diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua
index afea01914..641b5e0b7 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua
@@ -73,19 +73,21 @@ local function pick_and_score(self, peers, k)
       lowest_score_index, lowest_score = i, new_score
     end
   end
-  return peers[lowest_score_index]
+  return peers[lowest_score_index], lowest_score
 end
 
 function _M.balance(self)
   local peers = self.peers
-  local endpoint = peers[1]
+  local endpoint, score = peers[1], -1
 
   if #peers > 1 then
     local k = (#peers < PICK_SET_SIZE) and #peers or PICK_SET_SIZE
     local peer_copy = util.deepcopy(peers)
-    endpoint = pick_and_score(self, peer_copy, k)
+    endpoint, score = pick_and_score(self, peer_copy, k)
   end
 
+  ngx.var.balancer_ewma_score = score
+
   -- TODO(elvinefendi) move this processing to _M.sync
   return endpoint.address .. ":" .. endpoint.port
 end
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index a750a645c..575345838 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ stream {
 
             port_in_redirect {{ if $location.UsePortInRedirects }}on{{ else }}off{{ end }};
 
+            set $balancer_ewma_score -1;
             set $proxy_upstream_name    "{{ buildUpstreamName $location }}";
             set $proxy_host             $proxy_upstream_name;