diff --git a/chains/cosmos/runner/runner.go b/chains/cosmos/runner/runner.go
index 30110f4..e176a4d 100644
--- a/chains/cosmos/runner/runner.go
+++ b/chains/cosmos/runner/runner.go
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ func NewRunner(ctx context.Context, spec loadtesttypes.LoadTestSpec) (*Runner, e
 	}
 
 	if spec.Relay != nil {
-		relayerClient, err := iftrelayer.NewGRPCClient(*spec.Relay, spec.ChainID)
+		var relayMetrics *iftrelayer.Metrics
+		if spec.MetricsEnabled {
+			relayMetrics = iftrelayer.NewMetrics()
+		}
+		relayerClient, err := iftrelayer.NewGRPCClient(*spec.Relay, spec.ChainID, relayMetrics)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("create relayer client: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/chains/ethereum/runner/runner.go b/chains/ethereum/runner/runner.go
index 2d14cd0..ac30e2e 100644
--- a/chains/ethereum/runner/runner.go
+++ b/chains/ethereum/runner/runner.go
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ func NewRunner(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, spec loadtesttypes.LoadT
 	}
 
 	if spec.Relay != nil {
-		relayerClient, err := iftrelayer.NewGRPCClient(*spec.Relay, spec.ChainID)
+		var relayMetrics *iftrelayer.Metrics
+		if spec.MetricsEnabled {
+			relayMetrics = iftrelayer.NewMetrics()
+		}
+		relayerClient, err := iftrelayer.NewGRPCClient(*spec.Relay, spec.ChainID, relayMetrics)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("create relayer client: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/ift/relayer/client.go b/ift/relayer/client.go
index d5c37dd..2d7304b 100644
--- a/ift/relayer/client.go
+++ b/ift/relayer/client.go
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ type GRPCClient struct {
 	client  relayerapi.RelayerApiServiceClient
 	chainID string
 	timeout time.Duration
+	metrics *Metrics
 }
 
-func NewGRPCClient(cfg loadtesttypes.RelayConfig, chainID string) (*GRPCClient, error) {
+func NewGRPCClient(cfg loadtesttypes.RelayConfig, chainID string, metrics *Metrics) (*GRPCClient, error) {
 	timeout := cfg.Timeout
 	if timeout == 0 {
 		timeout = 10 * time.Second
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func NewGRPCClient(cfg loadtesttypes.RelayConfig, chainID string) (*GRPCClient,
 		client:  relayerapi.NewRelayerApiServiceClient(conn),
 		chainID: chainID,
 		timeout: timeout,
+		metrics: metrics,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -58,24 +60,37 @@ func (c *GRPCClient) SubmitTxHash(ctx context.Context, txHash string) error {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				timer.Stop()
+				if c.metrics != nil {
+					c.metrics.Failure.WithLabelValues(c.chainID).Inc()
+				}
 				return ctx.Err()
 			case <-timer.C:
 			}
 		}
 
 		callCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.timeout)
+		start := time.Now()
 		_, err := c.client.Relay(callCtx, &relayerapi.RelayRequest{
 			TxHash:  txHash,
 			ChainId: c.chainID,
 		})
 		cancel()
+		if c.metrics != nil {
+			c.metrics.Duration.WithLabelValues(c.chainID).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		}
 
 		if err == nil {
+			if c.metrics != nil {
+				c.metrics.Success.WithLabelValues(c.chainID).Inc()
+			}
 			return nil
 		}
 		lastErr = err
 	}
 
+	if c.metrics != nil {
+		c.metrics.Failure.WithLabelValues(c.chainID).Inc()
+	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("submit tx hash to relayer after %d attempts: %w", maxRelayRetries, lastErr)
 }
 
diff --git a/ift/relayer/metrics.go b/ift/relayer/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ec83c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ift/relayer/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package relayer
+
+import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+const (
+	promNamespace = "catalyst"
+	promSubsystem = "relay"
+)
+
+type Metrics struct {
+	Success  *prometheus.CounterVec
+	Failure  *prometheus.CounterVec
+	Duration *prometheus.HistogramVec
+}
+
+// NewMetrics constructs and registers the relay metric vectors. Pass the
+// result to NewGRPCClient; pass nil to disable instrumentation entirely.
+func NewMetrics() *Metrics {
+	m := &Metrics{
+		Success: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: promNamespace,
+			Subsystem: promSubsystem,
+			Name:      "success_total",
+			Help:      "Tx hashes successfully submitted to the relayer (terminal, per submission).",
+		}, []string{"chain_id"}),
+		Failure: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: promNamespace,
+			Subsystem: promSubsystem,
+			Name:      "failure_total",
+			Help:      "Tx hashes that failed to be submitted to the relayer after all retries.",
+		}, []string{"chain_id"}),
+		Duration: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: promNamespace,
+			Subsystem: promSubsystem,
+			Name:      "duration_seconds",
+			Help:      "Duration of a single gRPC relay request (per-attempt, not including retry backoff).",
+			Buckets:   []float64{0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10},
+		}, []string{"chain_id"}),
+	}
+	prometheus.MustRegister(m.Success, m.Failure, m.Duration)
+	return m
+}