diff --git a/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.cc b/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.cc
index caad6f43d1..599cdacd5b 100644
--- a/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.cc
+++ b/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "rtc_base/logging.h"
 #include "rtc_base/string_utils.h"
 #include "rtc_base/win32.h"
+#include "system_wrappers/include/metrics.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
 
@@ -146,6 +147,30 @@ bool DxgiOutputDuplicator::ReleaseFrame() {
   return true;
 }
 
+void DxgiOutputDuplicator::LogMouseCursor(
+    const DXGI_OUTDUPL_FRAME_INFO& frame_info) {
+  // Ignore cases when the mouse shape has changed and not the position.
+  const bool new_pointer_shape = (frame_info.PointerShapeBufferSize != 0);
+  if (new_pointer_shape)
+    return;
+
+  // The mouse cursor has moved and we can now query if the mouse pointer is
+  // drawn onto the desktop image or not to decide if we must draw the mouse
+  // pointer shape onto the desktop image (always done by default currently).
+  // Either the mouse pointer is already drawn onto the desktop image that
+  // IDXGIOutputDuplication::AcquireNextFrame provides or the mouse pointer is
+  // separate from the desktop image. If the mouse pointer is drawn onto the
+  // desktop image, the pointer position data that is reported by
+  // AcquireNextFrame indicates that a separate pointer isn’t visible, hence
+  // `frame_info.PointerPosition.Visible` is false.
+  // TODO(http://crbug.com/1421656): evaluate this UMA and possibly call
+  // set_may_contain_cursor(cursor_embedded_in_frame) on the captured frame to
+  // avoid rendering the cursor twice.
+  const bool cursor_embedded_in_frame = !frame_info.PointerPosition.Visible;
+  RTC_HISTOGRAM_BOOLEAN("WebRTC.DesktopCapture.Win.DirectXCursorEmbedded",
+                        cursor_embedded_in_frame);
+}
+
 bool DxgiOutputDuplicator::Duplicate(Context* context,
                                      DesktopVector offset,
                                      SharedDesktopFrame* target) {
@@ -169,6 +194,13 @@ bool DxgiOutputDuplicator::Duplicate(Context* context,
     return false;
   }
 
+  // The DXGI_OUTDUPL_POINTER_POSITION structure that describes the most recent
+  // mouse position is only valid if the LastMouseUpdateTime member is a non-
+  // zero value.
+  if (frame_info.LastMouseUpdateTime.QuadPart != 0) {
+    LogMouseCursor(frame_info);
+  }
+
   // We need to merge updated region with the one from context, but only spread
   // updated region from current frame. So keeps a copy of updated region from
   // context here. The `updated_region` always starts from (0, 0).
diff --git a/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.h b/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.h
index df15fe566e..c44c9f2982 100644
--- a/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.h
+++ b/modules/desktop_capture/win/dxgi_output_duplicator.h
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ class DxgiOutputDuplicator {
   bool DoDetectUpdatedRegion(const DXGI_OUTDUPL_FRAME_INFO& frame_info,
                              DesktopRegion* updated_region);
 
+  // Adds boolean WebRTC.DesktopCapture.Win.DirectXCursorEmbedded UMA stat which
+  // contains true if the mouse cursor is embedded in the captured frame and
+  // false if not.
+  void LogMouseCursor(const DXGI_OUTDUPL_FRAME_INFO& frame_info);
+
   bool ReleaseFrame();
 
   // Initializes duplication_ instance. Expects duplication_ is in empty status.