diff --git a/swarm/api/http/middleware.go b/swarm/api/http/middleware.go
index f5f70138b3d0..115a0085665f 100644
--- a/swarm/api/http/middleware.go
+++ b/swarm/api/http/middleware.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/api"
@@ -73,9 +74,13 @@ func ParseURI(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 func InitLoggingResponseWriter(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		startTime := time.Now()
+		defer metrics.GetOrRegisterResettingTimer(fmt.Sprintf("http.request.%s.time", r.Method), nil).UpdateSince(startTime)
+
 		writer := newLoggingResponseWriter(w)
 		h.ServeHTTP(writer, r)
 		log.Info("request served", "ruid", GetRUID(r.Context()), "code", writer.statusCode)
+		metrics.GetOrRegisterResettingTimer(fmt.Sprintf("http.request.%s.%d.time", r.Method, writer.statusCode), nil).UpdateSince(startTime)
 	})
 }