diff --git a/src/EventStore.ClusterNode/metricsconfig.json b/src/EventStore.ClusterNode/metricsconfig.json
index b8389696e..b1bc02497 100644
--- a/src/EventStore.ClusterNode/metricsconfig.json
+++ b/src/EventStore.ClusterNode/metricsconfig.json
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@
 			"Regex": "Timer",
 			"Label": "Timer"
 		},
+		{
+			"Regex": "ThreadPoolBacklog",
+			"Label": "ThreadPoolBacklog"
+		},
 		{
 			"Regex": "StorageReaderQueue #.*",
 			"Label": "Readers"
diff --git a/src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Metrics/QueueStatsCollectorTests.cs b/src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Metrics/QueueStatsCollectorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3709238ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests/Metrics/QueueStatsCollectorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+using EventStore.Core.Bus;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace EventStore.Core.XUnit.Tests.Metrics;
+
+public class QueueStatsCollectorTests
+{
+	[Fact]
+	public void statistics_include_the_current_queue_length_in_the_peak()
+	{
+		var collector = new QueueStatsCollector("queue");
+		collector.Start();
+		try
+		{
+			var stats = collector.GetStatistics(currentQueueLength: 5);
+
+			Assert.Equal(5, stats.Length);
+			Assert.Equal(5, stats.LengthCurrentTryPeak);
+			Assert.Equal(5, stats.LengthLifetimePeak);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			collector.Stop();
+		}
+	}
+
+	[Fact]
+	public void reported_queue_length_updates_the_peak()
+	{
+		var collector = new QueueStatsCollector("queue");
+		collector.Start();
+		try
+		{
+			collector.ReportQueueLength(7);
+			var stats = collector.GetStatistics(currentQueueLength: 3);
+
+			Assert.Equal(3, stats.Length);
+			Assert.Equal(7, stats.LengthCurrentTryPeak);
+			Assert.Equal(7, stats.LengthLifetimePeak);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			collector.Stop();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/EventStore.Core/Bus/QueueStatsCollector.cs b/src/EventStore.Core/Bus/QueueStatsCollector.cs
index 467194c70..c760bd114 100644
--- a/src/EventStore.Core/Bus/QueueStatsCollector.cs
+++ b/src/EventStore.Core/Bus/QueueStatsCollector.cs
@@ -89,12 +89,17 @@ public void ProcessingStarted<T>(int queueLength)
 
 		public void ProcessingStarted(Type msgType, int queueLength)
 		{
-			_lifetimeQueueLengthPeak = _lifetimeQueueLengthPeak > queueLength ? _lifetimeQueueLengthPeak : queueLength;
-			_currentQueueLengthPeak = _currentQueueLengthPeak > queueLength ? _currentQueueLengthPeak : queueLength;
+			ReportQueueLength(queueLength);
 
 			_inProgressMsgType = msgType;
 		}
 
+		public void ReportQueueLength(int queueLength)
+		{
+			_lifetimeQueueLengthPeak = Math.Max(_lifetimeQueueLengthPeak, queueLength);
+			_currentQueueLengthPeak = Math.Max(_currentQueueLengthPeak, queueLength);
+		}
+
 		public void ProcessingEnded(int itemsProcessed)
 		{
 			Interlocked.Add(ref _totalItems, itemsProcessed);
@@ -159,6 +164,8 @@ public QueueStats GetStatistics(int currentQueueLength)
 		{
 			lock (_statisticsLock)
 			{
+				ReportQueueLength(currentQueueLength);
+
 				var totalTime = _totalTimeWatch.Elapsed;
 				var totalIdleTime = _totalIdleWatch.Elapsed;
 				var totalBusyTime = _totalBusyWatch.Elapsed;
diff --git a/src/EventStore.Core/ClusterVNode.cs b/src/EventStore.Core/ClusterVNode.cs
index d7bfea6b4..a85980d0e 100644
--- a/src/EventStore.Core/ClusterVNode.cs
+++ b/src/EventStore.Core/ClusterVNode.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 using EventStore.Core.LogAbstraction;
 using EventStore.Core.Messages;
 using EventStore.Core.Messaging;
+using EventStore.Core.Metrics;
 using EventStore.Core.Services;
 using EventStore.Core.Services.Archive;
 using EventStore.Core.Services.Archive.Naming;
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ internal MultiQueuedHandler WorkersHandler
 	private readonly Func<CancellationToken, Task> _start;
 	private readonly INodeHttpClientFactory _nodeHttpClientFactory;
 	private readonly EventStoreClusterClientCache _eventStoreClusterClientCache;
+	private ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor _threadPoolBacklogMonitor;
 
 	private int _stopCalled;
 	private int _systemInitPublished;
@@ -634,6 +636,9 @@ void StartSubsystems()
 		monitoringInnerBus.Subscribe<MonitoringMessage.GetFreshStats>(monitoring);
 		monitoringInnerBus.Subscribe<MonitoringMessage.GetFreshTcpConnectionStats>(monitoring);
 
