diff --git a/include/osmocom/bsc/bts.h b/include/osmocom/bsc/bts.h
index a26bdbd2c..8abcf1323 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/bsc/bts.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/bsc/bts.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ enum bts_counter_id {
 	BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_NACK,
 	BTS_CTR_CHAN_TCH_ACTIVE_MILLISECONDS_TOTAL,
 	BTS_CTR_CHAN_SDCCH_ACTIVE_MILLISECONDS_TOTAL,
+	BTS_CTR_CHAN_TCH_FULLY_ESTABLISHED,
+	BTS_CTR_CHAN_SDCCH_FULLY_ESTABLISHED,
 	BTS_CTR_RSL_UNKNOWN,
 	BTS_CTR_RSL_IPA_NACK,
 	BTS_CTR_RSL_DELETE_IND,
diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c b/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c
index 4f8a3e1de..2f6661190 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,12 @@ const struct rate_ctr_desc bts_ctr_description[] = {
 	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_SDCCH_ACTIVE_MILLISECONDS_TOTAL] = \
 		{ "chan_sdcch:active_milliseconds:total",
 		  "Cumulative number of milliseconds of SDCCH channel activity" },
+	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_TCH_FULLY_ESTABLISHED] = \
+		{ "chan_tch:fully_established",
+		  "Number of TCH channels which have reached the fully established state" },
+	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_SDCCH_FULLY_ESTABLISHED] = \
+		{ "chan_sdcch:fully_established",
+		  "Number of SDCCH channels which have reached the fully established state" },
 	[BTS_CTR_RSL_UNKNOWN] = \
 		{ "rsl:unknown",
 		  "Number of unknown/unsupported RSL messages received from BTS" },
diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/lchan_fsm.c b/src/osmo-bsc/lchan_fsm.c
index 2d566b698..41b7ae711 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/lchan_fsm.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/lchan_fsm.c
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ static void lchan_on_fully_established(struct gsm_lchan *lchan)
 	osmo_clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &lchan->active_start);
 	lchan->active_stored = lchan->active_start;
 
+	/* Increment rate counters tracking fully established lchans. */
+	switch (lchan->type) {
+	case GSM_LCHAN_TCH_H:
+	case GSM_LCHAN_TCH_F:
+		rate_ctr_inc(rate_ctr_group_get_ctr(lchan->ts->trx->bts->bts_ctrs, BTS_CTR_CHAN_TCH_FULLY_ESTABLISHED));
+		break;
+	case GSM_LCHAN_SDCCH:
+		rate_ctr_inc(rate_ctr_group_get_ctr(lchan->ts->trx->bts->bts_ctrs, BTS_CTR_CHAN_SDCCH_FULLY_ESTABLISHED));
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
 	switch (lchan->activate.info.activ_for) {
 	case ACTIVATE_FOR_MS_CHANNEL_REQUEST:
 		/* No signalling to do here, MS is free to use the channel, and should go on to connect