diff --git a/metrics/deploy/prometheus-ocs-rules.yaml b/metrics/deploy/prometheus-ocs-rules.yaml
index 0aae30b74c..de6d342a66 100644
--- a/metrics/deploy/prometheus-ocs-rules.yaml
+++ b/metrics/deploy/prometheus-ocs-rules.yaml
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ spec:
         floor((ocs_storage_provider_operator_version>0)/1000) - ignoring(storage_consumer_name) group_right() floor((ocs_storage_client_operator_version>0)/1000) > 1 or floor((ocs_storage_client_operator_version>0)/1000) - ignoring(storage_consumer_name) group_left() floor((ocs_storage_provider_operator_version>0)/1000) >= 1
       labels:
         severity: critical
-  - name: mds-performance-alerts.rules
+  - name: ceph-daemon-performance-alerts.rules
     rules:
     - alert: MDSCacheUsageHigh
       annotations:
@@ -277,3 +277,12 @@ spec:
       for: 5m
       labels:
         severity: critical
+    - alert: OSDCPULoadHigh
+      annotations:
+        description: High CPU usage in the OSD container on pod {{ $labels.pod }}. Please create more OSDs to increase performance
+        message: High CPU usage detected in OSD container on pod {{ $labels.pod}}.
+        severity_level: warning
+      expr: "pod:container_cpu_usage:sum{pod=~\"rook-ceph-osd-.*\"} > 0.35 \n"
+      for: 15m
+      labels:
+        severity: warning
diff --git a/metrics/mixin/alerts/perf.libsonnet b/metrics/mixin/alerts/perf.libsonnet
index add41743e7..3f1d4de6f3 100644
--- a/metrics/mixin/alerts/perf.libsonnet
+++ b/metrics/mixin/alerts/perf.libsonnet
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   prometheusAlerts+:: {
     groups+: [
       {
-        name: 'mds-performance-alerts.rules',
+        name: 'ceph-daemon-performance-alerts.rules',
         rules: [
           {
             alert: 'MDSCacheUsageHigh',
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@
               message: 'High MDS cache usage for the daemon {{ $labels.ceph_daemon }}.',
               description: 'MDS cache usage for the daemon {{ $labels.ceph_daemon }} has exceeded above 95% of the requested value. Increase the memory request for {{ $labels.ceph_daemon }} pod.',
               severity_level: 'error',
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            alert: 'OSDCPULoadHigh',
+            expr: |||
+              pod:container_cpu_usage:sum{%(osdSelector)s} > 0.35 
+            ||| % $._config,
+            'for': $._config.osdCPULoadHighAlertTime,
+            labels: {
+              severity: 'warning',
+            },
+            annotations: {
+              message: 'High CPU usage detected in OSD container on pod {{ $labels.pod}}.',
+              description: 'High CPU usage in the OSD container on pod {{ $labels.pod }}. Please create more OSDs to increase performance',
+              severity_level: 'warning',
             },
           },
         ],
diff --git a/metrics/mixin/config.libsonnet b/metrics/mixin/config.libsonnet
index 1b982fcd92..bcfafcb9be 100644
--- a/metrics/mixin/config.libsonnet
+++ b/metrics/mixin/config.libsonnet
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   _config+:: {
     // Selectors are inserted between {} in Prometheus queries.
     ocsExporterSelector: 'job="ocs-metrics-exporter"',
+    osdSelector: 'pod=~"rook-ceph-osd-.*"',
 
     // Duration to raise various Alerts
     clusterObjectStoreStateAlertTime: '15s',
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
     blockedRBDClientAlertTime: '10s',
     ocsStorageClusterKMSConnectionAlert: '5s',
     mdsCacheUsageAlertTime: '5m',
+    osdCPULoadHighAlertTime: '15m',
 
     // Constants
     objectStorageType: 'RGW',