diff --git a/rpc/amqp-rpc.go b/rpc/amqp-rpc.go
index 4fdccd97c..61f342ac4 100644
--- a/rpc/amqp-rpc.go
+++ b/rpc/amqp-rpc.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd"
+	"github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmhodges/clock"
 	"github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/streadway/amqp"
 
 	"github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/cmd"
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ type AmqpRPCServer struct {
 	currentGoroutines              int64
 	maxConcurrentRPCServerRequests int64
 	tooManyRequestsResponse        []byte
+	stats                          statsd.Statter
+	clk                            clock.Clock
 }
 
 // NewAmqpRPCServer creates a new RPC server for the given queue and will begin
@@ -186,12 +189,19 @@ func NewAmqpRPCServer(serverQueue string, maxConcurrentRPCServerRequests int64,
 		reconnectMax = time.Minute
 	}
 
+	stats, err := statsd.NewClient(c.Statsd.Server, c.Statsd.Prefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &AmqpRPCServer{
 		serverQueue:                    serverQueue,
 		connection:                     newAMQPConnector(serverQueue, reconnectBase, reconnectMax),
 		log:                            log,
 		dispatchTable:                  make(map[string]func([]byte) ([]byte, error)),
 		maxConcurrentRPCServerRequests: maxConcurrentRPCServerRequests,
+		clk:   clock.Default(),
+		stats: stats,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -426,6 +436,7 @@ func (rpc *AmqpRPCServer) Start(c cmd.Config) error {
 		select {
 		case msg, ok := <-rpc.connection.messages():
 			if ok {
+				rpc.stats.TimingDuration(fmt.Sprintf("RPC.MessageLag.%s", rpc.serverQueue), rpc.clk.Now().Sub(msg.Timestamp), 1.0)
 				if rpc.maxConcurrentRPCServerRequests > 0 && atomic.LoadInt64(&rpc.currentGoroutines) >= rpc.maxConcurrentRPCServerRequests {
 					rpc.replyTooManyRequests(msg)
 					break // this breaks the select, not the for
diff --git a/rpc/connection.go b/rpc/connection.go
index df9f9aec0..585595add 100644
--- a/rpc/connection.go
+++ b/rpc/connection.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ func (ac *amqpConnector) publish(queueName, corrId, expiration, replyTo, msgType
 			Expiration:    expiration,
 			ReplyTo:       replyTo,
 			Type:          msgType,
+			Timestamp:     ac.clk.Now(),
 		})
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/connection_test.go b/rpc/connection_test.go
index 89c5926d1..f86b19558 100644
--- a/rpc/connection_test.go
+++ b/rpc/connection_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func setup(t *testing.T) (*amqpConnector, *MockamqpChannel, func()) {
 		},
 		queueName:        "fooqueue",
 		retryTimeoutBase: time.Second,
+		clk:              clock.NewFake(),
 	}
 	return &ac, mockChannel, func() { mockCtrl.Finish() }
 }
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ func TestPublish(t *testing.T) {
 			Expiration:    "3000",
 			ReplyTo:       "replyTo",
 			Type:          "testMsg",
+			Timestamp:     ac.clk.Now(),
 		})
 	ac.publish("fooqueue", "03c52e", "3000", "replyTo", "testMsg", []byte("body"))
 }