diff --git a/markets/dagstore/piecereader.go b/markets/dagstore/piecereader.go
index 6ef69dfbe..f9ba881f5 100644
--- a/markets/dagstore/piecereader.go
+++ b/markets/dagstore/piecereader.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package dagstore
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/metrics"
+	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ type pieceReader struct {
 }
 
 func (p *pieceReader) init() (_ *pieceReader, err error) {
+	stats.Record(p.ctx, metrics.DagStorePRInitCount.M(1))
+
 	p.rAt = 0
 	p.r, p.len, err = p.api.FetchUnsealedPiece(p.ctx, p.pieceCid, uint64(p.rAt))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@ func (p *pieceReader) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (n int, err error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	stats.Record(p.ctx, metrics.DagStorePRBytesRequested.M(int64(len(b))))
+
 	// 1. Get the backing reader into the correct position
 
 	// if the backing reader is ahead of the offset we want, or more than
@@ -109,6 +115,12 @@ func (p *pieceReader) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (n int, err error) {
 
 		log.Debugw("pieceReader new stream", "piece", p.pieceCid, "at", p.rAt, "off", off-p.rAt)
 
+		if off > p.rAt {
+			stats.Record(p.ctx, metrics.DagStorePRSeekForwardBytes.M(off-p.rAt), metrics.DagStorePRSeekForwardCount.M(1))
+		} else {
+			stats.Record(p.ctx, metrics.DagStorePRSeekBackBytes.M(p.rAt-off), metrics.DagStorePRSeekBackCount.M(1))
+		}
+
 		p.rAt = off
 		p.r, _, err = p.api.FetchUnsealedPiece(p.ctx, p.pieceCid, uint64(p.rAt))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -118,6 +130,8 @@ func (p *pieceReader) ReadAt(b []byte, off int64) (n int, err error) {
 
 	// 2. Check if we need to burn some bytes
 	if off > p.rAt {
+		stats.Record(p.ctx, metrics.DagStorePRBytesDiscarded.M(off-p.rAt), metrics.DagStorePRDiscardCount.M(1))
+
 		n, err := io.CopyN(io.Discard, p.r, off-p.rAt)
 		p.rAt += n
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index ddd149d8d..b4032bb1d 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ var (
 	StorageLimitUsedBytes   = stats.Int64("storage/path_limit_used_bytes", "used optional storage limit bytes", stats.UnitBytes)
 	StorageLimitMaxBytes    = stats.Int64("storage/path_limit_max_bytes", "optional storage limit", stats.UnitBytes)
 
+	DagStorePRInitCount        = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_init_count", "PieceReader init count", stats.UnitDimensionless)
+	DagStorePRBytesRequested   = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_requested_bytes", "PieceReader requested bytes", stats.UnitBytes)
+	DagStorePRBytesDiscarded   = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_discarded_bytes", "PieceReader discarded bytes", stats.UnitBytes)
+	DagStorePRDiscardCount     = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_discard_count", "PieceReader discard count", stats.UnitDimensionless)
+	DagStorePRSeekBackCount    = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_seek_back_count", "PieceReader seek back count", stats.UnitDimensionless)
+	DagStorePRSeekForwardCount = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_seek_forward_count", "PieceReader seek forward count", stats.UnitDimensionless)
+	DagStorePRSeekBackBytes    = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_seek_back_bytes", "PieceReader seek back bytes", stats.UnitBytes)
+	DagStorePRSeekForwardBytes = stats.Int64("dagstore/pr_seek_forward_bytes", "PieceReader seek forward bytes", stats.UnitBytes)
+
 	// splitstore
 	SplitstoreMiss                  = stats.Int64("splitstore/miss", "Number of misses in hotstre access", stats.UnitDimensionless)
 	SplitstoreCompactionTimeSeconds = stats.Float64("splitstore/compaction_time", "Compaction time in seconds", stats.UnitSeconds)
@@ -383,6 +392,39 @@ var (
 		TagKeys:     []tag.Key{StorageID},
 	}
 
+	DagStorePRInitCountView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRInitCount,
+		Aggregation: view.Count(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRBytesRequestedView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRBytesRequested,
+		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRBytesDiscardedView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRBytesDiscarded,
+		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRDiscardCountView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRDiscardCount,
+		Aggregation: view.Count(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRSeekBackCountView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRSeekBackCount,
+		Aggregation: view.Count(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRSeekForwardCountView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRSeekForwardCount,
+		Aggregation: view.Count(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRSeekBackBytesView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRSeekBackBytes,
+		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
+	}
+	DagStorePRSeekForwardBytesView = &view.View{
+		Measure:     DagStorePRSeekForwardBytes,
+		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
+	}
+
 	// splitstore
 	SplitstoreMissView = &view.View{
 		Measure:     SplitstoreMiss,
@@ -539,6 +581,14 @@ var MinerNodeViews = append([]*view.View{
 	StorageReservedBytesView,
 	StorageLimitUsedBytesView,
 	StorageLimitMaxBytesView,
+	DagStorePRInitCountView,
+	DagStorePRBytesRequestedView,
+	DagStorePRBytesDiscardedView,
+	DagStorePRDiscardCountView,
+	DagStorePRSeekBackCountView,
+	DagStorePRSeekForwardCountView,
+	DagStorePRSeekBackBytesView,
+	DagStorePRSeekForwardBytesView,
 }, DefaultViews...)
 
 // SinceInMilliseconds returns the duration of time since the provide time as a float64.