diff --git a/bin/builder_web_app.ml b/bin/builder_web_app.ml
index 4d98d83..cc6ebe4 100644
--- a/bin/builder_web_app.ml
+++ b/bin/builder_web_app.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,85 @@
 open Opium
 
+open Lwt.Infix
+
+let safe_close fd =
+  Lwt.catch
+    (fun () -> Lwt_unix.close fd)
+    (fun _ -> Lwt.return_unit)
+
+let connect addrtype sockaddr =
+  let c = Lwt_unix.(socket addrtype SOCK_STREAM 0) in
+  Lwt_unix.set_close_on_exec c ;
+  Lwt.catch (fun () ->
+      Lwt_unix.(connect c sockaddr) >|= fun () ->
+      Some c)
+    (fun e ->
+       Logs.warn (fun m -> m "error %s connecting to influx"
+                     (Printexc.to_string e));
+       safe_close c >|= fun () ->
+       None)
+
+let write_raw s buf =
+  let rec w off l =
+    Lwt.catch (fun () ->
+        Lwt_unix.send s buf off l [] >>= fun n ->
+        if n = l then
+          Lwt.return (Ok ())
+        else
+          w (off + n) (l - n))
+      (fun e ->
+         Logs.err (fun m -> m "exception %s while writing" (Printexc.to_string e)) ;
+         safe_close s >|= fun () ->
+         Error `Exception)
+  in
+  (*  Logs.debug (fun m -> m "writing %a" Cstruct.hexdump_pp (Cstruct.of_bytes buf)) ; *)
+  w 0 (Bytes.length buf)
+
+let process =
+  Metrics.field ~doc:"name of the process" "vm" Metrics.String
+
+let init_influx name data =
+  match data with
+  | None -> ()
+  | Some (ip, port) ->
+    Logs.info (fun m -> m "stats connecting to %a:%d" Ipaddr.V4.pp ip port);
+    Metrics.enable_all ();
+    Metrics_lwt.init_periodic (fun () -> Lwt_unix.sleep 10.);
+    Metrics_lwt.periodically (Metrics_rusage.rusage_src ~tags:[]);
+    Metrics_lwt.periodically (Metrics_rusage.kinfo_mem_src ~tags:[]);
+    let get_cache, reporter = Metrics.cache_reporter () in
+    Metrics.set_reporter reporter;
+    let fd = ref None in
+    let rec report () =
+      let send () =
+        (match !fd with
+         | Some _ -> Lwt.return_unit
+         | None ->
+           let addr = Lwt_unix.ADDR_INET (Ipaddr_unix.V4.to_inet_addr ip, port) in
+           connect Lwt_unix.PF_INET addr >|= function
+           | None -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "connection failure to stats")
+           | Some fd' -> fd := Some fd') >>= fun () ->
+        match !fd with
+        | None -> Lwt.return_unit
+        | Some socket ->
+          let tag = process name in
+          let datas = Metrics.SM.fold (fun src (tags, data) acc ->
+              let name = Metrics.Src.name src in
+              Metrics_influx.encode_line_protocol (tag :: tags) data name :: acc)
+              (get_cache ()) []
+          in
+          let datas = String.concat "" datas in
+          write_raw socket (Bytes.unsafe_of_string datas) >|= function
+          | Ok () -> ()
+          | Error `Exception ->
+            Logs.warn (fun m -> m "error on stats write");
+            fd := None
+      and sleep () = Lwt_unix.sleep 10.
+      in
+      Lwt.join [ send () ; sleep () ] >>= report
+    in
+    Lwt.async report
+
 let timestamp_reporter () =
   let report src level ~over k msgf =
     let k _ = over (); k () in
@@ -23,9 +103,10 @@ let app t =
   |> App.cmd_name "Builder Web"
   |> Builder_web.add_routes t
 
-let setup_app () port host datadir =
+let setup_app () influx port host datadir =
   let dbpath = Printf.sprintf "%s/builder.sqlite3" datadir in
   let datadir = Fpath.v datadir in
+  let () = init_influx "builder-web" influx in
   match Builder_web.init dbpath datadir with
   | Error (#Caqti_error.load as e) ->
     Format.eprintf "Error: %a\n%!" Caqti_error.pp e;
@@ -42,6 +123,25 @@ let setup_app () port host datadir =
 
 open Cmdliner
 
+let ip_port : (Ipaddr.V4.t * int) Arg.converter =
+  let default_port = 8094 in
+  let parse s =
+    match
+      match String.split_on_char ':' s with
+      | [ s ] -> Ok (s, default_port)
+      | [ip; port] -> begin match int_of_string port with
+        | exception Failure _ -> Error "non-numeric port"
+        | port -> Ok (ip, port)
+      end
+        | _ -> Error "multiple : found"
+    with
+    | Error msg -> `Error msg
+    | Ok (ip, port) -> match Ipaddr.V4.of_string ip with
+      | Ok ip -> `Ok (ip, port)
+      | Error `Msg msg -> `Error msg
+  in
+  parse, fun ppf (ip, port) -> Format.fprintf ppf "%a:%d" Ipaddr.V4.pp ip port
+
 let setup_log =
   Term.(const setup_log $ Fmt_cli.style_renderer () $ Logs_cli.level ())
 
@@ -57,9 +157,14 @@ let host =
   let doc = "host" in
   Arg.(value & opt string "0.0.0.0" & info [ "h"; "host" ] ~doc)
 
+let influx =
+  let doc = "IP address and port (default: 8094) to report metrics to in influx line protocol" in
+  Arg.(value & opt (some ip_port) None & info [ "influx" ] ~doc ~docv:"INFLUXHOST[:PORT]")
+
+
 let () =
   let () = Mirage_crypto_rng_unix.initialize () in
-  let term = Term.(pure setup_app $ setup_log $ port $ host $ datadir) in
+  let term = Term.(pure setup_app $ setup_log $ influx $ port $ host $ datadir) in
   let info = Term.info "Builder web" ~doc:"Builder web" ~man:[] in
   match Term.eval (term, info) with
   | `Ok s ->
diff --git a/bin/dune b/bin/dune
index a1202db..fee297a 100644
--- a/bin/dune
+++ b/bin/dune
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  (public_name builder-web)
  (name builder_web_app)
  (modules builder_web_app)
- (libraries builder_web mirage-crypto-rng.unix cmdliner logs.cli fmt.cli fmt.tty ptime.clock.os))
+ (libraries builder_web mirage-crypto-rng.unix cmdliner logs.cli fmt.cli fmt.tty ptime.clock.os metrics metrics-lwt metrics-influx metrics-rusage ipaddr ipaddr.unix))
 
 (executable
  (public_name builder-db)
diff --git a/builder-web.opam b/builder-web.opam
index 5e8e222..8b55469 100644
--- a/builder-web.opam
+++ b/builder-web.opam
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ depends: [
   "alcotest" {with-test}
   "opam-core"
   "opam-format"
+  "metrics"
+  "metrics-lwt"
+  "metrics-influx"
+  "ipaddr"
 ]
 
 synopsis: "Web interface for builder"