diff --git a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/build_management/build_manager.py b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/build_management/build_manager.py
index f6fd13dc28..f93582f3a8 100644
--- a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/build_management/build_manager.py
+++ b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/build_management/build_manager.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from clusterfuzz._internal.google_cloud_utils import blobs
 from clusterfuzz._internal.google_cloud_utils import storage
 from clusterfuzz._internal.metrics import logs
+from clusterfuzz._internal.metrics import monitoring_metrics
 from clusterfuzz._internal.platforms import android
 from clusterfuzz._internal.system import archive
 from clusterfuzz._internal.system import environment
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ def _download_and_open_build_archive(self, base_build_dir: str,
     Yields:
         the build archive
     """
+    start_time = time.time()
     # Download build archive locally.
     build_local_archive = os.path.join(build_dir, os.path.basename(build_url))
 
@@ -432,6 +434,14 @@ def _download_and_open_build_archive(self, base_build_dir: str,
     logs.info(f'Downloading build from {build_url} to {build_local_archive}.')
     try:
       storage.copy_file_from(build_url, build_local_archive)
+      build_download_duration = time.time() - start_time
+      monitoring_metrics.JOB_BUILD_RETRIEVAL_TIME.add(
+                build_download_duration, {
+            'fuzzer': self.fuzz_target,
+            'job': os.getenv('JOB_TYPE'),
+            'platform': environment.platform()
+        }
+      )
     except Exception as e:
       logs.error(f'Unable to download build from {build_url}: {e}')
       raise
@@ -475,6 +485,7 @@ def _open_build_archive(self, base_build_dir: str, build_dir: str,
     if not can_unzip_over_http:
       return self._download_and_open_build_archive(base_build_dir, build_dir,
                                                    build_url)
+    # We do not emmit a metric for build download time, if using http
     logs.info("Opening an archive over HTTP, skipping archive download.")
     assert http_build_url
     return build_archive.open_uri(http_build_url)
diff --git a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/metrics/monitoring_metrics.py b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/metrics/monitoring_metrics.py
index a98056a8bf..f4fd776f9b 100644
--- a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/metrics/monitoring_metrics.py
+++ b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/metrics/monitoring_metrics.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     description=('Distribution of fuzz task\'s build retrieval times. '
                  '(grouped by fuzzer/job)'),
     field_spec=[
-        monitor.StringField('fuzzer'),
+        monitor.StringField('fuzz_target'),
         monitor.StringField('job_type'),
         monitor.StringField('step'),
     ],