diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
index 49e436ac479..8f6865e6cbf 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ const getQueriesByDatasource = (
  */
 export function initDashboard(args: InitDashboardArgs): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const initStart = performance.now();
+
     // set fetching state
     dispatch(dashboardInitFetching());
 
@@ -283,7 +285,8 @@ export function initDashboard(args: InitDashboardArgs): ThunkResult<void> {
       })
     );
 
-    trackDashboardLoaded(dashboard, versionBeforeMigration);
+    const duration = performance.now() - initStart;
+    trackDashboardLoaded(dashboard, duration, versionBeforeMigration);
 
     // yay we are done
     dispatch(dashboardInitCompleted(dashboard));
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.test.ts
index b92aa5a87d5..79fc467fba9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.test.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ describe('trackDashboardLoaded', () => {
     const model = getDashboardModel(dashboardJSON);
     const reportInteractionSpy = jest.spyOn(runtime, 'reportInteraction');
 
-    trackDashboardLoaded(model, 16);
+    trackDashboardLoaded(model, 200, 16);
 
     expect(reportInteractionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dashboards_init_dashboard_completed', {
+      duration: 200,
       uid: 'dashboard-123',
       title: 'Test Dashboard',
       schemaVersion: model.schemaVersion, // This value is based on public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts#L81
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.ts
index 383e6412523..5031a396072 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/tracking.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { DashboardInteractions } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/intera
 
 import { DashboardModel } from '../state';
 
-export function trackDashboardLoaded(dashboard: DashboardModel, versionBeforeMigration?: number) {
+export function trackDashboardLoaded(dashboard: DashboardModel, duration: number, versionBeforeMigration?: number) {
   // Count the different types of variables
   const variables = dashboard.templating.list
     .map((v) => v.type)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export function trackDashboardLoaded(dashboard: DashboardModel, versionBeforeMig
     ...variables,
     settings_nowdelay: dashboard.timepicker.nowDelay,
     settings_livenow: !!dashboard.liveNow,
+    duration,
   });
 }