+		_threadPoolBacklogMonitor = new ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor(_queueStatsManager, trackers.QueueTrackers);
+		_threadPoolBacklogMonitor.Start();
+
 		var indexPath = options.Database.Index ?? Path.Combine(Db.Config.Path, ESConsts.DefaultIndexDirectoryName);
 
 		var pTableMaxReaderCount = GetPTableMaxReaderCount(readerThreadsCount);
@@ -2007,6 +2012,8 @@ public async ValueTask HandleAsync(SystemMessage.BecomeShuttingDown message, Can
 
 		_reloadConfigSignalRegistration?.Dispose();
 		_reloadConfigSignalRegistration = null;
+		_threadPoolBacklogMonitor?.Dispose();
+		_threadPoolBacklogMonitor = null;
 
 		foreach (var subsystem in _subsystems ?? [])
 		{
diff --git a/src/EventStore.Core/Metrics/ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor.cs b/src/EventStore.Core/Metrics/ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b92cf3373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EventStore.Core/Metrics/ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using EventStore.Core.Bus;
+using EventStore.Core.Services.Monitoring.Stats;
+using EventStore.Core.Time;
+
+namespace EventStore.Core.Metrics;
+
+public sealed class ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor : IMonitoredQueue, IThreadPoolWorkItem, IDisposable
+{
+	private static readonly TimeSpan SampleInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+	private const string QueueName = "ThreadPoolBacklog";
+
+	private readonly QueueStatsCollector _queueStats;
+	private readonly QueueTracker _tracker;
+	private readonly Timer _timer;
+	private Instant _enqueuedAt;
+	private int _stopped;
+
+	public ThreadPoolBacklogMonitor(QueueStatsManager queueStatsManager, QueueTrackers trackers)
+	{
+		_queueStats = queueStatsManager.CreateQueueStatsCollector(QueueName);
+		_tracker = trackers.GetTrackerForQueue(QueueName);
+		_timer = new Timer(_ => QueueWorkItem());
+	}
+
+	public string Name => _queueStats.Name;
+
+	public void Start()
+	{
+		_queueStats.Start();
+		QueueMonitor.Default.Register(this);
+		QueueWorkItem();
+	}
+
+	public void Stop()
+	{
+		if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _stopped, 1) != 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		_timer.Change(Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan, Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
+		QueueMonitor.Default.Unregister(this);
+		_queueStats.Stop();
+	}
+
+	public void Dispose()
+	{
+		Stop();
+		_timer.Dispose();
+	}
+
+	public void Execute()
+	{
+		if (Volatile.Read(ref _stopped) != 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		_queueStats.EnterBusy();
+		try
+		{
+			var length = GetPendingWorkItemCount();
+			_queueStats.ProcessingStarted<ThreadPoolBacklogSample>(length);
+			_queueStats.ReportQueueLength(length);
+			_tracker.RecordQueueLength(length);
+			_tracker.RecordMessageDequeued(_enqueuedAt);
+			_queueStats.ProcessingEnded(1);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			_queueStats.EnterIdle();
+		}
+
+		if (Volatile.Read(ref _stopped) == 0)
+		{
+			_timer.Change(SampleInterval, Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public QueueStats GetStatistics() =>
+		_queueStats.GetStatistics(GetPendingWorkItemCount());
+
+	private void QueueWorkItem()
+	{
+		if (Volatile.Read(ref _stopped) != 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		_enqueuedAt = _tracker.Now;
+		ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(this, preferLocal: false);
+	}
+
+	private static int GetPendingWorkItemCount()
+	{
+		var count = ThreadPool.PendingWorkItemCount;
+		return count > int.MaxValue ? int.MaxValue : (int)count;
+	}
+
+	private sealed class ThreadPoolBacklogSample
+	{
+	}
+}