diff --git a/bb8/src/api.rs b/bb8/src/api.rs
index 004790d..649103b 100644
--- a/bb8/src/api.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/api.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ pub struct Statistics {
     pub get_waited: u64,
     /// Total gets performed that timed out while waiting for a connection.
     pub get_timed_out: u64,
+    /// Total time accumulated waiting for a connection.
+    pub get_wait_time: Duration,
 }
 
 /// A builder for a connection pool.
diff --git a/bb8/src/inner.rs b/bb8/src/inner.rs
index 91b43b0..3c17e25 100644
--- a/bb8/src/inner.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/inner.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ where
 
     pub(crate) async fn get(&self) -> Result<PooledConnection<'_, M>, RunError<M::Error>> {
         let mut kind = StatsKind::Direct;
+        let mut wait_time_start = None;
 
         let future = async {
             loop {
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ where
                 let mut conn = match conn {
                     Some(conn) => PooledConnection::new(self, conn),
                     None => {
+                        wait_time_start = Some(Instant::now());
                         kind = StatsKind::Waited;
                         self.inner.notify.notified().await;
                         continue;
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ where
             }
         };
 
-        self.inner.statistics.record(kind);
+        self.inner.statistics.record_get(kind, wait_time_start);
         result
     }
 
diff --git a/bb8/src/internals.rs b/bb8/src/internals.rs
index 705669a..95266c5 100644
--- a/bb8/src/internals.rs
+++ b/bb8/src/internals.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::cmp::min;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Instant;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use tokio::sync::Notify;
 
@@ -255,15 +255,22 @@ pub(crate) struct AtomicStatistics {
     pub(crate) get_direct: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) get_waited: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) get_timed_out: AtomicU64,
+    pub(crate) get_wait_time_micros: AtomicU64,
 }
 
 impl AtomicStatistics {
-    pub(crate) fn record(&self, kind: StatsKind) {
+    pub(crate) fn record_get(&self, kind: StatsKind, wait_time_start: Option<Instant>) {
         match kind {
             StatsKind::Direct => self.get_direct.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
             StatsKind::Waited => self.get_waited.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
             StatsKind::TimedOut => self.get_timed_out.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst),
         };
+
+        if let Some(wait_time_start) = wait_time_start {
+            let wait_time = Instant::now() - wait_time_start;
+            self.get_wait_time_micros
+                .fetch_add(wait_time.as_micros() as u64, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -273,6 +280,7 @@ impl From<&AtomicStatistics> for Statistics {
             get_direct: item.get_direct.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
             get_waited: item.get_waited.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
             get_timed_out: item.get_timed_out.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
+            get_wait_time: Duration::from_micros(item.get_wait_time_micros.load(Ordering::SeqCst)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bb8/tests/test.rs b/bb8/tests/test.rs
index ee32cad..5219a1c 100644
--- a/bb8/tests/test.rs
+++ b/bb8/tests/test.rs
@@ -924,4 +924,5 @@ async fn test_state_get_contention() {
     let statistics = pool.state().statistics;
     assert_eq!(statistics.get_direct, 1);
     assert_eq!(statistics.get_waited, 1);
+    assert!(statistics.get_wait_time > Duration::from_micros(0));
 }