diff --git a/src/ledger_write_stage.rs b/src/ledger_write_stage.rs
index 6703c905cd..c55965689e 100644
--- a/src/ledger_write_stage.rs
+++ b/src/ledger_write_stage.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use service::Service;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;
 use std::sync::mpsc::RecvTimeoutError;
 use std::thread::{self, Builder, JoinHandle};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use timing::duration_as_ms;
 
 pub struct LedgerWriteStage {
     write_thread: JoinHandle<()>,
@@ -24,8 +25,11 @@ impl LedgerWriteStage {
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let mut ventries = Vec::new();
         let mut received_entries = entry_receiver.recv_timeout(Duration::new(1, 0))?;
+        let mut num_new_entries = 0;
+        let now = Instant::now();
 
         loop {
+            num_new_entries += received_entries.len();
             ventries.push(received_entries);
 
             if let Ok(n) = entry_receiver.try_recv() {
@@ -39,11 +43,16 @@ impl LedgerWriteStage {
             ledger_writer.write_entries(ventries.iter().flatten())?;
         }
 
+        inc_new_counter_info!("ledger_writer_stage-entries_received", num_new_entries);
         if let Some(forwarder) = forwarder {
             for entries in ventries {
                 forwarder.send(entries)?;
             }
         }
+        inc_new_counter_info!(
+            "ledger_writer_stage-time_ms",
+            duration_as_ms(&now.elapsed()) as usize
+        );
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ impl LedgerWriteStage {
                         Error::RecvTimeoutError(RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => (),
                         _ => {
                             inc_new_counter_info!(
-                                "ledger-write_stage-write_and_send_entries-error",
+                                "ledger_writer_stage-write_and_send_entries-error",
                                 1
                             );
                             error!("{:?}", e);