diff --git a/src/include/com/amazonaws/kinesis/video/webrtcclient/Stats.h b/src/include/com/amazonaws/kinesis/video/webrtcclient/Stats.h
index 39ac7cc438..0b04721ee0 100644
--- a/src/include/com/amazonaws/kinesis/video/webrtcclient/Stats.h
+++ b/src/include/com/amazonaws/kinesis/video/webrtcclient/Stats.h
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ typedef struct {
     UINT64 iceHolePunchingTime;        //!< Time taken (ms) for ICE agent set up to complete
     UINT64 closePeerConnectionTime;    //!< Time taken (ms) to close the peer connection
     UINT64 freePeerConnectionTime;     //!< Time taken (ms) to free the peer connection object
+    UINT64 stunDnsResolutionTime;      //!< Time taken (ms) to complete STUN DNS resolution on the thread
 } PeerConnectionStats, *PPeerConnectionStats;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.c b/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.c
index c79eb24634..49b05ab4e8 100644
--- a/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.c
+++ b/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ STATUS createWebRtcClientInstance()
     CHK_WARN(!ATOMIC_LOAD_BOOL(&pWebRtcClientContext->isContextInitialized), retStatus, "WebRtc client context already initialized, nothing to do");
     CHK_ERR(!IS_VALID_MUTEX_VALUE(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock), retStatus, "Mutex seems to have been created already");
 
-    pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock = MUTEX_CREATE(FALSE);
+    pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock = MUTEX_CREATE(TRUE);
     CHK_ERR(IS_VALID_MUTEX_VALUE(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock), STATUS_NULL_ARG, "Mutex creation failed");
     MUTEX_LOCK(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock);
     locked = TRUE;
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ PVOID resolveStunIceServerIp(PVOID args)
     CHAR addressResolved[KVS_IP_ADDRESS_STRING_BUFFER_LEN + 1] = {'\0'};
     PCHAR pRegion;
     PCHAR pHostnamePostfix;
+    UINT64 stunDnsResolutionStartTime = 0;
 
     if (ATOMIC_LOAD_BOOL(&pWebRtcClientContext->isContextInitialized)) {
         MUTEX_LOCK(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock);
@@ -856,6 +857,8 @@ PVOID resolveStunIceServerIp(PVOID args)
             } else {
                 DLOGW("Request already received to get the URL before resolution could even start...allowing higher layers to handle resolution");
             }
+            PROFILE_WITH_START_TIME_OBJ(stunDnsResolutionStartTime, pWebRtcClientContext->pStunIpAddrCtx->stunDnsResolutionTime,
+                                        "STUN DNS resolution time taken");
         }
         if (locked) {
             MUTEX_UNLOCK(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock);
@@ -1752,11 +1755,22 @@ STATUS peerConnectionGetMetrics(PRtcPeerConnection pPeerConnection, PPeerConnect
 {
     STATUS retStatus = STATUS_SUCCESS;
     PKvsPeerConnection pKvsPeerConnection = (PKvsPeerConnection) pPeerConnection;
+    PWebRtcClientContext pWebRtcClientContext = getWebRtcClientInstance();
+
     CHK(pKvsPeerConnection != NULL && pPeerConnectionMetrics != NULL, STATUS_NULL_ARG);
     if (pPeerConnectionMetrics->version > PEER_CONNECTION_METRICS_CURRENT_VERSION) {
         DLOGW("Peer connection metrics object version invalid..setting to highest default version %d", PEER_CONNECTION_METRICS_CURRENT_VERSION);
         pPeerConnectionMetrics->version = PEER_CONNECTION_METRICS_CURRENT_VERSION;
     }
+
+    MUTEX_LOCK(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock);
+    if (pWebRtcClientContext->isContextInitialized) {
+        if (pWebRtcClientContext->pStunIpAddrCtx->isIpInitialized) {
+            pPeerConnectionMetrics->peerConnectionStats.stunDnsResolutionTime = pWebRtcClientContext->pStunIpAddrCtx->stunDnsResolutionTime;
+        }
+    }
+    MUTEX_UNLOCK(pWebRtcClientContext->stunCtxlock);
+
     pPeerConnectionMetrics->peerConnectionStats.peerConnectionCreationTime = pKvsPeerConnection->peerConnectionDiagnostics.peerConnectionCreationTime;
     pPeerConnectionMetrics->peerConnectionStats.dtlsSessionSetupTime = pKvsPeerConnection->peerConnectionDiagnostics.dtlsSessionSetupTime;
     pPeerConnectionMetrics->peerConnectionStats.iceHolePunchingTime = pKvsPeerConnection->peerConnectionDiagnostics.iceHolePunchingTime;
@@ -1764,6 +1778,7 @@ STATUS peerConnectionGetMetrics(PRtcPeerConnection pPeerConnection, PPeerConnect
     pPeerConnectionMetrics->peerConnectionStats.closePeerConnectionTime = pKvsPeerConnection->peerConnectionDiagnostics.closePeerConnectionTime;
     pPeerConnectionMetrics->peerConnectionStats.freePeerConnectionTime = pKvsPeerConnection->peerConnectionDiagnostics.freePeerConnectionTime;
 CleanUp:
+    releaseHoldOnInstance(pWebRtcClientContext);
     return retStatus;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.h b/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.h
index e638767055..3a47d3eebd 100644
--- a/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.h
+++ b/src/source/PeerConnection/PeerConnection.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ typedef struct {
     KvsIpAddress kvsIpAddr;
     BOOL isIpInitialized;
     UINT64 startTime;
+    UINT64 stunDnsResolutionTime;
     UINT64 expirationDuration;
     STATUS status;
 } StunIpAddrContext, *PStunIpAddrContext;