diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6cf0f08b..06366d5f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ New features:
  * Add optional support for rollbar (#137)
  * Add '/version' endpoint (#138)
  * Add profiler support (#142)
+ * Add statsd support (#133)
 
 Enhancements:
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/app.js b/app/controllers/app.js
index 37d1dbec..6fe84a93 100755
--- a/app/controllers/app.js
+++ b/app/controllers/app.js
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ var express = require('express')
     , Step        = require('step')
     , crypto      = require('crypto')
     , fs          = require('fs')
+    , os          = require('os')
     , zlib        = require('zlib')
     , util        = require('util')
     , spawn       = require('child_process').spawn
     , Profiler    = require('step-profiler')
+    , StatsD      = require('node-statsd').StatsD
     , Meta        = require('cartodb-redis')({
         host: global.settings.redis_host,
         port: global.settings.redis_port
@@ -86,10 +88,50 @@ if ( global.log4js ) {
   app.use(express.logger(loggerOpts));
 }
 
+// Initialize statsD client if requested
+var statsd_client;
+if ( global.settings.statsd ) {
+
+  // Perform keyword substitution in statsd
+  if ( global.settings.statsd.prefix ) {
+    var host_token = os.hostname().split('.').reverse().join('.');
+    global.settings.statsd.prefix = global.settings.statsd.prefix.replace(/:host/, host_token);
+  }
+
+  statsd_client = new StatsD(global.settings.statsd);
+  statsd_client.last_error = { msg:'', count:0 };
+  statsd_client.socket.on('error', function(err) {
+    var last_err = statsd_client.last_error;
+    var last_msg = last_err.msg;
+    var this_msg = ''+err;
+    if ( this_msg != last_msg ) {
+      console.error("statsd client socket error: " + err);
+      statsd_client.last_error.count = 1;
+      statsd_client.last_error.msg = this_msg;
+    } else {
+        ++last_err.count;
+        if ( ! last_err.interval ) {
+          //console.log("Installing interval");
+          statsd_client.last_error.interval = setInterval(function() {
+            var count = statsd_client.last_error.count
+            if ( count > 1 ) {
+              console.error("last statsd client socket error repeated " + count + " times");
+              statsd_client.last_error.count = 1;
+              //console.log("Clearing interval");
+              clearInterval(statsd_client.last_error.interval);
+              statsd_client.last_error.interval = null;
+            }
+          }, 1000);
+        }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+
 // Use step-profiler
 if ( global.settings.useProfiler ) {
   app.use(function(req, res, next) {
-    req.profiler = new Profiler({});
+    req.profiler = new Profiler({statsd_client:statsd_client});
     next();
   });
 }
@@ -235,7 +277,7 @@ function handleQuery(req, res) {
 
         var cdbuser = cdbReq.userByReq(req);
 
-        if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.start('init');
+        if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('init');
 
         // 1. Get database from redis via the username stored in the host header subdomain
         // 2. Run the request through OAuth to get R/W user id if signed
@@ -437,10 +479,15 @@ function handleQuery(req, res) {
                 if ( req.profiler ) {
                   req.profiler.sendStats(); // TODO: do on nextTick ?
                 }
+                if (statsd_client) {
+                  if ( err ) statsd_client.increment('sqlapi.query.error');
+                  else statsd_client.increment('sqlapi.query.success');
+                }
             }
         );
     } catch (err) {
         handleException(err, res);
+        if (statsd_client) statsd_client.increment('sqlapi.query.error');
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 6ffb116d..bc0365c0 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -43,3 +43,11 @@ module.exports.tableCacheMax = 8192;
 module.exports.tableCacheMaxAge = 1000*60*10;
 // Temporary directory, make sure it is writable by server user
 module.exports.tmpDir = '/tmp';
+// Optional statsd support
+module.exports.statsd = {
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 8125,
+  prefix: 'dev.:host.',
+  cacheDns: true
+  // support all allowed node-statsd options
+}
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index 8e616fb5..772b5584 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -52,3 +52,11 @@ module.exports.rollbar = {
       handler: 'inline'
     }
 }
+// Optional statsd support
+module.exports.statsd = {
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 8125,
+  prefix: 'dev.:host.',
+  cacheDns: true
+  // support all allowed node-statsd options
+}
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index bd96518c..07332b72 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -52,3 +52,11 @@ module.exports.rollbar = {
       handler: 'inline'
     }
 }
+// Optional statsd support
+module.exports.statsd = {
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 8125,
+  prefix: 'dev.:host.',
+  cacheDns: true
+  // support all allowed node-statsd options
+}
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index e4c92118..e87969f3 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ module.exports.tableCacheMax = 8192;
 module.exports.tableCacheMaxAge = 1000*60*10;
 // Temporary directory, make sure it is writable by server user
 module.exports.tmpDir = '/tmp';
+// Optional statsd support
+module.exports.statsd = {
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 8125,
+  prefix: 'dev.:host.',
+  cacheDns: true
+  // support all allowed node-statsd options
+}
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 33122bbb..8061fdc4 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "from": "git://github.com/CartoDB/node-step-profiler.git#0.0.1"
     },
+    "node-statsd": {
+      "version": "0.0.7"
+    },
     "redis": {
       "version": "0.7.1"
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4072d9bb..ac9e902f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         "lru-cache":"~2.2.2",
         "log4js": "~0.6.10",
         "rollbar": "~0.3.1",
-        "step-profiler": "git://github.com/CartoDB/node-step-profiler.git#0.0.1"
+        "step-profiler": "git://github.com/CartoDB/node-step-profiler.git#0.0.1",
+        "node-statsd": "~0.0.7"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "redis": "0.7.1",