diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
index 1af06d8fc..fc9f515f5 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilsets "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
@@ -232,6 +233,16 @@ const (
 	MutatingKind = "mutating"
 )
 
+const (
+	// deprecatedAnnotationKey is a key for an audit annotation set to
+	// "true" on requests made to deprecated API versions
+	deprecatedAnnotationKey = "k8s.io/deprecated"
+	// removedReleaseAnnotationKey is a key for an audit annotation set to
+	// the target removal release, in "<major>.<minor>" format,
+	// on requests made to deprecated API versions with a target removal release
+	removedReleaseAnnotationKey = "k8s.io/removed-release"
+)
+
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
 
 // Register all metrics.
@@ -315,6 +326,10 @@ func MonitorRequest(req *http.Request, verb, group, version, resource, subresour
 	requestCounter.WithLabelValues(reportedVerb, dryRun, group, version, resource, subresource, scope, component, cleanContentType, codeToString(httpCode)).Inc()
 	if deprecated {
 		deprecatedRequestGauge.WithLabelValues(group, version, resource, subresource, removedRelease).Set(1)
+		audit.AddAuditAnnotation(req.Context(), deprecatedAnnotationKey, "true")
+		if len(removedRelease) > 0 {
+			audit.AddAuditAnnotation(req.Context(), removedReleaseAnnotationKey, removedRelease)
+		}
 	}
 	requestLatencies.WithLabelValues(reportedVerb, dryRun, group, version, resource, subresource, scope, component).Observe(elapsedSeconds)
 	// We are only interested in response sizes of read requests.