diff --git a/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs b/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
index 77e98359ab..b4de786b00 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
@@ -253,27 +253,31 @@ pub fn create_control_files(remote_extensions: &RemoteExtSpec, pgbin: &str) {
     }
 }
 
-// Do request to extension storage proxy, i.e.
+// Do request to extension storage proxy, e.g.,
 // curl http://pg-ext-s3-gateway/latest/v15/extensions/anon.tar.zst
-// using HHTP GET
-// and return the response body as bytes
-//
+// using HTTP GET and return the response body as bytes.
 async fn download_extension_tar(ext_remote_storage: &str, ext_path: &str) -> Result<Bytes> {
     let uri = format!("{}/{}", ext_remote_storage, ext_path);
+    let filename = Path::new(ext_path)
+        .file_name()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| std::ffi::OsStr::new("unknown"))
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap_or("unknown")
+        .to_string();
 
-    info!("Download extension {} from uri {}", ext_path, uri);
+    info!("Downloading extension file '{}' from uri {}", filename, uri);
 
     match do_extension_server_request(&uri).await {
         Ok(resp) => {
             info!("Successfully downloaded remote extension data {}", ext_path);
             REMOTE_EXT_REQUESTS_TOTAL
-                .with_label_values(&[&StatusCode::OK.to_string()])
+                .with_label_values(&[&StatusCode::OK.to_string(), &filename])
                 .inc();
             Ok(resp)
         }
         Err((msg, status)) => {
             REMOTE_EXT_REQUESTS_TOTAL
-                .with_label_values(&[&status])
+                .with_label_values(&[&status, &filename])
                 .inc();
             bail!(msg);
         }
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/metrics.rs b/compute_tools/src/metrics.rs
index bc96e5074c..dab32d5dc1 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/metrics.rs
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) static REMOTE_EXT_REQUESTS_TOTAL: Lazy<IntCounterVec> = Lazy::new(||
     register_int_counter_vec!(
         "compute_ctl_remote_ext_requests_total",
         "Total number of requests made by compute_ctl to download extensions from S3 proxy by status",
-        // Do not use any labels like extension name yet.
-        // We can add them later if needed.
-        &["http_status"]
+        &["http_status", "filename"]
     )
     .expect("failed to define a metric")
 });
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py b/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py
index 7f12c14073..2ff525464d 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_download_extensions.py
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ def test_remote_extensions(
     metrics = parse_metrics(raw_metrics)
     remote_ext_requests = metrics.query_all(
         "compute_ctl_remote_ext_requests_total",
+        # Check that we properly report the filename in the metrics
+        {"filename": "anon.tar.zst"},
     )
     assert len(remote_ext_requests) == 1
     for sample in remote_ext_requests: