diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3dc88b791..a8034c572 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ p2p = "0.5.2"
 futures = "0.1.21"
 clap = "2.31"
 reqwest = "0.8.6"
+influx_db_client = "0.3.4"
diff --git a/src/drone.rs b/src/drone.rs
index 2aab65dc6..88ae672d0 100644
--- a/src/drone.rs
+++ b/src/drone.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 //! checking requests against a request cap for a given time time_slice
 //! and (to come) an IP rate limit.
 
+use influx_db_client as influxdb;
+use metrics;
 use signature::{KeyPair, PublicKey};
 use std::io;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
@@ -121,6 +123,19 @@ impl Drone {
         }
         if self.check_request_limit(request_amount) {
             self.request_current += request_amount;
+            metrics::submit(
+                influxdb::Point::new("drone")
+                    .add_tag("op", influxdb::Value::String("airdrop".to_string()))
+                    .add_field(
+                        "request_amount",
+                        influxdb::Value::Integer(request_amount as i64),
+                    )
+                    .add_field(
+                        "request_current",
+                        influxdb::Value::Integer(self.request_current as i64),
+                    )
+                    .to_owned(),
+            );
             client.transfer_signed(tx)
         } else {
             Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "token limit reached"))
@@ -128,6 +143,12 @@ impl Drone {
     }
 }
 
+impl Drop for Drone {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        metrics::flush();
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use bank::Bank;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d91604f0b..68ef9e686 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub mod fullnode;
 pub mod hash;
 pub mod ledger;
 pub mod logger;
+pub mod metrics;
 pub mod mint;
 pub mod nat;
 pub mod ncp;
@@ -72,4 +73,5 @@ extern crate untrusted;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate matches;
 
+extern crate influx_db_client;
 extern crate rand;
diff --git a/src/metrics.rs b/src/metrics.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e172fe590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metrics.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+//! The `metrics` module enables sending measurements to an InfluxDB instance
+
+use influx_db_client as influxdb;
+use std::env;
+use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, RecvTimeoutError, Sender};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier, Mutex, Once, ONCE_INIT};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use timing;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum MetricsCommand {
+    Submit(influxdb::Point),
+    Flush(Arc<Barrier>),
+}
+
+struct MetricsAgent {
+    sender: Sender<MetricsCommand>,
+}
+
+trait MetricsWriter {
+    // Write the points and empty the vector.  Called on the internal
+    // MetricsAgent worker thread.
+    fn write(&self, points: Vec<influxdb::Point>);
+}
+
+struct InfluxDbMetricsWriter {
+    client: Option<influxdb::Client>,
+}
+
+impl InfluxDbMetricsWriter {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        InfluxDbMetricsWriter {
+            client: Self::build_client(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn build_client() -> Option<influxdb::Client> {
+        let host = env::var("INFLUX_HOST").unwrap_or("https://metrics.solana.com:8086".to_string());
+        let db = env::var("INFLUX_DATABASE").unwrap_or("scratch".to_string());
+        let username = env::var("INFLUX_USERNAME").unwrap_or("scratch_writer".to_string());
+        let password = env::var("INFLUX_PASSWORD").unwrap_or("topsecret".to_string());
+
+        debug!("InfluxDB host={} db={} username={}", host, db, username);
+        let mut client = influxdb::Client::new_with_option(host, db, None)
+            .set_authentication(username, password);
+
+        client.set_read_timeout(1 /*second*/);
+        client.set_write_timeout(1 /*second*/);
+
+        debug!("InfluxDB version: {:?}", client.get_version());
+        Some(client)
+    }
+}
+
+impl MetricsWriter for InfluxDbMetricsWriter {
+    fn write(&self, points: Vec<influxdb::Point>) {
+        if let Some(ref client) = self.client {
+            if let Err(err) = client.write_points(
+                influxdb::Points { point: points },
+                Some(influxdb::Precision::Milliseconds),
+                None,
+            ) {
+                debug!("InfluxDbMetricsWriter write error: {:?}", err);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for MetricsAgent {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new(
+            Arc::new(InfluxDbMetricsWriter::new()),
+            Duration::from_secs(10),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl MetricsAgent {
+    fn new(writer: Arc<MetricsWriter + Send + Sync>, write_frequency: Duration) -> Self {
+        let (sender, receiver) = channel::<MetricsCommand>();
+        thread::spawn(move || Self::run(receiver, writer, write_frequency));
+        MetricsAgent { sender }
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        receiver: Receiver<MetricsCommand>,
+        writer: Arc<MetricsWriter>,
+        write_frequency: Duration,
+    ) {
+        trace!("run: enter");
+        let mut last_write_time = Instant::now();
+        let mut points = Vec::new();
+
+        loop {
+            match receiver.recv_timeout(write_frequency / 2) {
+                Ok(cmd) => match cmd {
+                    MetricsCommand::Flush(barrier) => {
+                        debug!("metrics_thread: flush");
+                        if !points.is_empty() {
+                            writer.write(points);
+                            points = Vec::new();
+                            last_write_time = Instant::now();
+                        }
+                        barrier.wait();
+                    }
+                    MetricsCommand::Submit(point) => {
+                        debug!("run: submit {:?}", point);
+                        points.push(point);
+                    }
+                },
+                Err(RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
+                    trace!("run: receive timeout");
+                }
+                Err(RecvTimeoutError::Disconnected) => {
+                    debug!("run: sender disconnected");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            let now = Instant::now();
+            if now.duration_since(last_write_time) >= write_frequency {
+                if !points.is_empty() {
+                    debug!("run: writing {} points", points.len());
+                    writer.write(points);
+                    points = Vec::new();
+                    last_write_time = now;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        trace!("run: exit");
+    }
+
+    pub fn submit(&self, mut point: influxdb::Point) {
+        if point.timestamp.is_none() {
+            point.timestamp = Some(timing::timestamp() as i64);
+        }
+        debug!("Submitting point: {:?}", point);
+        self.sender.send(MetricsCommand::Submit(point)).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub fn flush(&self) {
+        debug!("Flush");
+        let barrier = Arc::new(Barrier::new(2));
+        self.sender
+            .send(MetricsCommand::Flush(Arc::clone(&barrier)))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        barrier.wait();
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for MetricsAgent {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.flush();
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_singleton_agent() -> Arc<Mutex<MetricsAgent>> {
+    static INIT: Once = ONCE_INIT;
+    static mut AGENT: Option<Arc<Mutex<MetricsAgent>>> = None;
+    unsafe {
+        INIT.call_once(|| AGENT = Some(Arc::new(Mutex::new(MetricsAgent::default()))));
+        match AGENT {
+            Some(ref agent) => agent.clone(),
+            None => panic!("Failed to initialize metrics agent"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Submits a new point from any thread.  Note that points are internally queued
+/// and transmitted periodically in batches.
+pub fn submit(point: influxdb::Point) {
+    let agent_mutex = get_singleton_agent();
+    let agent = agent_mutex.lock().unwrap();
+    agent.submit(point);
+}
+
+/// Blocks until all pending points from previous calls to `submit` have been
+/// transmitted.
+pub fn flush() {
+    let agent_mutex = get_singleton_agent();
+    let agent = agent_mutex.lock().unwrap();
+    agent.flush();
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use rand::random;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+    struct MockMetricsWriter {
+        points_written: AtomicUsize,
+    }
+    impl MockMetricsWriter {
+        fn new() -> Self {
+            MockMetricsWriter {
+                points_written: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn points_written(&self) -> usize {
+            return self.points_written.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl MetricsWriter for MockMetricsWriter {
+        fn write(&self, points: Vec<influxdb::Point>) {
+            assert!(!points.is_empty());
+
+            self.points_written
+                .fetch_add(points.len(), Ordering::SeqCst);
+
+            println!(
+                "Writing {} points ({} total)",
+                points.len(),
+                self.points_written.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_submit() {
+        let writer = Arc::new(MockMetricsWriter::new());
+        let agent = MetricsAgent::new(writer.clone(), Duration::from_secs(10));
+
+        for i in 0..42 {
+            agent.submit(influxdb::Point::new(&format!("measurement {}", i)));
+        }
+
+        agent.flush();
+        assert_eq!(writer.points_written(), 42);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_submit_with_delay() {
+        let writer = Arc::new(MockMetricsWriter::new());
+        let agent = MetricsAgent::new(writer.clone(), Duration::from_millis(100));
+
+        agent.submit(influxdb::Point::new("point 1"));
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
+        assert_eq!(writer.points_written(), 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_multithread_submit() {
+        let writer = Arc::new(MockMetricsWriter::new());
+        let agent = Arc::new(Mutex::new(MetricsAgent::new(
+            writer.clone(),
+            Duration::from_secs(10),
+        )));
+
+        //
+        // Submit measurements from different threads
+        //
+        let mut threads = Vec::new();
+        for i in 0..42 {
+            let point = influxdb::Point::new(&format!("measurement {}", i));
+            let agent = Arc::clone(&agent);
+            threads.push(thread::spawn(move || {
+                agent.lock().unwrap().submit(point);
+            }));
+        }
+
+        for thread in threads {
+            thread.join().unwrap();
+        }
+
+        agent.lock().unwrap().flush();
+        assert_eq!(writer.points_written(), 42);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_flush_before_drop() {
+        let writer = Arc::new(MockMetricsWriter::new());
+        {
+            let agent = MetricsAgent::new(writer.clone(), Duration::from_secs(9999999));
+            agent.submit(influxdb::Point::new("point 1"));
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(writer.points_written(), 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_live_submit() {
+        let agent = MetricsAgent::default();
+
+        let point = influxdb::Point::new("live_submit_test")
+            .add_tag("test", influxdb::Value::Boolean(true))
+            .add_field(
+                "random_bool",
+                influxdb::Value::Boolean(random::<u8>() < 128),
+            )
+            .add_field(
+                "random_int",
+                influxdb::Value::Integer(random::<u8>() as i64),
+            )
+            .to_owned();
+        agent.submit(point);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/thin_client.rs b/src/thin_client.rs
index 164e519e8..ff0d4a1bc 100644
--- a/src/thin_client.rs
+++ b/src/thin_client.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ use signature::{KeyPair, PublicKey, Signature};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io;
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, UdpSocket};
+use std::time::Instant;
+use timing;
 use transaction::Transaction;
 
