diff --git a/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c b/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c
index c286ccbca..4f1769cfc 100644
--- a/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c
+++ b/ovn/controller/ovn-controller.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 #include "stream.h"
 #include "unixctl.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "timeval.h"
+#include "timer.h"
+#include "performance.h"
 
 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(main);
 
@@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ static unixctl_cb_func inject_pkt;
 #define DEFAULT_BRIDGE_NAME "br-int"
 #define DEFAULT_PROBE_INTERVAL_MSEC 5000
 
+#define CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_NAME "ovn-controller-loop"
+#define DEFAULT_CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_RATE 10000
+
 static void update_probe_interval(struct controller_ctx *,
                                   const char *ovnsb_remote);
 static void parse_options(int argc, char *argv[]);
@@ -524,6 +530,26 @@ ctrl_register_ovs_idl(struct ovsdb_idl *ovs_idl)
     ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_ssl_col_ca_cert);
     ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_ssl_col_certificate);
     ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_ssl_col_private_key);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_table(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_table_performance);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_name);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_one_minute_samples);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_one_minute_min);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_one_minute_max);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_one_minute_average);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl,
+        &ovsrec_performance_col_one_minute_ninety_five_percentile);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_five_minute_samples);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_five_minute_min);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_five_minute_max);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_five_minute_average);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl,
+        &ovsrec_performance_col_five_minute_ninety_five_percentile);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_ten_minute_samples);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_ten_minute_min);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_ten_minute_max);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl, &ovsrec_performance_col_ten_minute_average);
+    ovsdb_idl_add_column(ovs_idl,
+        &ovsrec_performance_col_ten_minute_ninety_five_percentile);
     chassis_register_ovs_idl(ovs_idl);
     encaps_register_ovs_idl(ovs_idl);
     binding_register_ovs_idl(ovs_idl);
@@ -637,8 +663,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     unixctl_command_register("inject-pkt", "MICROFLOW", 1, 1, inject_pkt,
                              &pending_pkt);
 
+    performance_create(CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_NAME,
+                       DEFAULT_CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_RATE,
+                       ovs_idl_loop.idl);
     /* Main loop. */
     exiting = false;
+    unsigned int our_seqno = 0;
     while (!exiting) {
         /* Check OVN SB database. */
         char *new_ovnsb_remote = get_ovnsb_remote(ovs_idl_loop.idl);
@@ -657,6 +687,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             .ovnsb_idl_txn = ovsdb_idl_loop_run(&ovnsb_idl_loop),
         };
 
+        if (our_seqno != ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(ctx.ovnsb_idl) &&
+                start_sample(CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_NAME)) {
+            our_seqno = ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(ctx.ovnsb_idl);
+        }
+
         update_probe_interval(&ctx, ovnsb_remote);
 
         update_ssl_config(ctx.ovs_idl);
@@ -726,6 +761,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     ofctrl_put(&flow_table, &pending_ct_zones,
                                get_nb_cfg(ctx.ovnsb_idl));
 
+                    end_sample(CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_NAME);
+
                     hmap_destroy(&flow_table);
                 }
                 if (ctx.ovnsb_idl_txn) {
@@ -754,6 +791,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
             expr_addr_sets_destroy(&addr_sets);
             shash_destroy(&addr_sets);
+
         }
 
         /* If we haven't handled the pending packet insertion
@@ -790,6 +828,20 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             ofctrl_wait();
             pinctrl_wait(&ctx);
         }
+
+        const struct ovsrec_open_vswitch *cfg;
+        cfg = ovsrec_open_vswitch_first(ctx.ovs_idl);
+        if (cfg) {
+            const char *sample_rate = smap_get(&cfg->external_ids,
+                "ovn-controller-loop-sample-rate");
+            int sample_rate_ms;
+            if (sample_rate && sample_rate[0]
+                && str_to_int(sample_rate, 10, &sample_rate_ms)) {
+                performance_set_sample_rate(CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_NAME,
+                                            sample_rate_ms);
+            }
+        }
+        performance_run(CONTROLLER_LOOP_PERFORMANCE_NAME, ctx.ovs_idl_txn);
         ovsdb_idl_loop_commit_and_wait(&ovnsb_idl_loop);
 
         if (ovsdb_idl_loop_commit_and_wait(&ovs_idl_loop) == 1) {
@@ -837,6 +889,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         poll_block();
     }
 
+    performance_destroy("ovn-controller-loop");
     unixctl_server_destroy(unixctl);
     lflow_destroy();
     ofctrl_destroy();
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 045d9b049..145ae4a99 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -5415,6 +5415,18 @@ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 p0 -- set Interface p0 type=patch options:peer=p1 \
     <p>
       All times are measured in milliseconds.
     </p>
+
+    <p>
+      The following performance measurements are recorded in this database:
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <var>ovn-controller-loop</var>. This measures the amount of time that
+        it takes for <code>ovn-controller</code> to detect a change in the OVN
+        southbound database, generate the resulting flow table, and write the
+        table out for <code>ovs-vswitchd</code> to process.
+      </li>
+    </ul>
     <column name="name">
       Performance identifier. Must be unique amongst other performance
       measurements.
