diff --git a/libbeat/outputs/logstash/async.go b/libbeat/outputs/logstash/async.go
index 760066b2f7c3..4c2eec26e1ec 100644
--- a/libbeat/outputs/logstash/async.go
+++ b/libbeat/outputs/logstash/async.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type msgRef struct {
 	win              *window
 	batchSize        int
 	deadlockListener *deadlockListener
+	start            time.Time
 }
 
 func newAsyncClient(
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ func (c *asyncClient) Publish(_ context.Context, batch publisher.Batch) error {
 		win:              c.win,
 		err:              nil,
 		deadlockListener: newDeadlockListener(c.log, logstashDeadlockTimeout),
+		start:            time.Time{},
 	}
 	ref.count.Store(1)
 	defer ref.dec()
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ func (c *asyncClient) sendEvents(ref *msgRef, events []publisher.Event) error {
 		window[i] = &events[i].Content
 	}
 	ref.count.Add(1)
+	ref.start = time.Now()
 	return client.Send(ref.callback, window)
 }
 
@@ -246,6 +249,10 @@ func (r *msgRef) callback(n uint32, err error) {
 			r.win.tryGrowWindow(r.batchSize)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Report the latency for the batch of events
+	r.client.observer.ReportLatency(time.Since(r.start))
+
 	r.dec()
 }