diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
   <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.20.13/>
 
 This release includes the following features and fixes:
+
+- The RPC `getrpcinfo` returns runtime details of the RPC server. At the moment
+  it returns the active commands and the corresponding execution time.
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.cpp b/src/rpc/server.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/server.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,32 @@
 /* Map of name to timer. */
 static std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<RPCTimerBase>> deadlineTimers;
 
+struct RPCCommandExecutionInfo {
+    std::string method;
+    int64_t start;
+};
+
+struct RPCServerInfo {
+    Mutex mutex;
+    std::list<RPCCommandExecutionInfo> active_commands GUARDED_BY(mutex);
+};
+
+static RPCServerInfo g_rpc_server_info;
+
+struct RPCCommandExecution {
+    std::list<RPCCommandExecutionInfo>::iterator it;
+    explicit RPCCommandExecution(const std::string &method) {
+        LOCK(g_rpc_server_info.mutex);
+        it = g_rpc_server_info.active_commands.insert(
+            g_rpc_server_info.active_commands.cend(),
+            {method, GetTimeMicros()});
+    }
+    ~RPCCommandExecution() {
+        LOCK(g_rpc_server_info.mutex);
+        g_rpc_server_info.active_commands.erase(it);
+    }
+};
+
 UniValue RPCServer::ExecuteCommand(Config &config,
                                    const JSONRPCRequest &request) const {
     // Return immediately if in warmup
@@ -75,7 +101,6 @@
 static struct CRPCSignals {
     boost::signals2::signal<void()> Started;
     boost::signals2::signal<void()> Stopped;
-    boost::signals2::signal<void(const ContextFreeRPCCommand &)> PreCommand;
 } g_rpcSignals;
 
 void RPCServerSignals::OnStarted(std::function<void()> slot) {
@@ -319,6 +344,29 @@
     return GetTime() - GetStartupTime();
 }
 
+static UniValue getrpcinfo(const Config &config,
+                           const JSONRPCRequest &request) {
+    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() > 0) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("getrpcinfo\n"
+                                 "\nReturns details of the RPC server.\n");
+    }
+
+    LOCK(g_rpc_server_info.mutex);
+    UniValue active_commands(UniValue::VARR);
+    for (const RPCCommandExecutionInfo &info :
+         g_rpc_server_info.active_commands) {
+        UniValue entry(UniValue::VOBJ);
+        entry.pushKV("method", info.method);
+        entry.pushKV("duration", GetTimeMicros() - info.start);
+        active_commands.push_back(entry);
+    }
+
+    UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
+    result.pushKV("active_commands", active_commands);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 /**
  * Call Table
  */
@@ -327,6 +375,7 @@
     //  category            name                      actor (function)        argNames
     //  ------------------- ------------------------  ----------------------  ----------
     /* Overall control/query calls */
+    { "control",            "getrpcinfo",             getrpcinfo,             {}  },
     { "control",            "help",                   help,                   {"command"}  },
     { "control",            "stop",                   stop,                   {"wait"}  },
     { "control",            "uptime",                 uptime,                 {}  },
@@ -521,9 +570,8 @@
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "Method not found");
     }
 
-    g_rpcSignals.PreCommand(*pcmd);
-
     try {
+        RPCCommandExecution execution(request.strMethod);
         // Execute, convert arguments to array if necessary
         if (request.params.isObject()) {
             return pcmd->call(config,
diff --git a/test/functional/interface_rpc.py b/test/functional/interface_rpc.py
--- a/test/functional/interface_rpc.py
+++ b/test/functional/interface_rpc.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Tests some generic aspects of the RPC interface."""
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
-from test_framework.util import assert_equal
+from test_framework.util import assert_equal, assert_greater_than_or_equal
 
 
 class RPCInterfaceTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
         self.num_nodes = 1
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
 
+    def test_getrpcinfo(self):
+        self.log.info("Testing getrpcinfo...")
+
+        info = self.nodes[0].getrpcinfo()
+        assert_equal(len(info['active_commands']), 1)
+
+        command = info['active_commands'][0]
+        assert_equal(command['method'], 'getrpcinfo')
+        assert_greater_than_or_equal(command['duration'], 0)
+
     def test_batch_request(self):
         self.log.info("Testing basic JSON-RPC batch request...")
 
@@ -40,6 +50,7 @@
         assert result_by_id[3]['result'] is not None
 
     def run_test(self):
+        self.test_getrpcinfo()
         self.test_batch_request()