diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/block_processor.py b/lbry/wallet/server/block_processor.py
index dcc885ee6..00378050f 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/block_processor.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/block_processor.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from lbry.wallet.server.daemon import DaemonError
 from lbry.wallet.server.hash import hash_to_hex_str, HASHX_LEN
 from lbry.wallet.server.util import chunks, class_logger
 from lbry.wallet.server.leveldb import FlushData
+from lbry.wallet.server.prometheus import BLOCK_COUNT, BLOCK_UPDATE_TIMES
 
 
 class Prefetcher:
@@ -188,14 +189,15 @@ class BlockProcessor:
         chain = [self.tip] + [self.coin.header_hash(h) for h in headers[:-1]]
 
         if hprevs == chain:
-            start = time.time()
+            start = time.perf_counter()
             await self.run_in_thread_with_lock(self.advance_blocks, blocks)
             await self._maybe_flush()
+            processed_time = time.perf_counter() - start
+            BLOCK_COUNT.set(self.height)
+            BLOCK_UPDATE_TIMES.observe(processed_time)
             if not self.db.first_sync:
                 s = '' if len(blocks) == 1 else 's'
-                self.logger.info('processed {:,d} block{} in {:.1f}s'
-                                 .format(len(blocks), s,
-                                         time.time() - start))
+                self.logger.info('processed {:,d} block{} in {:.1f}s'.format(len(blocks), s, processed_time))
             if self._caught_up_event.is_set():
                 await self.notifications.on_block(self.touched, self.height)
             self.touched = set()
diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/prometheus.py b/lbry/wallet/server/prometheus.py
index c0bfde613..e98c920d9 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/prometheus.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/prometheus.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ CLIENT_VERSIONS = Counter(
     "clients", "Number of connections received per client version",
     namespace=NAMESPACE, labelnames=("version",)
 )
+BLOCK_COUNT = Gauge(
+    "block_count", "Number of processed blocks", namespace=NAMESPACE
+)
+BLOCK_UPDATE_TIMES = Histogram("block_time", "Block update times", namespace=NAMESPACE)
 
 
 class PrometheusServer: