diff --git a/cl/monitor/metrics.go b/cl/monitor/metrics.go
index a3b012c111b..609ea8de3af 100644
--- a/cl/monitor/metrics.go
+++ b/cl/monitor/metrics.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ var (
 	attestationBlockProcessingTime = metrics.GetOrCreateGauge("attestation_block_processing_time")
 	batchVerificationThroughput    = metrics.GetOrCreateGauge("aggregation_per_signature")
 
+	// Epoch processing metrics
+	epochProcessingTime = metrics.GetOrCreateGauge("epoch_processing_time")
+
 	// Network metrics
 	gossipTopicsMetricCounterPrefix = "gossip_topics_seen"
 	gossipMetricsMap                = sync.Map{}
@@ -54,6 +57,11 @@ func microToMilli(micros int64) float64 {
 	return float64(micros) / 1000
 }
 
+// ObserveEpochProcessingTime sets last epoch processing time
+func ObserveEpochProcessingTime(startTime time.Time) {
+	epochProcessingTime.Set(float64(time.Since(startTime).Microseconds()))
+}
+
 // ObserveAttestHit increments the attestation hit metric
 func ObserveAttestationBlockProcessingTime(startTime time.Time) {
 	attestationBlockProcessingTime.Set(microToMilli(time.Since(startTime).Microseconds()))
diff --git a/cl/transition/impl/eth2/operations.go b/cl/transition/impl/eth2/operations.go
index 37b35009912..bc0a75521f2 100644
--- a/cl/transition/impl/eth2/operations.go
+++ b/cl/transition/impl/eth2/operations.go
@@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ func (I *impl) ProcessSlots(s abstract.BeaconState, slot uint64) error {
 				"process_epoch_elpsed",
 				time.Since(start),
 			)
+			monitor.ObserveEpochProcessingTime(start)
 		}
 
 		sSlot += 1