diff --git a/mod_statsd.c b/mod_statsd.c
index da9e3da..c4073cc 100644
--- a/mod_statsd.c
+++ b/mod_statsd.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static const char *statsd_exclude_filter = NULL;
 static pr_regex_t *statsd_exclude_pre = NULL;
 #endif /* PR_USE_REGEX */
 static float statsd_sampling = STATSD_DEFAULT_SAMPLING;
+static uint64_t statsd_sess_start_ms = 0;
 static struct statsd *statsd = NULL;
 
 static int statsd_sess_init(void);
@@ -455,6 +456,7 @@ static void statsd_exit_ev(const void *event_data, void *user_data) {
   if (statsd != NULL) {
     char *metric;
     const char *proto;
+    uint64_t now_ms = 0, sess_ms;
 
     metric = get_conn_metric(session.pool, NULL);
     statsd_metric_gauge(statsd, metric, -1, STATSD_METRIC_GAUGE_FL_ADJUST);
@@ -463,6 +465,10 @@ static void statsd_exit_ev(const void *event_data, void *user_data) {
     metric = get_conn_metric(session.pool, proto);
     statsd_metric_gauge(statsd, metric, -1, STATSD_METRIC_GAUGE_FL_ADJUST);
 
+    pr_gettimeofday_millis(&now_ms);
+    sess_ms = now_ms - statsd_sess_start_ms;
+    statsd_metric_timer(statsd, metric, sess_ms);
+
     statsd_statsd_close(statsd);
     statsd = NULL;
   }
@@ -738,6 +744,14 @@ static int statsd_sess_init(void) {
       statsd_tls_data_handshake_error_ev, NULL);
   }
 
+  /* We only want to set the session start time once; this function could be
+   * called again due to e.g. a HOST command, and we do not want to reset
+   * the start time in that case.
+   */
+  if (statsd_sess_start_ms == 0) {
+    pr_gettimeofday_millis(&statsd_sess_start_ms);
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/mod_statsd.html b/mod_statsd.html
index 36bd2ba..b07d44c 100644
--- a/mod_statsd.html
+++ b/mod_statsd.html
@@ -223,11 +223,14 @@ <h2><a name="Usage">Usage</a></h2>
 Timers:
 <pre>
   <i>command</i>.<i>response-code</i>
+  <i>protocol</i>.connection
   tls.handshake.ctrl
 </pre>
 Examples:
 <pre>
   PASS.331
+  ftp.connection
+  sftp.connection
   tls.handshake.ctrl
 </pre>