diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index a5cd4e44c7..9c37023ddd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -7983,6 +7983,38 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-track-scans" xreflabel="track_scans">
+      <term><varname>track_scans</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>track_scans</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Enables the tracking of the last scan time for tables and indexes.
+        This parameter is off by default, as it will repeatedly query the
+        operating system for the current time, which may cause significant
+        overhead on some platforms.  You can use the
+        <xref linkend="pgtesttiming"/> tool to measure the overhead of
+        timing on your system.
+        Last sequential and index scan times for tables are displayed in
+        <link linkend="pg-stat-all-tables-view">
+        <structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname></link> system view as
+        well as the <structname>pg_stat_sys_tables</structname> and
+        <structname>pg_stat_user_tables</structname> views.
+        Similarly, the last scan times for indexes are shown in the
+        <link linkend="pg-stat-all-indexes-view">
+        <structname>pg_stat_all_indexes</structname></link> view as well
+        as the <structname>pg_stat_sys_indexes</structname> and
+        <structname>pg_stat_user_indexes</structname> views.
+        The last scan times are useful in determining when tables and indexes
+        were last used. In the case of indexes, this can be particularly
+        useful when reviewing the schema with the aim of removing unnecessary
+        indexes.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry id="guc-track-io-timing" xreflabel="track_io_timing">
       <term><varname>track_io_timing</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
       <indexterm>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 1d9509a2f6..d0b9966442 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4385,6 +4385,16 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_seq_scan</structfield> <type>timestamptz</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The time of the last sequential scan of this table.
+       Only populated if <xref linkend="guc-track-scans"/> is enabled
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>seq_tup_read</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4403,6 +4413,16 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_idx_scan</structfield> <type>timestamptz</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The time of the last index scan of this table.
+       Only populated if <xref linkend="guc-track-scans"/> is enabled
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>idx_tup_fetch</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4654,6 +4674,16 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_idx_scan</structfield> <type>timestamptz</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The time of the last scan of this index.
+       Only populated if <xref linkend="guc-track-scans"/> is enabled
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>idx_tup_read</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 5a844b63a1..801ba03ba4 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -657,8 +657,10 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             N.nspname AS schemaname,
             C.relname AS relname,
             pg_stat_get_numscans(C.oid) AS seq_scan,
+            pg_stat_get_lastscan(C.oid) AS last_seq_scan,
             pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(C.oid) AS seq_tup_read,
             sum(pg_stat_get_numscans(I.indexrelid))::bigint AS idx_scan,
+            max(pg_stat_get_lastscan(I.indexrelid)) AS last_idx_scan,
             sum(pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(I.indexrelid))::bigint +
             pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(C.oid) AS idx_tup_fetch,
             pg_stat_get_tuples_inserted(C.oid) AS n_tup_ins,
@@ -775,6 +777,7 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_indexes AS
             C.relname AS relname,
             I.relname AS indexrelname,
             pg_stat_get_numscans(I.oid) AS idx_scan,
+            pg_stat_get_lastscan(I.oid) AS last_idx_scan,
             pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(I.oid) AS idx_tup_read,
             pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(I.oid) AS idx_tup_fetch
     FROM pg_class C JOIN
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index a846d9ffb6..b1f12d4dc9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ static void save_truncdrop_counters(PgStat_TableXactStatus *trans, bool is_drop)
 static void restore_truncdrop_counters(PgStat_TableXactStatus *trans);
 
 
+/* GUC variables */
+bool		pgstat_track_scans = false;
+
+
 /*
  * Copy stats between relations. This is used for things like REINDEX
  * CONCURRENTLY.
@@ -789,6 +793,8 @@ pgstat_relation_flush_cb(PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref, bool nowait)
 	tabentry = &shtabstats->stats;
 