+use influx_db_client as influxdb;
+use metrics;
+
 /// An object for querying and sending transactions to the network.
 pub struct ThinClient {
     requests_addr: SocketAddr,
@@ -100,9 +105,20 @@ impl ThinClient {
         to: PublicKey,
         last_id: &Hash,
     ) -> io::Result<Signature> {
+        let now = Instant::now();
         let tx = Transaction::new(keypair, to, n, *last_id);
         let sig = tx.sig;
-        self.transfer_signed(tx).map(|_| sig)
+        let result = self.transfer_signed(tx).map(|_| sig);
+        metrics::submit(
+            influxdb::Point::new("thinclient")
+                .add_tag("op", influxdb::Value::String("transfer".to_string()))
+                .add_field(
+                    "duration_ms",
+                    influxdb::Value::Integer(timing::duration_as_ms(&now.elapsed()) as i64),
+                )
+                .to_owned(),
+        );
+        result
     }
 
     /// Request the balance of the user holding `pubkey`. This method blocks
@@ -183,8 +199,6 @@ impl ThinClient {
     }
 
     pub fn poll_get_balance(&mut self, pubkey: &PublicKey) -> io::Result<i64> {
-        use std::time::Instant;
-
         let mut balance;
         let now = Instant::now();
         loop {
@@ -193,7 +207,15 @@ impl ThinClient {
                 break;
             }
         }
-
+        metrics::submit(
+            influxdb::Point::new("thinclient")
+                .add_tag("op", influxdb::Value::String("get_balance".to_string()))
+                .add_field(
+                    "duration_ms",
+                    influxdb::Value::Integer(timing::duration_as_ms(&now.elapsed()) as i64),
+                )
+                .to_owned(),
+        );
         balance
     }
 
@@ -203,6 +225,7 @@ impl ThinClient {
         trace!("check_signature");
         let req = Request::GetSignature { signature: *sig };
         let data = serialize(&req).expect("serialize GetSignature in pub fn check_signature");
+        let now = Instant::now();
         let mut done = false;
         while !done {
             self.requests_socket
@@ -216,10 +239,25 @@ impl ThinClient {
                 self.process_response(resp);
             }
         }
+        metrics::submit(
+            influxdb::Point::new("thinclient")
+                .add_tag("op", influxdb::Value::String("check_signature".to_string()))
+                .add_field(
+                    "duration_ms",
+                    influxdb::Value::Integer(timing::duration_as_ms(&now.elapsed()) as i64),
+                )
+                .to_owned(),
+        );
         self.signature_status
     }
 }
 
+impl Drop for ThinClient {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        metrics::flush();
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;