diff --git a/pkg/logql/metrics.go b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
index 943f1316e7..382e0908ca 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func RecordRangeAndInstantQueryMetrics(
 		"queue_time", logql_stats.ConvertSecondsToNanoseconds(stats.Summary.QueueTime),
 		"splits", stats.Summary.Splits,
 		"shards", stats.Summary.Shards,
+		"chunk_refs_fetch_time", stats.ChunkRefsFetchTime(),
 		"cache_chunk_req", stats.Caches.Chunk.EntriesRequested,
 		"cache_chunk_hit", stats.Caches.Chunk.EntriesFound,
 		"cache_chunk_bytes_stored", stats.Caches.Chunk.BytesSent,
diff --git a/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/context.go b/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/context.go
index 824d2ef55a..afd669e692 100644
--- a/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/context.go
+++ b/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/context.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func (s *Store) Merge(m Store) {
 	s.TotalChunksRef += m.TotalChunksRef
 	s.TotalChunksDownloaded += m.TotalChunksDownloaded
 	s.ChunksDownloadTime += m.ChunksDownloadTime
+	s.ChunkRefsFetchTime += m.ChunkRefsFetchTime
 	s.Chunk.HeadChunkBytes += m.Chunk.HeadChunkBytes
 	s.Chunk.HeadChunkNonIndexedLabelsBytes += m.Chunk.HeadChunkNonIndexedLabelsBytes
 	s.Chunk.HeadChunkLines += m.Chunk.HeadChunkLines
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ func (r Result) ChunksDownloadTime() time.Duration {
 	return time.Duration(r.Querier.Store.ChunksDownloadTime + r.Ingester.Store.ChunksDownloadTime)
 }
 
+func (r Result) ChunkRefsFetchTime() time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(r.Querier.Store.ChunkRefsFetchTime + r.Ingester.Store.ChunkRefsFetchTime)
+}
+
 func (r Result) TotalDuplicates() int64 {
 	return r.Querier.Store.Chunk.TotalDuplicates + r.Ingester.Store.Chunk.TotalDuplicates
 }
@@ -320,6 +325,10 @@ func (c *Context) AddChunksDownloadTime(i time.Duration) {
 	atomic.AddInt64(&c.store.ChunksDownloadTime, int64(i))
 }
 
+func (c *Context) AddChunkRefsFetchTime(i time.Duration) {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&c.store.ChunkRefsFetchTime, int64(i))
+}
+
 func (c *Context) AddChunksDownloaded(i int64) {
 	atomic.AddInt64(&c.store.TotalChunksDownloaded, i)
 }
@@ -433,6 +442,7 @@ func (r Result) Log(log log.Logger) {
 		"Ingester.TotalChunksRef", r.Ingester.Store.TotalChunksRef,
 		"Ingester.TotalChunksDownloaded", r.Ingester.Store.TotalChunksDownloaded,
 		"Ingester.ChunksDownloadTime", time.Duration(r.Ingester.Store.ChunksDownloadTime),
+		"Ingester.ChunkRefsFetchTime", time.Duration(r.Ingester.Store.ChunkRefsFetchTime),
 		"Ingester.HeadChunkBytes", humanize.Bytes(uint64(r.Ingester.Store.Chunk.HeadChunkBytes)),
 		"Ingester.HeadChunkLines", r.Ingester.Store.Chunk.HeadChunkLines,
 		"Ingester.DecompressedBytes", humanize.Bytes(uint64(r.Ingester.Store.Chunk.DecompressedBytes)),
@@ -444,6 +454,7 @@ func (r Result) Log(log log.Logger) {
 		"Querier.TotalChunksRef", r.Querier.Store.TotalChunksRef,
 		"Querier.TotalChunksDownloaded", r.Querier.Store.TotalChunksDownloaded,
 		"Querier.ChunksDownloadTime", time.Duration(r.Querier.Store.ChunksDownloadTime),
+		"Querier.ChunkRefsFetchTime", time.Duration(r.Querier.Store.ChunkRefsFetchTime),
 		"Querier.HeadChunkBytes", humanize.Bytes(uint64(r.Querier.Store.Chunk.HeadChunkBytes)),
 		"Querier.HeadChunkLines", r.Querier.Store.Chunk.HeadChunkLines,
 		"Querier.DecompressedBytes", humanize.Bytes(uint64(r.Querier.Store.Chunk.DecompressedBytes)),
diff --git a/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.pb.go b/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.pb.go
index 8ebca564fe..9a4fed2dd7 100644
--- a/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.pb.go
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ type Store struct {
 	// Time spent fetching chunks in nanoseconds.
 	ChunksDownloadTime int64 `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=chunksDownloadTime,proto3" json:"chunksDownloadTime"`
 	Chunk              Chunk `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=chunk,proto3" json:"chunk"`
+	// Time spent fetching chunk refs from index.
+	ChunkRefsFetchTime int64 `protobuf:"varint,5,opt,name=chunkRefsFetchTime,proto3" json:"chunkRefsFetchTime"`
 }
 
