diff --git a/memcached.h b/memcached.h
index 2a03bf124..8cb0794cb 100644
--- a/memcached.h
+++ b/memcached.h
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ struct stats_state {
     uint64_t      curr_bytes;
     uint64_t      curr_conns;
     uint64_t      hash_bytes;       /* size used for hash tables */
+    float         extstore_memory_pressure; /* when extstore might memory evict */
     unsigned int  conn_structs;
     unsigned int  reserved_fds;
     unsigned int  hash_power_level; /* Better hope it's not over 9000 */
diff --git a/slab_automove_extstore.c b/slab_automove_extstore.c
index 948d80448..3a766af0c 100644
--- a/slab_automove_extstore.c
+++ b/slab_automove_extstore.c
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ void slab_automove_extstore_run(void *arg, int *src, int *dst) {
     *src = -1;
     *dst = -1;
 
+    // calculate how much memory pressure extstore is under.
+    // 100% means we need to evict item headers.
+    unsigned int total_low_pages = 0;
+    unsigned int total_high_pages = 0;
+
     unsigned int global_count = 0;
     int global_low = global_pool_check(a, &global_count);
     // fill after structs
@@ -158,6 +163,16 @@ void slab_automove_extstore_run(void *arg, int *src, int *dst) {
         memset(wd, 0, sizeof(struct window_data));
         unsigned int free_target = a->sam_after[n].chunks_per_page * MIN_PAGES_FOR_SOURCE;
 
+        if (small_slab) {
+            total_low_pages += a->sam_after[n].total_pages;
+        } else {
+            unsigned int pages = a->sam_after[n].total_pages;
+            // only include potentially movable pages
+            if (pages > MIN_PAGES_FOR_SOURCE) {
+                total_high_pages += a->sam_after[n].total_pages;
+            }
+        }
+
         // if page delta, oom, or evicted delta, mark window dirty
         // classes marked dirty cannot donate memory back to global pool.
         if (a->iam_after[n].evicted - a->iam_before[n].evicted > 0 ||
@@ -213,6 +228,13 @@ void slab_automove_extstore_run(void *arg, int *src, int *dst) {
         }
     }
 
+    // update the pressure calculation.
+    float total_pages = total_low_pages + total_high_pages + global_count;
+    float memory_pressure = (total_low_pages / total_pages) * 100;
+    STATS_LOCK();
+    stats_state.extstore_memory_pressure = memory_pressure;
+    STATS_UNLOCK();
+
     memcpy(a->iam_before, a->iam_after,
             sizeof(item_stats_automove) * MAX_NUMBER_OF_SLAB_CLASSES);
     memcpy(a->sam_before, a->sam_after,
diff --git a/storage.c b/storage.c
index d4f669374..777e0b231 100644
--- a/storage.c
+++ b/storage.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ void storage_stats(ADD_STAT add_stats, void *c) {
     struct extstore_stats st;
     if (ext_storage) {
         STATS_LOCK();
+        APPEND_STAT("extstore_memory_pressure", "%.2f", stats_state.extstore_memory_pressure);
         APPEND_STAT("extstore_compact_lost", "%llu", (unsigned long long)stats.extstore_compact_lost);
         APPEND_STAT("extstore_compact_rescues", "%llu", (unsigned long long)stats.extstore_compact_rescues);
         APPEND_STAT("extstore_compact_resc_cold", "%llu", (unsigned long long)stats.extstore_compact_resc_cold);