diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c71be35..c6cecf1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ gem 'rbvmomi', '>= 1.8'
 gem 'redis', '>= 3.2'
 gem 'sinatra', '>= 1.4'
 gem 'net-ldap', '<= 0.12.1' # keep compatibility w/ jruby & mri-1.9.3
+gem 'statsd-ruby', '>= 1.3.0'
 
 # Test deps
 group :test do
   gem 'rack-test', '>= 0.6'
   gem 'rspec', '>= 3.2'
+  gem 'simplecov', '>= 0.11.2'
   gem 'yarjuf', '>= 2.0'
 end
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler.rb b/lib/vmpooler.rb
index 70bb819..0e3fffa 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Vmpooler
   require 'rbvmomi'
   require 'redis'
   require 'sinatra/base'
+  require "statsd-ruby"
   require 'time'
   require 'timeout'
   require 'yaml'
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ module Vmpooler
       parsed_config[:graphite]['prefix'] ||= 'vmpooler'
     end
 
+    # statsd is an addition and my not be present in YAML configuration
+    if parsed_config[:statsd]
+      if parsed_config[:statsd]['server']
+        parsed_config[:statsd]['prefix'] ||= 'vmpooler'
+      end
+    end
+
     if parsed_config[:tagfilter]
       parsed_config[:tagfilter].keys.each do |tag|
         parsed_config[:tagfilter][tag] = Regexp.new(parsed_config[:tagfilter][tag])
@@ -79,6 +87,14 @@ module Vmpooler
     end
   end
 
+  def self.new_statsd(server, port)
+    if server.nil? or server.empty? or server.length == 0
+      nil
+    else
+      Statsd.new server, port
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.pools(conf)
     conf[:pools]
   end
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
index 1a0454c..d309147 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 module Vmpooler
   class PoolManager
-    def initialize(config, logger, redis, graphite=nil)
+    def initialize(config, logger, redis, graphite=nil, statsd=nil)
       $config = config
 
       # Load logger library
       $logger = logger
 
-      unless graphite.nil?
+      # statsd and graphite are mutex in the context of vmpooler
+      unless statsd.nil?
+        $statsd = statsd
+      end
+
+      unless graphite.nil? || !statsd.nil?
         $graphite = graphite
       end
 
@@ -258,6 +263,7 @@ module Vmpooler
         $redis.decr('vmpooler__tasks__clone')
 
         begin
+          $statsd.timing($config[:statsd]['prefix'] + ".clone.#{vm['template']}", finish) if defined? $statsd
           $graphite.log($config[:graphite]['prefix'] + ".clone.#{vm['template']}", finish) if defined? $graphite
         rescue
         end
@@ -565,7 +571,10 @@ module Vmpooler
       total = $redis.scard('vmpooler__pending__' + pool['name']) + ready
 
       begin
-        if defined? $graphite
+        if defined? $statsd
+          $statsd.increment($config[:statsd]['prefix'] + '.ready.' + pool['name'], $redis.scard('vmpooler__ready__' + pool['name']))
+          $statsd.increment($config[:statsd]['prefix'] + '.running.' + pool['name'], $redis.scard('vmpooler__running__' + pool['name']))
+        elsif defined? $graphite
           $graphite.log($config[:graphite]['prefix'] + '.ready.' + pool['name'], $redis.scard('vmpooler__ready__' + pool['name']))
           $graphite.log($config[:graphite]['prefix'] + '.running.' + pool['name'], $redis.scard('vmpooler__running__' + pool['name']))
         end
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb b/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7995fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'rubygems' unless defined?(Gem)
+
+module Vmpooler
+  class Statsd
+    def initialize(
+      s = 'statsd',
+      port = 8125
+    )
+      @server = Statsd.new s, port
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 2186bdb..f4fbf55 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.start do
+  add_filter '/spec/'
+end
 require 'helpers'
 require 'rbvmomi'
 require 'rspec'
diff --git a/spec/vmpooler/pool_manager_spec.rb b/spec/vmpooler/pool_manager_spec.rb
index a402bf4..b314ec3 100644
--- a/spec/vmpooler/pool_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/vmpooler/pool_manager_spec.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ describe 'Pool Manager' do
   let(:logger) { double('logger') }
   let(:redis) { double('redis') }
   let(:config) { {} }
-  let(:graphite) { nil }
   let(:pool) { 'pool1' }
   let(:vm) { 'vm1' }
   let(:timeout) { 5 }
   let(:host) { double('host') }
 
