diff --git a/doc/api/v8.md b/doc/api/v8.md
index 9949720cf68b78..ab5950dda62c6a 100644
--- a/doc/api/v8.md
+++ b/doc/api/v8.md
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ Returns an object with the following properties:
 * `malloced_memory` {number}
 * `peak_malloced_memory` {number}
 * `does_zap_garbage` {number}
+* `number_of_native_contexts` {number}
+* `number_of_detached_contexts` {number}
+
 
 `does_zap_garbage` is a 0/1 boolean, which signifies whether the
 `--zap_code_space` option is enabled or not. This makes V8 overwrite heap
@@ -138,6 +141,14 @@ garbage with a bit pattern. The RSS footprint (resident memory set) gets bigger
 because it continuously touches all heap pages and that makes them less likely
 to get swapped out by the operating system.
 
+`number_of_native_contexts` The value of native_context is the number of the
+top-level contexts currently active. Increase of this number over time indicates
+a memory leak.
+
+`number_of_detached_contexts` The value of detached_context is the number
+of contexts that were detached and not yet garbage collected. This number
+being non-zero indicates a potential memory leak.
+
 <!-- eslint-skip -->
 ```js
 {
@@ -149,7 +160,9 @@ to get swapped out by the operating system.
   heap_size_limit: 1535115264,
   malloced_memory: 16384,
   peak_malloced_memory: 1127496,
-  does_zap_garbage: 0
+  does_zap_garbage: 0,
+  number_of_native_contexts: 1,
+  number_of_detached_contexts: 0
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/v8.js b/lib/v8.js
index 2bede41291a947..cbb8229c7dd914 100644
--- a/lib/v8.js
+++ b/lib/v8.js
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ const {
   kSpaceSizeIndex,
   kSpaceUsedSizeIndex,
   kSpaceAvailableSizeIndex,
-  kPhysicalSpaceSizeIndex
+  kPhysicalSpaceSizeIndex,
+  kNumberOfNativeContextsIndex,
+  kNumberOfDetachedContextsIndex
 } = internalBinding('v8');
 
 const kNumberOfHeapSpaces = kHeapSpaces.length;
@@ -139,7 +141,9 @@ function getHeapStatistics() {
     'heap_size_limit': buffer[kHeapSizeLimitIndex],
     'malloced_memory': buffer[kMallocedMemoryIndex],
     'peak_malloced_memory': buffer[kPeakMallocedMemoryIndex],
-    'does_zap_garbage': buffer[kDoesZapGarbageIndex]
+    'does_zap_garbage': buffer[kDoesZapGarbageIndex],
+    'number_of_native_contexts': buffer[kNumberOfNativeContextsIndex],
+    'number_of_detached_contexts': buffer[kNumberOfDetachedContextsIndex]
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node_v8.cc b/src/node_v8.cc
index 5adc53b84d87c4..1227ebec5362e5 100644
--- a/src/node_v8.cc
+++ b/src/node_v8.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ using v8::Value;
   V(5, heap_size_limit, kHeapSizeLimitIndex)                                  \
   V(6, malloced_memory, kMallocedMemoryIndex)                                 \
   V(7, peak_malloced_memory, kPeakMallocedMemoryIndex)                        \
-  V(8, does_zap_garbage, kDoesZapGarbageIndex)
+  V(8, does_zap_garbage, kDoesZapGarbageIndex)                                \
+  V(9, number_of_native_contexts, kNumberOfNativeContextsIndex)               \
+  V(10, number_of_detached_contexts, kNumberOfDetachedContextsIndex)
 
 #define V(a, b, c) +1
 static const size_t kHeapStatisticsPropertiesCount =
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-v8-stats.js b/test/parallel/test-v8-stats.js
index 83b515d3fd56ec..3e2eadef1711ae 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-v8-stats.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-v8-stats.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const keys = [
   'does_zap_garbage',
   'heap_size_limit',
   'malloced_memory',
+  'number_of_detached_contexts',
+  'number_of_native_contexts',
   'peak_malloced_memory',
   'total_available_size',
   'total_heap_size',