diff --git a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/shapes/consumer.ex b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/shapes/consumer.ex
index 4158026778..0b4796b0f2 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/shapes/consumer.ex
+++ b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/shapes/consumer.ex
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ defmodule Electric.Shapes.Consumer do
 
         notify_listeners(registry, :new_changes, shape_handle, last_log_offset)
 
+        report_replication_lag(txn)
+
         {:cont, notify(txn, %{state | log_state: new_log_state})}
 
       true ->
@@ -423,4 +425,21 @@ defmodule Electric.Shapes.Consumer do
       "shape.where": shape.where
     ]
   end
+
+  defp report_replication_lag(%Transaction{commit_timestamp: commit_timestamp}) do
+    # Compute time elapsed since commit
+    # since we are comparing PG's clock with our own
+    # there may be a slight skew so we make sure not to report negative lag.
+    # Since the lag is only useful when it becomes significant, a slight skew doesn't matter.
+    now = DateTime.utc_now()
+    lag = Kernel.max(0, DateTime.diff(now, commit_timestamp, :millisecond))
+
+    OpenTelemetry.with_span(
+      "shape_write.consumer.do_handle_txn.report_replication_lag",
+      [lag: lag],
+      fn ->
+        lag
+      end
+    )
+  end
 end