-  subject { Vmpooler::PoolManager.new(config, logger, redis, graphite) }
+  subject { Vmpooler::PoolManager.new(config, logger, redis) }
 
   describe '#_check_pending_vm' do
     let(:pool_helper) { double('pool') }
@@ -252,6 +251,65 @@ describe 'Pool Manager' do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#_stats_running_ready' do
+    let(:pool_helper) { double('pool') }
+    let(:vsphere) { {pool => pool_helper} }
+    let(:graphite) { double('graphite') }
+    let(:config) { {
+      config: { task_limit: 10 },
+      pools: [ {'name' => 'pool1', 'size' => 5} ],
+      graphite: { 'prefix' => 'vmpooler' }
+    } }
+
+    before do
+      expect(subject).not_to be_nil
+      $vsphere = vsphere
+      allow(logger).to receive(:log)
+      allow(pool_helper).to receive(:find_folder)
+      allow(redis).to receive(:smembers).and_return([])
+      allow(redis).to receive(:set)
+      allow(redis).to receive(:get).with('vmpooler__tasks__clone').and_return(0)
+      allow(redis).to receive(:get).with('vmpooler__empty__pool1').and_return(nil)
+    end
+
+    context 'graphite' do
+      let(:graphite) { double('graphite') }
+      subject { Vmpooler::PoolManager.new(config, logger, redis, graphite) }
+
+      it 'increments graphite when enabled and statsd disabled' do
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__ready__pool1').and_return(1)
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__cloning__pool1').and_return(0)
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__pending__pool1').and_return(0)
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__running__pool1').and_return(5)
+
+        expect(graphite).to receive(:log).with('vmpooler.ready.pool1', 1)
+        expect(graphite).to receive(:log).with('vmpooler.running.pool1', 5)
+        subject._check_pool(config[:pools][0])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'statsd' do
+      let(:statsd) { double('statsd') }
+      let(:config) { {
+        config: { task_limit: 10 },
+        pools: [ {'name' => 'pool1', 'size' => 5} ],
+        statsd: { 'prefix' => 'vmpooler' }
+      } }
+      subject { Vmpooler::PoolManager.new(config, logger, redis, graphite, statsd) }
+
+      it 'increments statsd when configured' do
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__ready__pool1').and_return(1)
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__cloning__pool1').and_return(0)
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__pending__pool1').and_return(0)
+        allow(redis).to receive(:scard).with('vmpooler__running__pool1').and_return(5)
+
+        expect(statsd).to receive(:increment).with('vmpooler.ready.pool1', 1)
+        expect(statsd).to receive(:increment).with('vmpooler.running.pool1', 5)
+        subject._check_pool(config[:pools][0])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#_create_vm_snapshot' do
     let(:snapshot_manager) { 'snapshot_manager' }
     let(:pool_helper) { double('snapshot_manager') }
diff --git a/vmpooler b/vmpooler
index 5d0dd51..96b46a1 100755
--- a/vmpooler
+++ b/vmpooler
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ config = Vmpooler.config
 redis_host = config[:redis]['server']
 logger_file = config[:config]['logfile']
 graphite = config[:graphite]['server'] ? config[:graphite]['server'] : nil
+# statsd is an addition and my not be present in YAML configuration
+if config[:statsd]
+  statsd = config[:statsd]['server'] ? config[:statsd]['server'] : nil
+  statsd_port = config[:statsd]['port'] ? config[:statsd]['port'] : 8125
+end
 
 api = Thread.new {
   thr = Vmpooler::API.new
@@ -21,7 +26,8 @@ manager = Thread.new {
     config,
     Vmpooler.new_logger(logger_file),
     Vmpooler.new_redis(redis_host),
-    Vmpooler.new_graphite(graphite)
+    Vmpooler.new_graphite(graphite),
+    Vmpooler.new_statsd(statsd, statsd_port)
   ).execute!
 }
 
diff --git a/vmpooler.yaml.example b/vmpooler.yaml.example
index 26f2c51..5476094 100644
--- a/vmpooler.yaml.example
+++ b/vmpooler.yaml.example
@@ -53,10 +53,39 @@
 :redis:
   server: 'redis.company.com'
 
+
+  # :statsd:
+  #
+  # This section contains the connection information required to store
+  # historical data via statsd.  This is mutually exclusive with graphite 
+  # and takes precedence.
+  #
+  # Available configuration parameters:
+  #
+  #   - server
+  #     The FQDN hostname of the statsd daemon.
+  #     (optional)
+  #
+  #   - prefix
+  #     The prefix to use while storing statsd data.
+  #     (optional; default: 'vmpooler')
+  #
+  #   - port
+  #     The UDP port to communicate with statsd daemon.
+  #     (optional; default: 8125)
+
+  # Example:
+
+  :statsd:
+    server: 'statsd.company.com'
+    prefix: 'vmpooler'
+    port: 8125
+
 # :graphite:
 #
 # This section contains the connection information required to store
-# historical data in an external Graphite database.
+# historical data in an external Graphite database.  This is mutually exclusive
+# with statsd.
 #
 # Available configuration parameters:
 #