diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce0a7e69ab..895423b9ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -520,7 +520,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "exit-future 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "genesis 0.1.0",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lighthouse_bootstrap 0.1.0",
+ "lighthouse_metrics 0.1.0",
  "network 0.1.0",
  "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "prometheus 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
index 8feed866e4..a53ce5455c 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ genesis = { path = "../genesis" }
 environment = { path = "../../lighthouse/environment" }
 lighthouse_bootstrap = { path = "../../eth2/utils/lighthouse_bootstrap" }
 eth2_ssz = { path = "../../eth2/utils/ssz" }
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+lighthouse_metrics = { path = "../../eth2/utils/lighthouse_metrics" }
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs
index 6f1214ce50..0d5155c6f1 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extern crate slog;
 
 pub mod config;
+mod metrics;
 mod notifier;
 
 pub mod builder;
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/metrics.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/metrics.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5598fde220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/metrics.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+pub use lighthouse_metrics::*;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref SYNC_SLOTS_PER_SECOND: Result<IntGauge> = try_create_int_gauge(
+        "sync_slots_per_second",
+        "The number of blocks being imported per second"
+    );
+}
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
index eddebce1f3..85e15049ec 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::metrics;
 use beacon_chain::{BeaconChain, BeaconChainTypes};
 use environment::RuntimeContext;
 use exit_future::Signal;
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ pub fn spawn_notifier<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
             let mut speedo = speedo.lock();
             speedo.observe(head_slot, Instant::now());
 
+            metrics::set_gauge(&metrics::SYNC_SLOTS_PER_SECOND, speedo.slots_per_second().unwrap_or_else(|| 0_f64) as i64);
+
             // The next two lines take advantage of saturating subtraction on `Slot`.
             let head_distance = current_slot - head_slot;