diff --git a/node/sync/src/controllers/metrics.rs b/node/sync/src/controllers/metrics.rs
index 4e6df22..b7026a9 100644
--- a/node/sync/src/controllers/metrics.rs
+++ b/node/sync/src/controllers/metrics.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
     pub static ref SERIAL_SYNC_FILE_COMPLETED: Arc<dyn Timer> = register_timer("sync_controllers_serial_sync_file_completed");
     pub static ref SERIAL_SYNC_CHUNKS_COMPLETED: Arc<dyn Timer> = register_timer("sync_controllers_serial_sync_chunks_completed");
     pub static ref SERIAL_SYNC_SEGMENT_LATENCY: Arc<dyn Histogram> = Sample::ExpDecay(0.015).register("sync_controllers_serial_sync_segment_latency", 1024);
+    pub static ref SERIAL_SYNC_SEGMENT_TIMEOUT: Arc<dyn Counter<usize>> = CounterUsize::register("sync_controllers_serial_sync_segment_timeout");
     pub static ref SERIAL_SYNC_UNEXPECTED_ERRORS: Arc<dyn Counter<usize>> = CounterUsize::register("sync_controllers_serial_sync_unexpected_errors");
 }
diff --git a/node/sync/src/controllers/serial.rs b/node/sync/src/controllers/serial.rs
index dd23e70..8bd8bcb 100644
--- a/node/sync/src/controllers/serial.rs
+++ b/node/sync/src/controllers/serial.rs
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ impl SerialSyncController {
                         debug!(%self.tx_seq, "No peer to continue downloading and try to find other peers to download");
                         self.state = SyncState::Idle;
                     } else if since.elapsed() >= self.config.peer_chunks_download_timeout {
+                        metrics::SERIAL_SYNC_SEGMENT_TIMEOUT.inc(1);
                         self.handle_response_failure(peer_id, "RPC timeout");
                     } else {
                         completed = true;