diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index ccafc9db6..63ae9f624 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ var (
 			Help:      "Timestamp of last successful sync with the DNS provider",
 		},
 	)
+	lastReconcileTimestamp = prometheus.NewGauge(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: "external_dns",
+			Subsystem: "controller",
+			Name:      "last_reconcile_timestamp_seconds",
+			Help:      "Timestamp of last attempted sync with the DNS provider",
+		},
+	)
 	controllerNoChangesTotal = prometheus.NewCounter(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: "external_dns",
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(sourceEndpointsTotal)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(registryEndpointsTotal)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(lastSyncTimestamp)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(lastReconcileTimestamp)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(deprecatedRegistryErrors)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(deprecatedSourceErrors)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(controllerNoChangesTotal)
@@ -191,6 +200,8 @@ type Controller struct {
 
 // RunOnce runs a single iteration of a reconciliation loop.
 func (c *Controller) RunOnce(ctx context.Context) error {
+	lastReconcileTimestamp.SetToCurrentTime()
+
 	records, err := c.Registry.Records(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		registryErrorsTotal.Inc()
@@ -248,6 +259,7 @@ func (c *Controller) RunOnce(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	lastSyncTimestamp.SetToCurrentTime()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md
index 4463ffd2d..73ed9faad 100644
--- a/docs/faq.md
+++ b/docs/faq.md
@@ -178,19 +178,21 @@ You can use the host label in the metric to figure out if the request was agains
 
 Here is the full list of available metrics provided by ExternalDNS:
 
-| Name                                                | Description                                                        | Type    |
-| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
-| external_dns_controller_last_sync_timestamp_seconds | Timestamp of last successful sync with the DNS provider            | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_registry_endpoints_total               | Number of Endpoints in all sources                                 | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_registry_errors_total                  | Number of Registry errors                                          | Counter |
-| external_dns_source_endpoints_total                 | Number of Endpoints in the registry                                | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_source_errors_total                    | Number of Source errors                                            | Counter |
-| external_dns_controller_verified_aaaa_records       | Number of DNS AAAA-records that exists both in source and registry | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_controller_verified_a_records          | Number of DNS A-records that exists both in source and registry    | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_registry_aaaa_records                  | Number of AAAA records in registry                         | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_registry_a_records                     | Number of A records in registry                         | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_source_aaaa_records                    | Number of AAAA records in source                           | Gauge   |
-| external_dns_source_a_records                       | Number of A records in source                           | Gauge   |
+| Name                                                     | Description                                                        | Type    |
+| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
+| external_dns_controller_last_sync_timestamp_seconds      | Timestamp of last successful sync with the DNS provider            | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_controller_last_reconcile_timestamp_seconds | Timestamp of last attempted sync with the DNS provider             | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_registry_endpoints_total                    | Number of Endpoints in all sources                                 | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_registry_errors_total                       | Number of Registry errors                                          | Counter |
+| external_dns_source_endpoints_total                      | Number of Endpoints in the registry                                | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_source_errors_total                         | Number of Source errors                                            | Counter |
+| external_dns_controller_verified_aaaa_records            | Number of DNS AAAA-records that exists both in source and registry | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_controller_verified_a_records               | Number of DNS A-records that exists both in source and registry    | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_registry_aaaa_records                       | Number of AAAA records in registry                                 | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_registry_a_records                          | Number of A records in registry                                    | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_source_aaaa_records                         | Number of AAAA records in source                                   | Gauge   |
+| external_dns_source_a_records                            | Number of A records in source                                      | Gauge   |
+
 
 ### How can I run ExternalDNS under a specific GCP Service Account, e.g. to access DNS records in other projects?