 func (m *Store) Reset()      { *m = Store{} }
@@ -502,6 +504,13 @@ func (m *Store) GetChunk() Chunk {
 	return Chunk{}
 }
 
+func (m *Store) GetChunkRefsFetchTime() int64 {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.ChunkRefsFetchTime
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 type Chunk struct {
 	// Total bytes processed but was already in memory (found in the headchunk). Includes non-indexed labels bytes.
 	HeadChunkBytes int64 `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=headChunkBytes,proto3" json:"headChunkBytes"`
@@ -723,75 +732,76 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.proto", fileDescriptor_6cdfe5d2aea33ebb) }
 
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+	0xfe, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xe6, 0xd2, 0x99, 0xf1, 0xb6, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x00,
 }
 
 func (this *Result) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
@@ -1008,6 +1018,9 @@ func (this *Store) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
 	if !this.Chunk.Equal(&that1.Chunk) {
 		return false
 	}
+	if this.ChunkRefsFetchTime != that1.ChunkRefsFetchTime {
+		return false
+	}
 	return true
 }
 func (this *Chunk) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
@@ -1175,12 +1188,13 @@ func (this *Store) GoString() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
 	}
-	s := make([]string, 0, 8)
+	s := make([]string, 0, 9)
 	s = append(s, "&stats.Store{")
 	s = append(s, "TotalChunksRef: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.TotalChunksRef)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "TotalChunksDownloaded: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.TotalChunksDownloaded)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "ChunksDownloadTime: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.ChunksDownloadTime)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "Chunk: "+strings.Replace(this.Chunk.GoString(), `&`, ``, 1)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "ChunkRefsFetchTime: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.ChunkRefsFetchTime)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "}")
 	return strings.Join(s, "")
 }
@@ -1543,6 +1557,11 @@ func (m *Store) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
+	if m.ChunkRefsFetchTime != 0 {
+		i = encodeVarintStats(dAtA, i, uint64(m.ChunkRefsFetchTime))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x28
+	}
 	{
 		size, err := m.Chunk.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:i])
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1838,6 +1857,9 @@ func (m *Store) Size() (n int) {
 	}
 	l = m.Chunk.Size()
 	n += 1 + l + sovStats(uint64(l))
+	if m.ChunkRefsFetchTime != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovStats(uint64(m.ChunkRefsFetchTime))
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1993,6 +2015,7 @@ func (this *Store) String() string {
 		`TotalChunksDownloaded:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.TotalChunksDownloaded) + `,`,
 		`ChunksDownloadTime:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ChunksDownloadTime) + `,`,
 		`Chunk:` + strings.Replace(strings.Replace(this.Chunk.String(), "Chunk", "Chunk", 1), `&`, ``, 1) + `,`,
+		`ChunkRefsFetchTime:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ChunkRefsFetchTime) + `,`,
 		`}`,
 	}, "")
 	return s
@@ -3041,6 +3064,25 @@ func (m *Store) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 				return err
 			}
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 5:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field ChunkRefsFetchTime", wireType)
+			}
+			m.ChunkRefsFetchTime = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowStats
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.ChunkRefsFetchTime |= int64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipStats(dAtA[iNdEx:])
diff --git a/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.proto b/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.proto
index 019bc39651..1faed5389c 100644
--- a/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.proto
+++ b/pkg/logqlmodel/stats/stats.proto
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ message Store {
     (gogoproto.nullable) = false,
     (gogoproto.jsontag) = "chunk"
   ];
+
+  // Time spent fetching chunk refs from index.
+  int64 chunkRefsFetchTime = 5 [(gogoproto.jsontag) = "chunkRefsFetchTime"];
 }
 
