diff --git a/src/handlers/history.rs b/src/handlers/history.rs
index a71d0e2ea..55163bfc6 100644
--- a/src/handlers/history.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/history.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ async fn handler_internal(
     let latency_tracker = latency_tracker_start
         .elapsed()
         .unwrap_or(std::time::Duration::from_secs(0));
+    state.metrics.add_history_lookup();
 
     {
         let origin = headers