ff28998c44..c6e95f29b9 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go
@@ -40,18 +40,21 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	registerClientMetrics()
-}
-
-// registerClientMetrics sets up the client latency metrics from client-go.
-func registerClientMetrics() {
 	// register the metrics with our registry
 	Registry.MustRegister(requestResult)
+}
 
+// RegisterClientMetrics sets up metrics from client-go.
+// Notice that clientmetrics.Register can only be called once, so only the RegisterOpts from the first call to this
+// function will take effect.
+func RegisterClientMetrics(opts clientmetrics.RegisterOpts) {
+	if opts.RequestResult == nil {
+		opts.RequestResult = &resultAdapter{
+			metric: requestResult,
+		}
+	}
 	// register the metrics with client-go
-	clientmetrics.Register(clientmetrics.RegisterOpts{
-		RequestResult: &resultAdapter{metric: requestResult},
-	})
+	clientmetrics.Register(opts)
 }
 
 // this section contains adapters, implementations, and other sundry organic, artisanally
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/server/server.go b/pkg/metrics/server/server.go
index 5eb0c62a72..5914c8d275 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/server/server.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	clientmetrics "k8s.io/client-go/tools/metrics"
 	certutil "k8s.io/client-go/util/cert"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/certwatcher"
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// endpoint by setting this field to filters.WithAuthenticationAndAuthorization.
 	FilterProvider func(c *rest.Config, httpClient *http.Client) (Filter, error)
 
+	// ClientGoMetricsRegisterOpts contains the options used to register client-go metrics.
+	ClientGoMetricsRegisterOpts clientmetrics.RegisterOpts
+
 	// CertDir is the directory that contains the server key and certificate. Defaults to
 	// <temp-dir>/k8s-metrics-server/serving-certs.
 	//
@@ -138,6 +142,8 @@ func NewServer(o Options, config *rest.Config, httpClient *http.Client) (Server,
 		}
 	}
 
+	metrics.RegisterClientMetrics(o.ClientGoMetricsRegisterOpts)
+
 	return &defaultServer{
 		metricsFilter: metricsFilter,
 		options:       o,