 message Chunk {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/http_test.go b/pkg/querier/http_test.go
index cd8ad1062b..1a619396fd 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/http_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/http_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ var (
 				},
 				"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 				"totalChunksRef": 0,
-				"totalChunksDownloaded": 0
+				"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+				"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0
 			},
 			"totalBatches": 6,
 			"totalChunksMatched": 7,
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ var (
 				},
 				"chunksDownloadTime": 16,
 				"totalChunksRef": 17,
-				"totalChunksDownloaded": 18
+				"totalChunksDownloaded": 18,
+				"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0
 			}
 		},
 		"cache": {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec_test.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec_test.go
index 2d124e0a76..730a459f3e 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec_test.go
@@ -1349,7 +1349,8 @@ var (
 				},
 				"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 				"totalChunksRef": 0,
-				"totalChunksDownloaded": 0
+				"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+				"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0
 			},
 			"totalBatches": 6,
 			"totalChunksMatched": 7,
@@ -1371,7 +1372,8 @@ var (
 				},
 				"chunksDownloadTime": 16,
 				"totalChunksRef": 17,
-				"totalChunksDownloaded": 18
+				"totalChunksDownloaded": 18,
+				"chunkRefsFetchTime": 19
 			}
 		},
 		"cache": {
@@ -1607,6 +1609,7 @@ var (
 				ChunksDownloadTime:    16,
 				TotalChunksRef:        17,
 				TotalChunksDownloaded: 18,
+				ChunkRefsFetchTime:    19,
 			},
 		},
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/prometheus_test.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/prometheus_test.go
index ff194d9461..0ca6b62e6b 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/prometheus_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ var emptyStats = `"stats": {
 			"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 			"totalChunksRef": 0,
 			"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+			"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 			"chunk" :{
 				"compressedBytes": 0,
 				"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ var emptyStats = `"stats": {
 			"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 			"totalChunksRef": 0,
 			"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+			"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 			"chunk" :{
 				"compressedBytes": 0,
 				"decompressedBytes": 0,
diff --git a/pkg/storage/store.go b/pkg/storage/store.go
index be62a5ce85..6b7f749079 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/store.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/store.go
@@ -394,7 +394,10 @@ func (s *store) lazyChunks(ctx context.Context, matchers []*labels.Matcher, from
 
 	stats := stats.FromContext(ctx)
 
+	start := time.Now()
 	chks, fetchers, err := s.GetChunkRefs(ctx, userID, from, through, matchers...)
+	stats.AddChunkRefsFetchTime(time.Since(start))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/marshal/legacy/marshal_test.go b/pkg/util/marshal/legacy/marshal_test.go
index 0e0bba9121..91397c03ea 100644
--- a/pkg/util/marshal/legacy/marshal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/marshal/legacy/marshal_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 						"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 						"totalChunksRef": 0,
 						"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+						"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 						"chunk" :{
 							"compressedBytes": 0,
 							"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 						"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 						"totalChunksRef": 0,
 						"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+						"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 						"chunk" :{
 							"compressedBytes": 0,
 							"decompressedBytes": 0,
diff --git a/pkg/util/marshal/marshal_test.go b/pkg/util/marshal/marshal_test.go
index 2ebc27983b..a2b436b1a5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/marshal/marshal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/marshal/marshal_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 							"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 							"totalChunksRef": 0,
 							"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+							"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 							"chunk" :{
 								"compressedBytes": 0,
 								"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 							"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 							"totalChunksRef": 0,
 							"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+							"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 							"chunk" :{
 								"compressedBytes": 0,
 								"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 						"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 						"totalChunksRef": 0,
 						"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+						"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 						"chunk" :{
 							"compressedBytes": 0,
 							"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 						"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 						"totalChunksRef": 0,
 						"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+						"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 						"chunk" :{
 							"compressedBytes": 0,
 							"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -396,6 +400,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 						"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 						"totalChunksRef": 0,
 						"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+						"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 						"chunk" :{
 							"compressedBytes": 0,
 							"decompressedBytes": 0,
@@ -418,6 +423,7 @@ var queryTests = []struct {
 						"chunksDownloadTime": 0,
 						"totalChunksRef": 0,
 						"totalChunksDownloaded": 0,
+						"chunkRefsFetchTime": 0,
 						"chunk" :{
 							"compressedBytes": 0,
 							"decompressedBytes": 0,