diff --git a/scrape/metrics.go b/scrape/metrics.go
index 4662a9fd9e..34f1e28dba 100644
--- a/scrape/metrics.go
+++ b/scrape/metrics.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type scrapeMetrics struct {
 	targetScrapeExemplarOutOfOrder         prometheus.Counter
 	targetScrapePoolExceededLabelLimits    prometheus.Counter
 	targetScrapeNativeHistogramBucketLimit prometheus.Counter
+	targetScrapeDuration                   prometheus.Histogram
 }
 
 func newScrapeMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) (*scrapeMetrics, error) {
@@ -252,6 +253,15 @@ func newScrapeMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) (*scrapeMetrics, error) {
 			Help: "Total number of exemplar rejected due to not being out of the expected order.",
 		},
 	)
+	sm.targetScrapeDuration = prometheus.NewHistogram(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Name:                            "prometheus_target_scrape_duration_seconds",
+			Help:                            "Total duration of the scrape from start to commit completion in seconds.",
+			NativeHistogramBucketFactor:     1.1,
+			NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber:  100,
+			NativeHistogramMinResetDuration: 1 * time.Hour,
+		},
+	)
 
 	for _, collector := range []prometheus.Collector{
 		// Used by Manager.
@@ -284,6 +294,7 @@ func newScrapeMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) (*scrapeMetrics, error) {
 		sm.targetScrapeExemplarOutOfOrder,
 		sm.targetScrapePoolExceededLabelLimits,
 		sm.targetScrapeNativeHistogramBucketLimit,
+		sm.targetScrapeDuration,
 	} {
 		err := reg.Register(collector)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -324,6 +335,7 @@ func (sm *scrapeMetrics) Unregister() {
 	sm.reg.Unregister(sm.targetScrapeExemplarOutOfOrder)
 	sm.reg.Unregister(sm.targetScrapePoolExceededLabelLimits)
 	sm.reg.Unregister(sm.targetScrapeNativeHistogramBucketLimit)
+	sm.reg.Unregister(sm.targetScrapeDuration)
 }
 
 type TargetsGatherer interface {
diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index 1a99155d09..58df858b3d 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -1335,6 +1335,11 @@ func (sl *scrapeLoop) scrapeAndReport(last, appendTime time.Time, errc chan<- er
 			return
 		}
 		err = app.Commit()
+		if sl.reportExtraMetrics {
+			totalDuration := time.Since(start)
+			// Record total scrape duration metric.
+			sl.metrics.targetScrapeDuration.Observe(totalDuration.Seconds())
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			sl.l.Error("Scrape commit failed", "err", err)
 		}