diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/app.go b/services/horizon/internal/app.go
index 10bca22743..475cb552c0 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/app.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/app.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type App struct {
 	config          Config
 	webServer       *httpx.Server
 	historyQ        *history.Q
+	primaryHistoryQ *history.Q
 	ctx             context.Context
 	cancel          func()
 	horizonVersion  string
@@ -502,6 +503,10 @@ func (a *App) init() error {
 		},
 	}
 
+	if a.primaryHistoryQ != nil {
+		routerConfig.PrimaryDBSession = a.primaryHistoryQ.Session
+	}
+
 	var err error
 	config := httpx.ServerConfig{
 		Port:      uint16(a.config.Port),
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/config.go b/services/horizon/internal/config.go
index 2bca813e91..60054b4d9d 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/config.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/config.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 // app's main function and is provided to NewApp.
 type Config struct {
 	DatabaseURL        string
+	RoDatabaseURL      string
 	HistoryArchiveURLs []string
 	Port               uint
 	AdminPort          uint
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/flags.go b/services/horizon/internal/flags.go
index 491be01803..c96ad262ef 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/flags.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/flags.go
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ func Flags() (*Config, support.ConfigOptions) {
 			Required:  true,
 			Usage:     "horizon postgres database to connect with",
 		},
+		&support.ConfigOption{
+			Name:      "ro-database-url",
+			ConfigKey: &config.RoDatabaseURL,
+			OptType:   types.String,
+			Required:  false,
+			Usage:     "horizon postgres read-replica to connect with, when set it will return stale history error when replica is behind primary",
+		},
 		&support.ConfigOption{
 			Name:        StellarCoreBinaryPathName,
 			OptType:     types.String,
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/middleware.go b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/middleware.go
index b4d77faf81..544900bfb8 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/middleware.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/middleware.go
@@ -354,3 +354,51 @@ func (m *StateMiddleware) WrapFunc(h http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 func (m *StateMiddleware) Wrap(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return m.WrapFunc(h.ServeHTTP)
 }
+
+type ReplicaSyncCheckMiddleware struct {
+	PrimaryHistoryQ *history.Q
+	ReplicaHistoryQ *history.Q
+	ServerMetrics   *ServerMetrics
+}
+
+// WrapFunc executes the middleware on a given HTTP handler function
+func (m *ReplicaSyncCheckMiddleware) WrapFunc(h http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		for attempt := 1; attempt <= 4; attempt++ {
+			primaryIngestLedger, err := m.PrimaryHistoryQ.GetLastLedgerIngestNonBlocking()
+			if err != nil {
+				problem.Render(r.Context(), w, err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			replicaIngestLedger, err := m.ReplicaHistoryQ.GetLastLedgerIngestNonBlocking()
+			if err != nil {
+				problem.Render(r.Context(), w, err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if replicaIngestLedger >= primaryIngestLedger {
+				break
+			}
+
+			switch attempt {
+			case 1:
+				time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
+			case 2:
+				time.Sleep(40 * time.Millisecond)
+			case 3:
+				time.Sleep(80 * time.Millisecond)
+			case 4:
+				problem.Render(r.Context(), w, hProblem.StaleHistory)
+				m.ServerMetrics.ReplicaLagErrorsCounter.Inc()
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *ReplicaSyncCheckMiddleware) Wrap(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return m.WrapFunc(h.ServeHTTP)
+}
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go
index 966d70178c..09049f6727 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stellar/throttled"
 
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/actions"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/db2/history"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/ledger"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/paths"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/render/sse"
@@ -28,9 +29,10 @@ import (
 const maxAssetsForPathFinding = 15
 
 type RouterConfig struct {
-	DBSession   *db.Session
-	TxSubmitter *txsub.System
-	RateQuota   *throttled.RateQuota
+	DBSession        *db.Session
+	PrimaryDBSession *db.Session
+	TxSubmitter      *txsub.System
+	RateQuota        *throttled.RateQuota
 
 	BehindCloudflare      bool
 	BehindAWSLoadBalancer bool
@@ -99,6 +101,15 @@ func (r *Router) addMiddleware(config *RouterConfig,
 		r.Use(rateLimitter.RateLimit)
 	}
 
+	if config.PrimaryDBSession != nil {
+		replicaSyncMiddleware := ReplicaSyncCheckMiddleware{
+			PrimaryHistoryQ: &history.Q{config.PrimaryDBSession},
+			ReplicaHistoryQ: &history.Q{config.DBSession},
+			ServerMetrics:   serverMetrics,
+		}
+		r.Use(replicaSyncMiddleware.Wrap)
+	}
+
 	// Internal middlewares
 	r.Internal.Use(chimiddleware.StripSlashes)
 	r.Internal.Use(chimiddleware.RequestID)
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/server.go b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/server.go
index bdcd4a696e..87073ff563 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/server.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/server.go
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ServerMetrics struct {
-	RequestDurationSummary *prometheus.SummaryVec
+	RequestDurationSummary  *prometheus.SummaryVec
+	ReplicaLagErrorsCounter prometheus.Counter
 }
 
 type TLSConfig struct {
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ func NewServer(serverConfig ServerConfig, routerConfig RouterConfig, ledgerState
 			},
 			[]string{"status", "route", "streaming", "method"},
 		),
+		ReplicaLagErrorsCounter: prometheus.NewCounter(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Namespace: "horizon", Subsystem: "http", Name: "replica_lag_errors_count",
+				Help: "Count of HTTP errors returned due to replica lag",
+			},
+		),
 	}
 	router, err := NewRouter(&routerConfig, sm, ledgerState)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/init.go b/services/horizon/internal/init.go
index db6a87573b..847651032b 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/init.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/init.go
@@ -43,11 +43,26 @@ func mustInitHorizonDB(app *App) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	app.historyQ = &history.Q{mustNewDBSession(
-		app.config.DatabaseURL,
-		maxIdle,
-		maxOpen,
-	)}
+	if app.config.RoDatabaseURL == "" {
+		app.historyQ = &history.Q{mustNewDBSession(
+			app.config.DatabaseURL,
+			maxIdle,
+			maxOpen,
+		)}
+	} else {
+		// If RO set, use it for all DB queries
+		app.historyQ = &history.Q{mustNewDBSession(
+			app.config.RoDatabaseURL,
+			maxIdle,
+			maxOpen,
+		)}
+
+		app.primaryHistoryQ = &history.Q{mustNewDBSession(
+			app.config.DatabaseURL,
+			maxIdle,
+			maxOpen,
+		)}
+	}
 }
 
 func initIngester(app *App) {
@@ -296,6 +311,7 @@ func initTxSubMetrics(app *App) {
 
 func initWebMetrics(app *App) {
 	app.prometheusRegistry.MustRegister(app.webServer.Metrics.RequestDurationSummary)
+	app.prometheusRegistry.MustRegister(app.webServer.Metrics.ReplicaLagErrorsCounter)
 }
 
 func initSubmissionSystem(app *App) {
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/render/problem/problem.go b/services/horizon/internal/render/problem/problem.go
index a6278c956f..f1b23b676e 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/render/problem/problem.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/render/problem/problem.go
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ var (
 		Status: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
 		Detail: "This horizon instance is configured to reject client requests " +
 			"when it can determine that the history database is lagging too far " +
-			"behind the connected instance of stellar-core.  If you operate this " +
-			"server, please ensure that the ingestion system is properly running.",
+			"behind the connected instance of stellar-core or read replica. Please " +
+			"try again later.",
 	}
 
 	// StillIngesting is a well-known problem type.  Use it as a shortcut