diff --git a/rest/request.go b/rest/request.go
index bb6fb4de..850e57da 100644
--- a/rest/request.go
+++ b/rest/request.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptrace"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -925,15 +926,38 @@ func (r *Request) newHTTPRequest(ctx context.Context) (*http.Request, error) {
 	}
 
 	url := r.URL().String()
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.verb, url, body)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(ctx, newDNSMetricsTrace(ctx)), r.verb, url, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
 	req.Header = r.headers
 	return req, nil
 }
 
+// newDNSMetricsTrace returns an HTTP trace that tracks time spent on DNS lookups per host.
+// This metric is available in client as "rest_client_dns_resolution_duration_seconds".
+func newDNSMetricsTrace(ctx context.Context) *httptrace.ClientTrace {
+	type dnsMetric struct {
+		start time.Time
+		host  string
+		sync.Mutex
+	}
+	dns := &dnsMetric{}
+	return &httptrace.ClientTrace{
+		DNSStart: func(info httptrace.DNSStartInfo) {
+			dns.Lock()
+			defer dns.Unlock()
+			dns.start = time.Now()
+			dns.host = info.Host
+		},
+		DNSDone: func(info httptrace.DNSDoneInfo) {
+			dns.Lock()
+			defer dns.Unlock()
+			metrics.ResolverLatency.Observe(ctx, dns.host, time.Since(dns.start))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // request connects to the server and invokes the provided function when a server response is
 // received. It handles retry behavior and up front validation of requests. It will invoke
 // fn at most once. It will return an error if a problem occurred prior to connecting to the
diff --git a/tools/metrics/metrics.go b/tools/metrics/metrics.go
index 601c0733..99d3d8e2 100644
--- a/tools/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/tools/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ type LatencyMetric interface {
 	Observe(ctx context.Context, verb string, u url.URL, latency time.Duration)
 }
 
+type ResolverLatencyMetric interface {
+	Observe(ctx context.Context, host string, latency time.Duration)
+}
+
 // SizeMetric observes client response size partitioned by verb and host.
 type SizeMetric interface {
 	Observe(ctx context.Context, verb string, host string, size float64)
@@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ var (
 	ClientCertRotationAge DurationMetric = noopDuration{}
 	// RequestLatency is the latency metric that rest clients will update.
 	RequestLatency LatencyMetric = noopLatency{}
+	// ResolverLatency is the latency metric that DNS resolver will update
+	ResolverLatency ResolverLatencyMetric = noopResolverLatency{}
 	// RequestSize is the request size metric that rest clients will update.
 	RequestSize SizeMetric = noopSize{}
 	// ResponseSize is the response size metric that rest clients will update.
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@ type RegisterOpts struct {
 	ClientCertExpiry      ExpiryMetric
 	ClientCertRotationAge DurationMetric
 	RequestLatency        LatencyMetric
+	ResolverLatency       ResolverLatencyMetric
 	RequestSize           SizeMetric
 	ResponseSize          SizeMetric
 	RateLimiterLatency    LatencyMetric
@@ -132,6 +139,9 @@ func Register(opts RegisterOpts) {
 		if opts.RequestLatency != nil {
 			RequestLatency = opts.RequestLatency
 		}
+		if opts.ResolverLatency != nil {
+			ResolverLatency = opts.ResolverLatency
+		}
 		if opts.RequestSize != nil {
 			RequestSize = opts.RequestSize
 		}
@@ -171,6 +181,11 @@ type noopLatency struct{}
 
 func (noopLatency) Observe(context.Context, string, url.URL, time.Duration) {}
 
+type noopResolverLatency struct{}
+
+func (n noopResolverLatency) Observe(ctx context.Context, host string, latency time.Duration) {
+}
+
 type noopSize struct{}
 
 func (noopSize) Observe(context.Context, string, string, float64) {}