diff --git a/lib/artie/message.go b/lib/artie/message.go
index 8d6757cc1..391566231 100644
--- a/lib/artie/message.go
+++ b/lib/artie/message.go
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@ func (m *Message) Kind() Kind {
 	return Invalid
 }
 
+// EmitRowLag will diff against the partition's high watermark and the message's offset
+// This function is only available for Kafka since Kafka has the concept of offsets and watermarks.
+func (m *Message) EmitRowLag(ctx context.Context, groupID, table string) {
+	if m.KafkaMsg == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	metrics.FromContext(ctx).GaugeWithSample("row.lag", float64(m.KafkaMsg.HighWaterMark-m.KafkaMsg.Offset), map[string]string{
+		"groupID":   groupID,
+		"topic":     m.Topic(),
+		"table":     table,
+		"partition": m.Partition(),
+	}, 0.5)
+}
+
 func (m *Message) EmitIngestionLag(ctx context.Context, groupID, table string) {
 	metrics.FromContext(ctx).Timing("ingestion.lag", time.Since(m.PublishTime()), map[string]string{
 		"groupID":   groupID,
diff --git a/lib/telemetry/metrics/base/provider.go b/lib/telemetry/metrics/base/provider.go
index 92fe56d17..4759fa777 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry/metrics/base/provider.go
+++ b/lib/telemetry/metrics/base/provider.go
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ type Client interface {
 	Incr(name string, tags map[string]string)
 	Count(name string, value int64, tags map[string]string)
 	Gauge(name string, value float64, tags map[string]string)
+	GaugeWithSample(name string, value float64, tags map[string]string, sample float64)
 }
diff --git a/lib/telemetry/metrics/datadog/datadog.go b/lib/telemetry/metrics/datadog/datadog.go
index 994219f44..fa8353606 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry/metrics/datadog/datadog.go
+++ b/lib/telemetry/metrics/datadog/datadog.go
@@ -89,3 +89,7 @@ func (s *statsClient) Count(name string, value int64, tags map[string]string) {
 func (s *statsClient) Gauge(name string, value float64, tags map[string]string) {
 	_ = s.client.Gauge(name, value, toDatadogTags(tags), s.rate)
 }
+
+func (s *statsClient) GaugeWithSample(name string, value float64, tags map[string]string, sample float64) {
+	_ = s.client.Gauge(name, value, toDatadogTags(tags), sample)
+}
diff --git a/lib/telemetry/metrics/null_provider.go b/lib/telemetry/metrics/null_provider.go
index db65bc9c3..5ef3364db 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry/metrics/null_provider.go
+++ b/lib/telemetry/metrics/null_provider.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ func (n NullMetricsProvider) Gauge(name string, value float64, tags map[string]s
 	return
 }
 
+func (n NullMetricsProvider) GaugeWithSample(name string, value float64, tags map[string]string, sample float64) {
+	return
+}
+
 func (n NullMetricsProvider) Count(name string, value int64, tags map[string]string) {
 	return
 }
diff --git a/processes/consumer/kafka.go b/processes/consumer/kafka.go
index a2619e835..362e44b41 100644
--- a/processes/consumer/kafka.go
+++ b/processes/consumer/kafka.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func StartConsumer(ctx context.Context) {
 				})
 
 				msg.EmitIngestionLag(ctx, kafkaConsumer.Config().GroupID, tableName)
+				msg.EmitRowLag(ctx, kafkaConsumer.Config().GroupID, tableName)
 				if processErr != nil {
 					log.WithError(processErr).WithFields(logFields).Warn("skipping message...")
 				}