diff --git a/datadog_cluster_agent/datadog_checks/datadog_cluster_agent/check.py b/datadog_cluster_agent/datadog_checks/datadog_cluster_agent/check.py
index e13153eb6a611..ef33a99bb94b5 100644
--- a/datadog_cluster_agent/datadog_checks/datadog_cluster_agent/check.py
+++ b/datadog_cluster_agent/datadog_checks/datadog_cluster_agent/check.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     'go_goroutines': 'go.goroutines',
     'go_memstats_alloc_bytes': 'go.memstats.alloc_bytes',
     'go_threads': 'go.threads',
+    'leader_election_is_leader': 'leader_election.is_leader',
     'kubernetes_apiserver_emitted_events': 'kubernetes_apiserver.emitted_events',
     'kubernetes_apiserver_kube_events': 'kubernetes_apiserver.kube_events',
     'language_detection_dca_handler_processed_requests': 'language_detection_dca_handler.processed_requests',
diff --git a/datadog_cluster_agent/tests/test_datadog_cluster_agent.py b/datadog_cluster_agent/tests/test_datadog_cluster_agent.py
index d8c915e4ab465..5ee559996586c 100644
--- a/datadog_cluster_agent/tests/test_datadog_cluster_agent.py
+++ b/datadog_cluster_agent/tests/test_datadog_cluster_agent.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     'go.goroutines',
     'go.memstats.alloc_bytes',
     'go.threads',
+    'leader_election.is_leader',
     'kubernetes_apiserver.emitted_events',
     'kubernetes_apiserver.kube_events',
     'language_detection_dca_handler.processed_requests',