diff --git a/examples/05-advanced-nodegroups.yaml b/examples/05-advanced-nodegroups.yaml
index d84e9b1806b..0fb03d8632c 100644
--- a/examples/05-advanced-nodegroups.yaml
+++ b/examples/05-advanced-nodegroups.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # An advanced example of ClusterConfig object with customised nodegroups:
---- 
+---
 apiVersion: eksctl.io/v1alpha5
 kind: ClusterConfig
 
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ nodeGroups:
       nodegroup-type: very-special-science-workloads
     classicLoadBalancerNames:
       - ng3-classic-load-balancer
+    asgMetricsCollection:
+      - granularity: 1Minute
+        metrics:
+          - GroupMinSize
+          - GroupMaxSize
     taints:
       special: "true:NoSchedule"
     privateNetworking: true
diff --git a/pkg/cfn/builder/api_test.go b/pkg/cfn/builder/api_test.go
index 3a24521bfb0..501694f253a 100644
--- a/pkg/cfn/builder/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cfn/builder/api_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ type Properties struct {
 	VPCZoneIdentifier interface{}
 
 	LoadBalancerNames                 []string
+	MetricsCollection                 []interface{}
 	TargetGroupARNs                   []string
 	DesiredCapacity, MinSize, MaxSize string
 
@@ -771,7 +772,15 @@ var _ = Describe("CloudFormation template builder API", func() {
 
 	Context("NodeGroupAutoScaling", func() {
 		cfg, ng := newClusterConfigAndNodegroup(true)
-
+		ng.ASGMetricsCollection = []api.MetricsCollection{
+			{
+				Granularity: "1Minute",
+				Metrics: []string{
+					"GroupMinSize",
+					"GroupMaxSize",
+				},
+			},
+		}
 		ng.ClassicLoadBalancerNames = []string{"clb-1", "clb-2"}
 		ng.TargetGroupARNs = []string{"tg-arn-1", "tg-arn-2"}
 
@@ -876,6 +885,30 @@ var _ = Describe("CloudFormation template builder API", func() {
 			Expect(ng.Properties.LoadBalancerNames).To(Equal([]string{"clb-1", "clb-2"}))
 		})
 
+		It("should have metrics collections set", func() {
+			Expect(ngTemplate.Resources).To(HaveKey("NodeGroup"))
+			ng := ngTemplate.Resources["NodeGroup"]
+			Expect(ng).ToNot(BeNil())
+			Expect(ng.Properties).ToNot(BeNil())
+
+			Expect(ng.Properties.MetricsCollection).ToNot(BeEmpty())
+			var metricsCollection map[string]interface{} = ng.Properties.MetricsCollection[0].(map[string]interface{})
+			// Expect(ng.Properties.MetricsCollection[0].(interface{})).To(HaveKeyWithValue("granularity", "1Minute"))
+			Expect(metricsCollection).To(HaveKey("granularity"))
+			Expect(metricsCollection).To(HaveKey("metrics"))
+			Expect(metricsCollection["granularity"]).To(Equal("1Minute"))
+			Expect(metricsCollection["metrics"]).To(ContainElement("GroupMinSize"))
+			Expect(metricsCollection["metrics"]).To(ContainElement("GroupMaxSize"))
+
+			// To(Equal(map[string]interface{}{
+			// 	granularity: "1Minute",
+			// 	metrics:     []string{"GroupMinSize", "GroupMaxSize"},
+			// }))
+
+			// Expect(ng.Properties.MetricsCollection[0].(interface{})).
+			// To(HaveKeyWithValue("metrics", []string{"GroupMinSize", "GroupMaxSize"}))
+		})
+
 		It("should have target groups ARNs set", func() {
 			Expect(ngTemplate.Resources).To(HaveKey("NodeGroup"))
 			ng := ngTemplate.Resources["NodeGroup"]
diff --git a/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup_test.go b/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ea17b52c620..00000000000
--- a/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-package builder
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/awslabs/goformation/v4"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	api "github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5"
-)
-
-
-newClusterConfig := func(clusterName string) *api.ClusterConfig {
-	cfg := api.NewClusterConfig()
-
-	cfg.Metadata.Region = "us-west-2"
-	cfg.Metadata.Name = clusterName
-	cfg.AvailabilityZones = testAZs
-
-	*cfg.VPC.CIDR = api.DefaultCIDR()
-
-	return cfg
-}
-
-func TestMetricsEnabledASG(t *testing.T) {
-
-	ng := cfg.NewNodeGroup()
-	ng.InstanceType = "t2.medium"
-	ng.AMIFamily = "AmazonLinux2"
-	ng.ASGMetricsCollection = []api.MetricsCollection{
-		{
-			Granularity: "1Minute",
-			Metrics: []string{
-				"GroupMinSize",
-				"GroupMaxSize",
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func TestManagedNodeRole(t *testing.T) {
-	nodeRoleTests := []struct {
-		description         string
-		nodeGroup           *api.ManagedNodeGroup
-		expectedNewRole     bool
-		expectedNodeRoleARN string
-	}{
-		{
-			description: "InstanceRoleARN is not provided",
-			nodeGroup: &api.ManagedNodeGroup{
-				ScalingConfig: &api.ScalingConfig{},
-				SSH: &api.NodeGroupSSH{
-					Allow: api.Disabled(),
-				},
-				IAM: &api.NodeGroupIAM{},
-			},
-			expectedNewRole:     true,
-			expectedNodeRoleARN: fmt.Sprintf("\"Fn::GetAtt\":\"%s.Arn\"", cfnIAMInstanceRoleName), // creating new role
-		},
-		{
-			description: "InstanceRoleARN is provided",
-			nodeGroup: &api.ManagedNodeGroup{
-				ScalingConfig: &api.ScalingConfig{},
-				SSH: &api.NodeGroupSSH{
-					Allow: api.Disabled(),
-				},
-				IAM: &api.NodeGroupIAM{
-					InstanceRoleARN: "arn::DUMMY::DUMMYROLE",
-				},
-			},
-			expectedNewRole:     false,
-			expectedNodeRoleARN: "arn::DUMMY::DUMMYROLE", // using the provided role
-		},
-	}
-
-	for i, tt := range nodeRoleTests {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d: %s", i, tt.description), func(t *testing.T) {
-			stack := NewManagedNodeGroup(api.NewClusterConfig(), tt.nodeGroup, "iam-test")
-			err := stack.AddAllResources()
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-			bytes, err := stack.RenderJSON()
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-			template, err := goformation.ParseJSON(bytes)
-			assert.Contains(t, string(bytes), tt.expectedNodeRoleARN)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			_, ok := template.GetAllIAMRoleResources()[cfnIAMInstanceRoleName]
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedNewRole, ok)
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/userdocs/src/usage/eks-managed-nodes.md b/userdocs/src/usage/eks-managed-nodes.md
index 5e5b1db4009..1f2dd8d67a9 100644
--- a/userdocs/src/usage/eks-managed-nodes.md
+++ b/userdocs/src/usage/eks-managed-nodes.md
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ the provisioned Autoscaling Group like in unmanaged nodegroups.
 - Control over the node bootstrapping process and customization of the kubelet are not supported. This includes the
 following fields: `classicLoadBalancerNames`, `maxPodsPerNode`, `taints`, `targetGroupARNs`, `preBootstrapCommands`, `overrideBootstrapCommand`,
 `clusterDNS` and `kubeletExtraConfig`.
+- No support for enabling metrics on AutoScalingGroups using `asgMetricsCollection`
 
 ## Note for eksctl versions below 0.12.0
 - For clusters upgraded from EKS 1.13 to EKS 1.14, managed nodegroups will not be able to communicate with unmanaged
diff --git a/userdocs/src/usage/managing-nodegroups.md b/userdocs/src/usage/managing-nodegroups.md
index 72810d4d5bd..7ed295848a1 100644
--- a/userdocs/src/usage/managing-nodegroups.md
+++ b/userdocs/src/usage/managing-nodegroups.md
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ nodeGroups:
     classicLoadBalancerNames:
       - dev-clb-1
       - dev-clb-2
+    asgMetricsCollection:
+      - granularity: 1Minute
+        metrics:
+          - GroupMinSize
+          - GroupMaxSize
   - name: ng-2-api
     labels: { role: api }
     instanceType: m5.2xlarge