diff --git a/roomserver/internal/input/input.go b/roomserver/internal/input/input.go
index b8279a866..6bc43c9cd 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/input/input.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/input/input.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ func (w *inputWorker) start() {
 			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
+			roomserverInputBackpressure.With(prometheus.Labels{
+				"room_id": task.event.Event.RoomID(),
+			}).Dec()
 			hooks.Run(hooks.KindNewEventReceived, task.event.Event)
 			_, task.err = w.r.processRoomEvent(task.ctx, task.event)
 			if task.err == nil {
@@ -120,6 +124,20 @@ func (r *Inputer) WriteOutputEvents(roomID string, updates []api.OutputEvent) er
 	return errs
 }
 
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(roomserverInputBackpressure)
+}
+
+var roomserverInputBackpressure = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
+	prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Namespace: "dendrite",
+		Subsystem: "roomserver",
+		Name:      "input_backpressure",
+		Help:      "How many events are queued for input for a given room",
+	},
+	[]string{"room_id"},
+)
+
 // InputRoomEvents implements api.RoomserverInternalAPI
 func (r *Inputer) InputRoomEvents(
 	_ context.Context,
@@ -164,6 +182,9 @@ func (r *Inputer) InputRoomEvents(
 			go worker.start()
 		}
 		worker.input.push(tasks[i])
+		roomserverInputBackpressure.With(prometheus.Labels{
+			"room_id": roomID,
+		}).Inc()
 	}
 
 	// Wait for all of the workers to return results about our tasks.