diff --git a/src/lib/request/index.ts b/src/lib/request/index.ts
index 5b59976086..60a44fea12 100644
--- a/src/lib/request/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/request/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import request = require('./request');
 import alerts = require('../alerts');
+import { MetricsCollector } from '../metrics';
 
 // A hybrid async function: both returns a promise and takes a callback
 export = async (
   payload: any,
   callback?: (err: Error | null, res?, body?) => void,
 ) => {
+  const totalNetworkTimeTimer = MetricsCollector.NETWORK_TIME.createInstance();
+  totalNetworkTimeTimer.start();
   try {
     const result = await request(payload);
     if (result.body.alerts) {
@@ -21,5 +24,7 @@ export = async (
       return callback(error);
     }
     throw error;
+  } finally {
+    totalNetworkTimeTimer.stop();
   }
 };