diff --git a/config/middleware.py b/config/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3243201a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import logging
+import time
+
+
+class RequestTimeLoggingMiddleware:
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger("time_logging_middleware")
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        request.start_time = time.time()
+        response = self.get_response(request)
+        duration = time.time() - request.start_time
+        self.logger.info(f"Request to {request.path} took {duration:.4f} seconds")
+        return response
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index 21627b8ab7..265abac9ab 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@
     "care.audit_log.middleware.AuditLogMiddleware",
 ]
 
+# add RequestTimeLoggingMiddleware based on the environment variable
+if env.bool("ENABLE_REQUEST_TIME_LOGGING", default=False):
+    MIDDLEWARE.insert(0, "config.middleware.RequestTimeLoggingMiddleware")
+
 # STATIC
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-files
@@ -323,14 +327,30 @@
         "verbose": {
             "format": "%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s "
             "%(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s"
-        }
+        },
+        "request_time": {
+            "format": "INFO %(asctime)s %(message)s",
+            "datefmt": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+        },
     },
     "handlers": {
         "console": {
             "level": "DEBUG",
             "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
             "formatter": "verbose",
-        }
+        },
+        "time_logging": {
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "request_time",
+        },
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+        "time_logging_middleware": {
+            "handlers": ["time_logging"],
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "propagate": False,
+        },
     },
     "root": {"level": "INFO", "handlers": ["console"]},
 }