diff --git a/.changesets/report-gauge-delta-value-for-gc_count.md b/.changesets/report-gauge-delta-value-for-gc_count.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fd6463ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/report-gauge-delta-value-for-gc_count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+bump: "patch"
+type: "change"
+---
+
+Report gauge delta value for Garbage Collection counts. This reports a more user friendly metric that doesn't always goes up until the app restarts or gets a new deploy.
diff --git a/lib/appsignal/probes/mri.rb b/lib/appsignal/probes/mri.rb
index 9dac7f765..fd236455b 100644
--- a/lib/appsignal/probes/mri.rb
+++ b/lib/appsignal/probes/mri.rb
@@ -46,9 +46,18 @@ def call
           @appsignal.set_gauge("allocated_objects", allocated_objects)
         end
 
-        @appsignal.add_distribution_value("gc_count", GC.count, :metric => :gc_count)
-        @appsignal.add_distribution_value("gc_count", gc_stats[:minor_gc_count], :metric => :minor_gc_count)
-        @appsignal.add_distribution_value("gc_count", gc_stats[:major_gc_count], :metric => :major_gc_count)
+        gc_count = gauge_delta(:gc_count, GC.count)
+        if gc_count
+          @appsignal.add_distribution_value("gc_count", gc_count, :metric => :gc_count)
+        end
+        minor_gc_count = gauge_delta(:minor_gc_count, gc_stats[:minor_gc_count])
+        if minor_gc_count
+          @appsignal.add_distribution_value("gc_count", minor_gc_count, :metric => :minor_gc_count)
+        end
+        major_gc_count = gauge_delta(:major_gc_count, gc_stats[:major_gc_count])
+        if major_gc_count
+          @appsignal.add_distribution_value("gc_count", major_gc_count, :metric => :major_gc_count)
+        end
 
         @appsignal.add_distribution_value("heap_slots", gc_stats[:heap_live_slots] || gc_stats[:heap_live_slot], :metric => :heap_live)
         @appsignal.add_distribution_value("heap_slots", gc_stats[:heap_free_slots] || gc_stats[:heap_free_slot], :metric => :heap_free)
diff --git a/spec/lib/appsignal/probes/mri_spec.rb b/spec/lib/appsignal/probes/mri_spec.rb
index 76e2b32d6..21e53f71c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/appsignal/probes/mri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/appsignal/probes/mri_spec.rb
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ def set_gauge(*args) # rubocop:disable Naming/AccessorMethodName
         expect_gauge_value("gc_total_time")
       end
 
-      it "tracks GC runs" do
+      it "tracks GC run count" do
+        expect(GC).to receive(:count).and_return(10, 15)
+        expect(GC).to receive(:stat).and_return(
+          { :minor_gc_count => 10, :major_gc_count => 10 },
+          :minor_gc_count => 16, :major_gc_count => 17
+        )
         probe.call
-        expect_distribution_value("gc_count", :gc_count)
-        expect_distribution_value("gc_count", :major_gc_count)
-        expect_distribution_value("gc_count", :minor_gc_count)
+        probe.call
+        expect_distribution_value("gc_count", :gc_count, 5)
+        expect_distribution_value("gc_count", :minor_gc_count, 6)
+        expect_distribution_value("gc_count", :major_gc_count, 7)
       end
 
       it "tracks object allocation" do
@@ -75,11 +81,15 @@ def set_gauge(*args) # rubocop:disable Naming/AccessorMethodName
     end
   end
 
-  def expect_distribution_value(expected_key, metric)
+  def expect_distribution_value(expected_key, metric, expected_value = nil)
     expect(appsignal_mock.distribution_values).to satisfy do |distribution_values|
       distribution_values.any? do |distribution_value|
         key, value, metadata = distribution_value
-        key == expected_key && !value.nil? && metadata == { :metric => metric }
+        next unless key == expected_key
+        next unless expected_value ? expected_value == value : !value.nil?
+        next unless metadata == { :metric => metric }
+
+        true
       end
     end
   end