 	tabentry->numscans += lstats->t_counts.t_numscans;
+	if (pgstat_track_scans && lstats->t_counts.t_numscans)
+		tabentry->lastscan = GetCurrentTimestamp();
 	tabentry->tuples_returned += lstats->t_counts.t_tuples_returned;
 	tabentry->tuples_fetched += lstats->t_counts.t_tuples_fetched;
 	tabentry->tuples_inserted += lstats->t_counts.t_tuples_inserted;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index d9e2a79382..7eb8660989 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ pg_stat_get_numscans(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 
+Datum
+pg_stat_get_lastscan(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	Oid			relid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
+	TimestampTz	result;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+
+	if ((tabentry = pgstat_fetch_stat_tabentry(relid)) == NULL)
+		result = 0;
+	else
+		result = tabentry->lastscan;
+
+	if (result == 0)
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
+	else
+		PG_RETURN_TIMESTAMPTZ(result);
+}
+
+
 Datum
 pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 9fbbfb1be5..371cd597f4 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,15 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 		false,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL
 	},
+	{
+		{"track_scans", PGC_SUSET, STATS_CUMULATIVE,
+			gettext_noop("Records the last scan time for relations."),
+			NULL
+		},
+		&pgstat_track_scans,
+		false,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL
+	},
 	{
 		{"track_wal_io_timing", PGC_SUSET, STATS_CUMULATIVE,
 			gettext_noop("Collects timing statistics for WAL I/O activity."),
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index be47583122..f5320fb39e 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5249,6 +5249,10 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_numscans', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
   prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_numscans' },
+{ oid => '2173', descr => 'statistics: time of the last scan for table/index',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_lastscan', provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r',
+  prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_lastscan' },
 { oid => '1929', descr => 'statistics: number of tuples read by seqscan',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_tuples_returned', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index ac28f813b4..d0882650a7 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ typedef struct PgStat_TableXactStatus
  * ------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#define PGSTAT_FILE_FORMAT_ID	0x01A5BCA7
+#define PGSTAT_FILE_FORMAT_ID	0x01A5BCA8
 
 typedef struct PgStat_ArchiverStats
 {
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatSubEntry
 typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 {
 	PgStat_Counter numscans;
+	TimestampTz lastscan;
 
 	PgStat_Counter tuples_returned;
 	PgStat_Counter tuples_fetched;
@@ -643,6 +644,7 @@ extern PgStat_WalStats *pgstat_fetch_stat_wal(void);
 /* GUC parameters */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_counts;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_track_functions;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT bool pgstat_track_scans;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int pgstat_fetch_consistency;
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 7ec3d2688f..d9287ef0c9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1768,6 +1768,7 @@ pg_stat_all_indexes| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     c.relname,
     i.relname AS indexrelname,
     pg_stat_get_numscans(i.oid) AS idx_scan,
+    pg_stat_get_lastscan(i.oid) AS last_idx_scan,
     pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(i.oid) AS idx_tup_read,
     pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(i.oid) AS idx_tup_fetch
    FROM (((pg_class c
@@ -1779,8 +1780,10 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     n.nspname AS schemaname,
     c.relname,
     pg_stat_get_numscans(c.oid) AS seq_scan,
+    pg_stat_get_lastscan(c.oid) AS last_seq_scan,
     pg_stat_get_tuples_returned(c.oid) AS seq_tup_read,
     (sum(pg_stat_get_numscans(i.indexrelid)))::bigint AS idx_scan,
+    max(pg_stat_get_lastscan(i.indexrelid)) AS last_idx_scan,
     ((sum(pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(i.indexrelid)))::bigint + pg_stat_get_tuples_fetched(c.oid)) AS idx_tup_fetch,
     pg_stat_get_tuples_inserted(c.oid) AS n_tup_ins,
     pg_stat_get_tuples_updated(c.oid) AS n_tup_upd,
@@ -2112,6 +2115,7 @@ pg_stat_sys_indexes| SELECT pg_stat_all_indexes.relid,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.relname,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.indexrelname,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_scan,
+    pg_stat_all_indexes.last_idx_scan,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_tup_read,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_tup_fetch
    FROM pg_stat_all_indexes
@@ -2120,8 +2124,10 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT pg_stat_all_tables.relid,
     pg_stat_all_tables.schemaname,
     pg_stat_all_tables.relname,
     pg_stat_all_tables.seq_scan,
+    pg_stat_all_tables.last_seq_scan,
     pg_stat_all_tables.seq_tup_read,
     pg_stat_all_tables.idx_scan,
+    pg_stat_all_tables.last_idx_scan,
     pg_stat_all_tables.idx_tup_fetch,
     pg_stat_all_tables.n_tup_ins,
     pg_stat_all_tables.n_tup_upd,
@@ -2156,6 +2162,7 @@ pg_stat_user_indexes| SELECT pg_stat_all_indexes.relid,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.relname,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.indexrelname,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_scan,
+    pg_stat_all_indexes.last_idx_scan,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_tup_read,
     pg_stat_all_indexes.idx_tup_fetch
    FROM pg_stat_all_indexes
@@ -2164,8 +2171,10 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT pg_stat_all_tables.relid,
     pg_stat_all_tables.schemaname,
     pg_stat_all_tables.relname,
     pg_stat_all_tables.seq_scan,
+    pg_stat_all_tables.last_seq_scan,
     pg_stat_all_tables.seq_tup_read,
     pg_stat_all_tables.idx_scan,
+    pg_stat_all_tables.last_idx_scan,
     pg_stat_all_tables.idx_tup_fetch,
     pg_stat_all_tables.n_tup_ins,
     pg_stat_all_tables.n_tup_upd,
