diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BuildReportsIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BuildReportsIT.kt
index 93cc85104e8..b7ccef273f7 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BuildReportsIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BuildReportsIT.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle
 
 import org.gradle.api.logging.LogLevel
 import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.build.report.statistics.formatSize
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.build.metrics.GradleBuildMetricsData
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.report.BuildReportType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.testbase.*
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ import kotlin.io.path.*
 import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.testbase.TestVersions.ThirdPartyDependencies.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_PLUGIN_VERSION
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import kotlin.streams.asSequence
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
 @DisplayName("Build reports")
 @JvmGradlePluginTests
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ class BuildReportsIT : KGPBaseTest() {
     }
 
     private fun TestProject.validateBuildReportFile(kotlinLanguageVersion: String) {
-        assertFileContains(
+        val fileContents = assertFileContains(
             reportFile,
             "Time metrics:",
             "Run compilation:",
@@ -135,6 +139,24 @@ class BuildReportsIT : KGPBaseTest() {
             "Task info:",
             "Kotlin language version: $kotlinLanguageVersion",
         )
+
+        fun validateTotalCachesSizeMetric() {
+            val cachesDirectories = Files.walk(projectPath).use { files ->
+                val knownCachesDirectories = setOf("caches-jvm", "caches-js")
+                files.asSequence().filter { Files.isDirectory(it) && it.name in knownCachesDirectories }.toList()
+            }
+            val actualCacheDirectoriesSize = cachesDirectories.sumOf { files ->
+                Files.walk(files).use { cacheFiles ->
+                    cacheFiles.filter { Files.isRegularFile(it) }.mapToLong { Files.size(it) }.sum()
+                }
+            }
+            // the first found line of the report should contain a sum of the metric per all the tasks
+            val reportedCacheDirectoriesSize = fileContents.lineSequence().find { "Total size of the cache directory:" in it }
+                ?.replace("Total size of the cache directory:", "")?.trim()
+            assertEquals(formatSize(actualCacheDirectoriesSize), reportedCacheDirectoriesSize)
+        }
+
+        validateTotalCachesSizeMetric()
     }
 
     @DisplayName("Compiler build metrics report is produced")
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/fileAssertions.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/fileAssertions.kt
index 38c6839640d..8aef54c9ab7 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/fileAssertions.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/fileAssertions.kt
@@ -219,11 +219,13 @@ fun GradleProject.assertFileInProjectDoesNotContain(
 
 /**
  * Asserts file under [file] exists and contains all the lines from [expectedText]
+ *
+ * @return the content of the [file]
  */
 fun assertFileContains(
     file: Path,
     vararg expectedText: String,
-) {
+): String {
     assertFileExists(file)
     val text = file.readText()
     val textNotInTheFile = expectedText.filterNot { text.contains(it) }
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ fun assertFileContains(
         |       
         """.trimMargin()
     }
+    return text
 }
 
 /**