diff --git a/prow/jira/BUILD.bazel b/prow/jira/BUILD.bazel
index b2ae6fa35c20..a18173fe9cab 100644
--- a/prow/jira/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/prow/jira/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = ["jira.go"],
+    srcs = [
+        "jira.go",
+        "metrics.go",
+    ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/test-infra/prow/jira",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//prow/simplifypath:go_default_library",
         "//prow/version:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_andygrunwald_go_jira//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_hashicorp_go_retryablehttp//:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_prometheus_client_golang//prometheus:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
         "@io_k8s_apimachinery//pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/prow/jira/jira.go b/prow/jira/jira.go
index 2e741b3ce772..caf2f2d96a15 100644
--- a/prow/jira/jira.go
+++ b/prow/jira/jira.go
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ func NewClient(endpoint string, opts ...Option) (Client, error) {
 
 	retryingClient := retryablehttp.NewClient()
 	retryingClient.Logger = &retryableHTTPLogrusWrapper{log: log}
+	retryingClient.HTTPClient.Transport = &metricsTransport{
+		upstream:       retryingClient.HTTPClient.Transport,
+		pathSimplifier: pathSimplifier().Simplify,
+		recorder:       requestResults,
+	}
 	retryingClient.HTTPClient.Transport = userAgentSettingTransport{
 		userAgent: version.UserAgent(),
 		upstream:  retryingClient.HTTPClient.Transport,
diff --git a/prow/jira/metrics.go b/prow/jira/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bdcd5caaee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prow/jira/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package jira
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+	"k8s.io/test-infra/prow/simplifypath"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(requestResults)
+}
+
+var requestResults = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+	Name:    "jira_request_duration_seconds",
+	Buckets: []float64{0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 20},
+}, []string{methodField, pathField, statusField})
+
+func pathSimplifier() simplifypath.Simplifier {
+	return simplifypath.NewSimplifier(simplifypath.L("", // shadow element mimicing the root
+		simplifypath.L("rest",
+			simplifypath.L("api",
+				simplifypath.L("2",
+					simplifypath.L("project"),
+					simplifypath.L("issue",
+						simplifypath.V("issueID",
+							simplifypath.L("remotelink"),
+						),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		),
+	))
+}
+
+const (
+	methodField = "method"
+	pathField   = "path"
+	statusField = "status"
+)
+
+type metricsTransport struct {
+	upstream       http.RoundTripper
+	pathSimplifier func(string) string
+	recorder       *prometheus.HistogramVec
+}
+
+func (m *metricsTransport) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	result, err := m.upstream.RoundTrip(r)
+	status := "error"
+	if err == nil && result != nil {
+		status = strconv.Itoa(result.StatusCode)
+	}
+	var path string
+	if r.URL != nil {
+		path = r.URL.Path
+	}
+	m.recorder.WithLabelValues(r.Method, m.pathSimplifier(path), status).Observe(float64(time.Since(start).Milliseconds()) / 1000)
+	return result, err
+}