diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 8d2405ea80..0919a49eba 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -4570,8 +4570,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "hyper",
  "itertools",
+ "lazy_static",
  "magic-crypt",
  "mime_guess",
+ "prometheus",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "reqwest",
  "retainer",
diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/Cargo.toml b/backend/windmill-api/Cargo.toml
index b1d8d6debf..caca339168 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@ cookie.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
 urlencoding.workspace = true
 async-stripe.workspace = true
+lazy_static.workspace = true
+prometheus.workspace = true
diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/webhook_util.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/webhook_util.rs
index e94a2f7341..9157f528f5 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/webhook_util.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/webhook_util.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ use tokio::{select, sync::mpsc};
 
 use crate::db::DB;
 
+lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+    // TODO: these aren't synced, they should be moved into the queue abstraction once/if that happens.
+    static ref WEBHOOK_REQUEST_COUNT: prometheus::Histogram = prometheus::register_histogram!(
+        "webhook_request",
+        "Histogram of webhook requests made"
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 pub enum WebhookMessage {
@@ -59,7 +68,9 @@ impl WebhookShared {
                     _ = shutdown_rx.recv() => break,
                     r = rx.recv() => match r {
                         Some((url, message)) => {
+                            let timer = WEBHOOK_REQUEST_COUNT.start_timer();
                             let _ = client.post(url).json(&message).send().await;
+                            timer.stop_and_record();
                         },
                         None => break,
                     }