diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
index 417b1ba34e191..04a5216b37202 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ type Distributor struct {
 	// are consumed.
 	numMetadataPartitions int
 
+	// inflightBytes keeps track of the total number of bytes for all in-flight
+	// push requests.
+	inflightBytes      atomic.Uint64
+	inflightBytesGauge prometheus.Gauge
+
 	// kafka metrics
 	kafkaAppends           *prometheus.CounterVec
 	kafkaWriteBytesTotal   prometheus.Counter
@@ -391,6 +396,12 @@ func New(
 		partitionRing:         partitionRing,
 		ingestLimits:          ingestLimits,
 		numMetadataPartitions: numMetadataPartitions,
+		inflightBytes:         *atomic.NewUint64(0),
+		inflightBytesGauge: promauto.With(registerer).NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: constants.Loki,
+			Name:      "distributor_inflight_bytes",
+			Help:      "The number of bytes currently inflight.",
+		}),
 	}
 
 	if overrides.IngestionRateStrategy() == validation.GlobalIngestionRateStrategy {
@@ -539,6 +550,14 @@ func (d *Distributor) Push(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.PushRequest) (*log
 // Push a set of streams.
 // The returned error is the last one seen.
 func (d *Distributor) PushWithResolver(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.PushRequest, streamResolver *requestScopedStreamResolver, format string) (*logproto.PushResponse, error) {
+	requestSizeBytes := uint64(req.Size())
+	d.inflightBytes.Add(requestSizeBytes)
+	d.inflightBytesGauge.Add(float64(requestSizeBytes))
+	defer func() {
+		d.inflightBytes.Sub(requestSizeBytes)
+		d.inflightBytesGauge.Sub(float64(requestSizeBytes))
+	}()
+
 	tenantID, err := tenant.TenantID(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err