diff --git a/docs/content/operations/metrics.md b/docs/content/operations/metrics.md
index c8c69ed95a2..ad9752385e2 100644
--- a/docs/content/operations/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/content/operations/metrics.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Available Metrics
 |`query/node/time`|Milliseconds taken to query individual historical/realtime nodes.|id, status, server.|< 1s|
 |`query/node/bytes`|number of bytes returned from querying individual historical/realtime nodes.|id, status, server.| |
 |`query/node/ttfb`|Time to first byte. Milliseconds elapsed until broker starts receiving the response from individual historical/realtime nodes.|id, status, server.|< 1s|
+|`query/node/backpressure`|Milliseconds that the channel to this node has spent suspended due to backpressure.|id, status, server.| |
 |`query/intervalChunk/time`|Only emitted if interval chunking is enabled. Milliseconds required to query an interval chunk.|id, status, chunkInterval (if interval chunking is enabled).|< 1s|
 |`query/success/count`|number of queries successfully processed|This metric is only available if the QueryCountStatsMonitor module is included.||
 |`query/failed/count`|number of failed queries|This metric is only available if the QueryCountStatsMonitor module is included.||
diff --git a/extensions-contrib/statsd-emitter/src/main/resources/defaultMetricDimensions.json b/extensions-contrib/statsd-emitter/src/main/resources/defaultMetricDimensions.json
index ca87c2d3647..861a03eb626 100644
--- a/extensions-contrib/statsd-emitter/src/main/resources/defaultMetricDimensions.json
+++ b/extensions-contrib/statsd-emitter/src/main/resources/defaultMetricDimensions.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "query/time" : { "dimensions" : ["dataSource", "type"], "type" : "timer"},
   "query/node/time" : { "dimensions" : ["server"], "type" : "timer"},
   "query/node/ttfb" : { "dimensions" : ["server"], "type" : "timer"},
+  "query/node/backpressure": { "dimensions" : ["server"], "type" : "timer"},
   "query/intervalChunk/time" : { "dimensions" : [], "type" : "timer"},
 
   "query/segment/time" : { "dimensions" : [], "type" : "timer"},