diff --git a/crates/cli/src/telemetry/tokio.rs b/crates/cli/src/telemetry/tokio.rs
index 3954d1c50..49c7ac0ef 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/telemetry/tokio.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/telemetry/tokio.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ pub fn observe(metrics: RuntimeMetrics) {
             .build();
     }
 
-    #[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
     {
         let metrics = metrics.clone();
         METER
@@ -144,6 +143,19 @@ pub fn observe(metrics: RuntimeMetrics) {
             .build();
     }
 
+    #[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
+    {
+        let metrics = metrics.clone();
+        METER
+            .u64_observable_counter("tokio_runtime.spawned_tasks_count")
+            .with_description("The number of tasks spawned in this runtime since it was created.")
+            .with_unit("{task}")
+            .with_callback(move |instrument| {
+                instrument.observe(metrics.spawned_tasks_count(), &[]);
+            })
+            .build();
+    }
+
     #[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
     {
         let metrics = metrics.clone();
@@ -163,7 +175,6 @@ pub fn observe(metrics: RuntimeMetrics) {
             .build();
     }
 
-    #[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
     {
         let metrics = metrics.clone();
         METER
@@ -247,7 +258,6 @@ pub fn observe(metrics: RuntimeMetrics) {
             .build();
     }
 
-    #[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
     {
         let metrics = metrics.clone();
         METER
@@ -416,7 +426,6 @@ pub fn observe(metrics: RuntimeMetrics) {
 }
 
 /// Helper to construct a [`KeyValue`] with the worker index.
-#[allow(dead_code)]
 fn worker_idx(i: usize) -> KeyValue {
     KeyValue::new("worker_idx", i.try_into().unwrap_or(i64::MAX))
 }