diff --git a/pageserver/src/metrics.rs b/pageserver/src/metrics.rs
index 6ce7f286b3..e4b314f805 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/metrics.rs
@@ -1519,35 +1519,6 @@ pub(crate) static DELETION_QUEUE: Lazy<DeletionQueueMetrics> = Lazy::new(|| {
 }
 });
 
-pub(crate) struct WalIngestMetrics {
-    pub(crate) bytes_received: IntCounter,
-    pub(crate) records_received: IntCounter,
-    pub(crate) records_committed: IntCounter,
-    pub(crate) records_filtered: IntCounter,
-}
-
-pub(crate) static WAL_INGEST: Lazy<WalIngestMetrics> = Lazy::new(|| WalIngestMetrics {
-    bytes_received: register_int_counter!(
-        "pageserver_wal_ingest_bytes_received",
-        "Bytes of WAL ingested from safekeepers",
-    )
-    .unwrap(),
-    records_received: register_int_counter!(
-        "pageserver_wal_ingest_records_received",
-        "Number of WAL records received from safekeepers"
-    )
-    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
-    records_committed: register_int_counter!(
-        "pageserver_wal_ingest_records_committed",
-        "Number of WAL records which resulted in writes to pageserver storage"
-    )
-    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
-    records_filtered: register_int_counter!(
-        "pageserver_wal_ingest_records_filtered",
-        "Number of WAL records filtered out due to sharding"
-    )
-    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
-});
 pub(crate) struct SecondaryModeMetrics {
     pub(crate) upload_heatmap: IntCounter,
     pub(crate) upload_heatmap_errors: IntCounter,
@@ -1749,6 +1720,43 @@ macro_rules! redo_bytes_histogram_count_buckets {
     };
 }
 
+pub(crate) struct WalIngestMetrics {
+    pub(crate) bytes_received: IntCounter,
+    pub(crate) records_received: IntCounter,
+    pub(crate) records_committed: IntCounter,
+    pub(crate) records_filtered: IntCounter,
+    pub(crate) time_spent_on_ingest: Histogram,
+}
+
+pub(crate) static WAL_INGEST: Lazy<WalIngestMetrics> = Lazy::new(|| WalIngestMetrics {
+    bytes_received: register_int_counter!(
+        "pageserver_wal_ingest_bytes_received",
+        "Bytes of WAL ingested from safekeepers",
+    )
+    .unwrap(),
+    records_received: register_int_counter!(
+        "pageserver_wal_ingest_records_received",
+        "Number of WAL records received from safekeepers"
+    )
+    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
+    records_committed: register_int_counter!(
+        "pageserver_wal_ingest_records_committed",
+        "Number of WAL records which resulted in writes to pageserver storage"
+    )
+    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
+    records_filtered: register_int_counter!(
+        "pageserver_wal_ingest_records_filtered",
+        "Number of WAL records filtered out due to sharding"
+    )
+    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
+    time_spent_on_ingest: register_histogram!(
+        "pageserver_wal_ingest_put_value_seconds",
+        "Actual time spent on ingesting a record",
+        redo_histogram_time_buckets!(),
+    )
+    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
+});
+
 pub(crate) static WAL_REDO_TIME: Lazy<Histogram> = Lazy::new(|| {
     register_histogram!(
         "pageserver_wal_redo_seconds",
diff --git a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
index 2c98c0b6c8..ed1d737583 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use super::tenant::{PageReconstructError, Timeline};
 use crate::context::RequestContext;
 use crate::keyspace::{KeySpace, KeySpaceAccum};
+use crate::metrics::WAL_INGEST;
 use crate::repository::*;
 use crate::span::debug_assert_current_span_has_tenant_and_timeline_id_no_shard_id;
 use crate::walrecord::NeonWalRecord;
@@ -1551,6 +1552,8 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
     pub async fn commit(&mut self, ctx: &RequestContext) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut writer = self.tline.writer().await;
 
+        let timer = WAL_INGEST.time_spent_on_ingest.start_timer();
+
         let pending_nblocks = self.pending_nblocks;
         self.pending_nblocks = 0;
 
@@ -1590,6 +1593,8 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
             writer.update_directory_entries_count(kind, count as u64);
         }
 
+        timer.observe_duration();
+
         Ok(())
     }