diff --git a/datafusion-cli/src/functions.rs b/datafusion-cli/src/functions.rs
index 7d87e7ed8a7e6..164af2559d2f6 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/src/functions.rs
+++ b/datafusion-cli/src/functions.rs
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ impl TableFunctionImpl for ListFilesCacheFunc {
                 DataType::List(Arc::new(metadata_field.clone())),
                 true,
             ),
+            Field::new("hits", DataType::UInt64, false),
         ]));
 
         let mut table_arr = vec![];
@@ -826,6 +827,7 @@ impl TableFunctionImpl for ListFilesCacheFunc {
         let mut etag_arr = vec![];
         let mut version_arr = vec![];
         let mut offsets: Vec<i32> = vec![0];
+        let mut hits_arr = vec![];
 
         if let Some(list_files_cache) = self.cache_manager.get_list_files_cache() {
             let now = Instant::now();
@@ -851,6 +853,7 @@ impl TableFunctionImpl for ListFilesCacheFunc {
                 }
                 current_offset += entry.value.files.len() as i32;
                 offsets.push(current_offset);
+                hits_arr.push(entry.hits as u64);
             }
         }
 
@@ -882,6 +885,7 @@ impl TableFunctionImpl for ListFilesCacheFunc {
                     Arc::new(struct_arr),
                     None,
                 )),
+                Arc::new(UInt64Array::from(hits_arr)),
             ],
         )?;
 
diff --git a/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs b/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs
index 78d8342020cc2..20a2537d7c10c 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ mod tests {
         .collect()
         .await?;
 
-        let sql = "SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, metadata_list FROM list_files_cache()";
+        let sql = "SELECT metadata_size_bytes, expires_in, metadata_list, hits FROM list_files_cache()";
         let df = ctx
             .sql(sql)
             .await?
@@ -838,16 +838,17 @@ mod tests {
                 "filename",
                 "file_size_bytes",
                 "etag",
+                "hits",
             ])?
             .sort(vec![col("filename").sort(true, false)])?;
         let rbs = df.collect().await?;
         assert_snapshot!(batches_to_string(&rbs),@r"
-        +---------------------+-----------+-----------------+------+
-        | metadata_size_bytes | filename  | file_size_bytes | etag |
-        +---------------------+-----------+-----------------+------+
-        | 212                 | 0.parquet | 3642            | 0    |
-        | 212                 | 1.parquet | 3642            | 1    |
-        +---------------------+-----------+-----------------+------+
+        +---------------------+-----------+-----------------+------+------+
+        | metadata_size_bytes | filename  | file_size_bytes | etag | hits |
+        +---------------------+-----------+-----------------+------+------+
+        | 212                 | 0.parquet | 3642            | 0    | 2    |
+        | 212                 | 1.parquet | 3642            | 1    | 2    |
+        +---------------------+-----------+-----------------+------+------+
         ");
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/cli/functions.md b/docs/source/user-guide/cli/functions.md
index 409661ac822a7..baf054ef5a12c 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/cli/functions.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/cli/functions.md
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ The columns of the returned table are:
 | path                | Utf8         | File path relative to the object store / filesystem root            |
 | metadata_size_bytes | UInt64       | Size of the cached metadata in memory (not its thrift encoded form) |
 | expires_in          | Duration(ms) | Last modified time of the file                                      |
+| hits                | UInt64       | Number of times the cached metadata has been accessed               |
 | metadata_list       | List(Struct) | List of metadatas, one for each file under the path.                |
 
 A metadata struct in the metadata_list contains the following fields: