diff --git a/Source/santad/BUILD b/Source/santad/BUILD
index 982fd50f5..02c149f12 100644
--- a/Source/santad/BUILD
+++ b/Source/santad/BUILD
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ objc_library(
         "//Source/common:Platform",
         "//Source/common:SNTCommonEnums",
         "//Source/common:SNTConfigurator",
+        "//Source/common:SNTMetricSet",
         "//Source/common:SantaCache",
         "//Source/common:SantaVnode",
         "//Source/common:SantaVnodeHash",
diff --git a/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm b/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm
index b3f22de3d..78e8f21b8 100644
--- a/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm
+++ b/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "Source/common/Platform.h"
 #import "Source/common/SNTCommonEnums.h"
 #import "Source/common/SNTConfigurator.h"
+#import "Source/common/SNTMetricSet.h"
 #include "Source/common/SantaCache.h"
 #include "Source/common/SantaVnode.h"
 #include "Source/common/SantaVnodeHash.h"
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ void PopulatePathTargets(const Message &msg, std::vector<PathTarget> &targets) {
 @interface SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer ()
 @property SNTDecisionCache *decisionCache;
 @property bool isSubscribed;
+@property SNTMetricBooleanGauge *famEnabled;
 @end
 
 @implementation SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer {
@@ -218,6 +220,11 @@ @implementation SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer {
 
     _decisionCache = decisionCache;
 
+    _famEnabled = [[SNTMetricSet sharedInstance]
+      booleanGaugeWithName:@"/santa/fam_enabled"
+                fieldNames:@[]
+                  helpText:@"Whether or not the FAM client is enabled"];
+
     [self establishClientOrDie];
 
     [super enableTargetPathWatching];
@@ -522,7 +529,10 @@ - (void)enable {
 #endif
 
   if (!self.isSubscribed) {
-    self.isSubscribed = [super subscribe:events];
+    if ([super subscribe:events]) {
+      self.isSubscribed = true;
+      [self.famEnabled set:YES forFieldValues:@[]];
+    }
   }
 
   // Always clear cache to ensure operations that were previously allowed are re-evaluated.
@@ -533,6 +543,7 @@ - (void)disable {
   if (self.isSubscribed) {
     if ([super unsubscribeAll]) {
       self.isSubscribed = false;
+      [self.famEnabled set:NO forFieldValues:@[]];
     }
     [super unmuteEverything];
   }