diff --git a/app/services/ci/create_job_artifacts_service.rb b/app/services/ci/create_job_artifacts_service.rb
index 2cfde1a8bfecac5377cd06cdfcc54ea140c3d004..81586332f513d0d7ec13d194606f35cf8f308604 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/create_job_artifacts_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/create_job_artifacts_service.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 module Ci
   class CreateJobArtifactsService < ::BaseService
+    include Gitlab::Utils::UsageData
+
     ArtifactsExistError = Class.new(StandardError)
 
     LSIF_ARTIFACT_TYPE = 'lsif'
@@ -22,7 +24,11 @@ def authorize(artifact_type:, filesize: nil)
       return result unless result[:status] == :success
 
       headers = JobArtifactUploader.workhorse_authorize(has_length: false, maximum_size: max_size(artifact_type))
-      headers[:ProcessLsif] = lsif?(artifact_type)
+
+      if lsif?(artifact_type)
+        headers[:ProcessLsif] = true
+        track_usage_event('i_source_code_code_intelligence', project)
+      end
 
       success(headers: headers)
     end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/237793-code-intelligence-usage-ping.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/237793-code-intelligence-usage-ping.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e770b3a938d896eae2669655a7abcd07e2261c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/237793-code-intelligence-usage-ping.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Track projects using code intelligence
+merge_request: 41881
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/known_events.yml b/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/known_events.yml
index a0f20405bb8be9e70e185ac067112ec8d0b0881a..05514d55e92eb4f7c9ab5101995dd9177844ffd0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/known_events.yml
+++ b/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/known_events.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@
 - name: merge_request_action
   category: source_code
   aggregation: daily
+- name: i_source_code_code_intelligence
+  redis_slot: source_code
+  category: source_code
+  aggregation: daily
 # Incident management
 - name: incident_management_alert_status_changed
   redis_slot: incident_management
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/ci/runner/jobs_artifacts_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/ci/runner/jobs_artifacts_spec.rb
index 77ff561bbdf7c7bb65aa72586212d7f7277c988f..97110b63ff6dee89bf0416de96080c2162b8c59d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/ci/runner/jobs_artifacts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/ci/runner/jobs_artifacts_spec.rb
@@ -238,9 +238,24 @@
             expect(json_response['ProcessLsif']).to be_truthy
           end
 
+          it 'tracks code_intelligence usage ping' do
+            tracking_params = {
+              event_names: 'i_source_code_code_intelligence',
+              start_date: Date.yesterday,
+              end_date: Date.today
+            }
+
+            expect { authorize_artifacts_with_token_in_headers(artifact_type: :lsif) }
+              .to change { Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::HLLRedisCounter.unique_events(tracking_params) }
+              .by(1)
+          end
+
           context 'code_navigation feature flag is disabled' do
-            it 'responds with a forbidden error' do
+            before do
               stub_feature_flags(code_navigation: false)
+            end
+
+            it 'responds with a forbidden error' do
               authorize_artifacts_with_token_in_headers(artifact_type: :lsif)
 
               aggregate_failures do
@@ -248,6 +263,17 @@
                 expect(json_response['ProcessLsif']).to be_falsy
               end
             end
+
+            it 'does not track code_intelligence usage ping' do
+              tracking_params = {
+                event_names: 'i_source_code_code_intelligence',
+                start_date: Date.yesterday,
+                end_date: Date.today
+              }
+
+              expect { authorize_artifacts_with_token_in_headers(artifact_type: :lsif) }
+                .not_to change { Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::HLLRedisCounter.unique_events(tracking_params) }
+            end
           end
         end