diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs b/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs
index 241a778869..ba9efdff54 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ pub struct TransactionsManagerMetrics {
     /// capacity. Note, this is not a limit to the number of inflight requests, but a health
     /// measure.
     pub(crate) capacity_pending_pool_imports: Counter,
+    /// The time it took to prepare transactions for import. This is mostly sender recovery.
+    pub(crate) pool_import_prepare_duration: Histogram,
 
     /* ================ POLL DURATION ================ */
 
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs b/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs
index 11b0e14dca..1710525526 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs
@@ -1338,6 +1338,8 @@ where
         let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(&peer_id) else { return };
         let mut transactions = transactions.0;
 
+        let start = Instant::now();
+
         // mark the transactions as received
         self.transaction_fetcher
             .remove_hashes_from_transaction_fetcher(transactions.iter().map(|tx| tx.tx_hash()));
@@ -1459,6 +1461,8 @@ where
         if num_already_seen_by_peer > 0 {
             self.report_already_seen(peer_id);
         }
+
+        self.metrics.pool_import_prepare_duration.record(start.elapsed());
     }
 
     /// Processes a [`FetchEvent`].