diff --git a/pageserver/benches/bench_ingest.rs b/pageserver/benches/bench_ingest.rs
index b1103948d6..272c3e2338 100644
--- a/pageserver/benches/bench_ingest.rs
+++ b/pageserver/benches/bench_ingest.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ async fn ingest(
 
     tokio::fs::create_dir_all(conf.timeline_path(&tenant_shard_id, &timeline_id)).await?;
 
-    let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error);
+    let ctx =
+        RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error).with_scope_debug_tools();
 
     let gate = utils::sync::gate::Gate::default();
 
diff --git a/pageserver/ctl/src/layer_map_analyzer.rs b/pageserver/ctl/src/layer_map_analyzer.rs
index b426f977cf..c49c8b58df 100644
--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/layer_map_analyzer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/layer_map_analyzer.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ async fn get_holes(path: &Utf8Path, max_holes: usize, ctx: &RequestContext) -> R
 pub(crate) async fn main(cmd: &AnalyzeLayerMapCmd) -> Result<()> {
     let storage_path = &cmd.path;
     let max_holes = cmd.max_holes.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_MAX_HOLES);
-    let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error);
+    let ctx =
+        RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error).with_scope_debug_tools();
 
     // Initialize virtual_file (file desriptor cache) and page cache which are needed to access layer persistent B-Tree.
     pageserver::virtual_file::init(
diff --git a/pageserver/ctl/src/layers.rs b/pageserver/ctl/src/layers.rs
index 05fb35ff09..293c01eff0 100644
--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/layers.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/layers.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ async fn read_image_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>, ctx: &RequestContext) -> Result
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn main(cmd: &LayerCmd) -> Result<()> {
-    let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error);
+    let ctx =
+        RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error).with_scope_debug_tools();
     match cmd {
         LayerCmd::List { path } => {
             for tenant in fs::read_dir(path.join(TENANTS_SEGMENT_NAME))? {
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn main(cmd: &LayerCmd) -> Result<()> {
             );
             pageserver::page_cache::init(100);
 
-            let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error);
+            let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error)
+                .with_scope_debug_tools();
 
             macro_rules! rewrite_closure {
                 ($($summary_ty:tt)*) => {{
diff --git a/pageserver/ctl/src/main.rs b/pageserver/ctl/src/main.rs
index 72a120a69b..1d81b839a8 100644
--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/main.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/main.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ async fn print_layerfile(path: &Utf8Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         virtual_file::SyncMode::Sync,
     );
     page_cache::init(100);
-    let ctx = RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error);
+    let ctx =
+        RequestContext::new(TaskKind::DebugTool, DownloadBehavior::Error).with_scope_debug_tools();
     dump_layerfile_from_path(path, true, &ctx).await
 }
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/context.rs b/pageserver/src/context.rs
index e2a84d0c24..d2caf030df 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/context.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/context.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ pub(crate) enum Scope {
     UnitTest {
         io_size_metrics: &'static crate::metrics::StorageIoSizeMetrics,
     },
+    DebugTools {
+        io_size_metrics: &'static crate::metrics::StorageIoSizeMetrics,
+    },
 }
 
 static GLOBAL_IO_SIZE_METRICS: Lazy<crate::metrics::StorageIoSizeMetrics> =
@@ -195,6 +198,12 @@ impl Scope {
             io_size_metrics: &GLOBAL_IO_SIZE_METRICS,
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_debug_tools() -> Self {
+        Scope::DebugTools {
+            io_size_metrics: &GLOBAL_IO_SIZE_METRICS,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// The kind of access to the page cache.
@@ -435,6 +444,12 @@ impl RequestContext {
             .build()
     }
 
+    pub fn with_scope_debug_tools(&self) -> Self {
+        RequestContextBuilder::new(TaskKind::DebugTool)
+            .scope(Scope::new_debug_tools())
+            .build()
+    }
+
     pub fn task_kind(&self) -> TaskKind {
         self.task_kind
     }
@@ -486,6 +501,7 @@ impl RequestContext {
             Scope::SecondaryTenant { io_size_metrics } => io_size_metrics,
             #[cfg(test)]
             Scope::UnitTest { io_size_metrics } => io_size_metrics,
+            Scope::DebugTools { io_size_metrics } => io_size_metrics,
         }
     }
 }