diff --git a/data/mono.d b/data/mono.d
index efd3a6cb0552..8479088c7329 100644
--- a/data/mono.d
+++ b/data/mono.d
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ provider mono {
 
 	probe gc__major__obj__alloc__degraded (void *addr, uintptr_t size, char *class_name);
 	probe gc__major__obj__alloc__mature (void *addr, uintptr_t size, char *class_name);
+
+	probe gc__nursery__sweeped (void *addr, uintptr_t len);
 };
 
 #pragma D attributes Evolving/Evolving/Common provider mono provider
diff --git a/mono/metadata/sgen-nursery-allocator.c b/mono/metadata/sgen-nursery-allocator.c
index c681a1f5a02c..fef74c4826aa 100644
--- a/mono/metadata/sgen-nursery-allocator.c
+++ b/mono/metadata/sgen-nursery-allocator.c
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ add_nursery_frag (SgenFragmentAllocator *allocator, size_t frag_size, char* frag
 {
 	DEBUG (4, fprintf (gc_debug_file, "Found empty fragment: %p-%p, size: %zd\n", frag_start, frag_end, frag_size));
 	binary_protocol_empty (frag_start, frag_size);
+	MONO_GC_NURSERY_SWEEPED (frag_start, frag_end - frag_start);
 	/* Not worth dealing with smaller fragments: need to tune */
 	if (frag_size >= SGEN_MAX_NURSERY_WASTE) {
 		/* memsetting just the first chunk start is bound to provide better cache locality */