diff --git a/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount.go b/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount.go
index 8a503966a..84005f26a 100644
--- a/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount.go
+++ b/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount.go
@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@ import (
 type Filter struct {
 	Replica   types.Replica   `json:"replica,omitempty" yaml:"replica,omitempty"`
 	FieldSpec types.FieldSpec `json:"fieldSpec,omitempty" yaml:"fieldSpec,omitempty"`
+
+	trackableSetter filtersutil.TrackableSetter
 }
 
 var _ kio.Filter = Filter{}
+var _ kio.TrackableFilter = &Filter{}
+
+// WithMutationTracker registers a callback which will be invoked each time a field is mutated
+func (rc *Filter) WithMutationTracker(callback func(key, value, tag string, node *yaml.RNode)) {
+	rc.trackableSetter.WithMutationTracker(callback)
+}
 
 func (rc Filter) Filter(nodes []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 	return kio.FilterAll(yaml.FilterFunc(rc.run)).Filter(nodes)
@@ -33,5 +41,5 @@ func (rc Filter) run(node *yaml.RNode) (*yaml.RNode, error) {
 }
 
 func (rc Filter) set(node *yaml.RNode) error {
-	return filtersutil.SetScalar(strconv.FormatInt(rc.Replica.Count, 10))(node)
+	return rc.trackableSetter.SetScalar(strconv.FormatInt(rc.Replica.Count, 10))(node)
 }
diff --git a/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount_test.go b/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount_test.go
index a61889e2d..e690192fc 100644
--- a/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount_test.go
+++ b/api/filters/replicacount/replicacount_test.go
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	filtertest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/filtertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 )
 
 func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
-
+	mutationTrackerStub := filtertest_test.MutationTrackerStub{}
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
-		input    string
-		expected string
-		filter   Filter
+		input                string
+		expected             string
+		filter               Filter
+		mutationTracker      func(key, value, tag string, node *yaml.RNode)
+		expectedSetValueArgs []filtertest_test.SetValueArg
 	}{
 		"update field": {
 			input: `
@@ -161,9 +164,43 @@ spec:
 				FieldSpec: types.FieldSpec{Path: "spec/template/replicas"},
 			},
 		},
+		"mutation tracker": {
+			input: `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: dep
+spec:
+  replicas: 5
+`,
+			expected: `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: dep
+spec:
+  replicas: 42
+`,
+			filter: Filter{
+				Replica: types.Replica{
+					Name:  "dep",
+					Count: 42,
+				},
+				FieldSpec: types.FieldSpec{Path: "spec/replicas"},
+			},
+			mutationTracker: mutationTrackerStub.MutationTracker,
+			expectedSetValueArgs: []filtertest_test.SetValueArg{
+				{
+					Value:    "42",
+					NodePath: []string{"spec", "replicas"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for tn, tc := range testCases {
+		mutationTrackerStub.Reset()
+		tc.filter.WithMutationTracker(tc.mutationTracker)
 		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
 			if !assert.Equal(t,
 				strings.TrimSpace(tc.expected),
@@ -171,6 +208,7 @@ spec:
 					filtertest_test.RunFilter(t, tc.input, tc.filter))) {
 				t.FailNow()
 			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedSetValueArgs, mutationTrackerStub.SetValueArgs())
 		})
 	}
 }