diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index edf2a557a7..c46468169b 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ var (
 		utils.WhisperMaxMessageSizeFlag,
 		utils.WhisperMinPOWFlag,
 	}
+
+	metricsFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		utils.MetricsEnableInfluxDBExportFlag,
+		utils.MetricsInfluxDBEndpointFlag,
+		utils.MetricsInfluxDBDatabaseFlag,
+		utils.MetricsInfluxDBUsernameFlag,
+		utils.MetricsInfluxDBPasswordFlag,
+		utils.MetricsInfluxDBHostTagFlag,
+	}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -186,6 +195,7 @@ func init() {
 	app.Flags = append(app.Flags, consoleFlags...)
 	app.Flags = append(app.Flags, debug.Flags...)
 	app.Flags = append(app.Flags, whisperFlags...)
+	app.Flags = append(app.Flags, metricsFlags...)
 
 	app.Before = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
@@ -208,6 +218,9 @@ func init() {
 		log.Debug("Sanitizing Go's GC trigger", "percent", int(gogc))
 		godebug.SetGCPercent(int(gogc))
 
+		// Start metrics export if enabled
+		utils.SetupMetrics(ctx)
+
 		// Start system runtime metrics collection
 		go metrics.CollectProcessMetrics(3 * time.Second)
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index ef5f6a9f08..ef1594086d 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/les"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics/influxdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
@@ -532,6 +534,41 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Minimum POW accepted",
 		Value: whisper.DefaultMinimumPoW,
 	}
+
+	// Metrics flags
+	MetricsEnableInfluxDBExportFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "metrics.influxdb.export",
+		Usage: "Enable metrics export/push to an external InfluxDB database",
+	}
+	MetricsInfluxDBEndpointFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "metrics.influxdb.endpoint",
+		Usage: "Metrics InfluxDB endpoint",
+		Value: "http://localhost:8086",
+	}
+	MetricsInfluxDBDatabaseFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "metrics.influxdb.database",
+		Usage: "Metrics InfluxDB database",
+		Value: "metrics",
+	}
+	MetricsInfluxDBUsernameFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "metrics.influxdb.username",
+		Usage: "Metrics InfluxDB username",
+		Value: "test",
+	}
+	MetricsInfluxDBPasswordFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "metrics.influxdb.password",
+		Usage: "Metrics InfluxDB password",
+		Value: "test",
+	}
+	// The `host` tag is part of every measurement sent to InfluxDB. Queries on tags are faster in InfluxDB.
+	// It is used so that we can group all nodes and average a measurement across all of them, but also so
+	// that we can select a specific node and inspect its measurements.
+	// https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.4/concepts/key_concepts/#tag-key
+	MetricsInfluxDBHostTagFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "metrics.influxdb.host.tag",
+		Usage: "Metrics InfluxDB `host` tag attached to all measurements",
+		Value: "localhost",
+	}
 )
 
 // MakeDataDir retrieves the currently requested data directory, terminating
@@ -1181,6 +1218,27 @@ func SetupNetwork(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	params.TargetGasLimit = ctx.GlobalUint64(TargetGasLimitFlag.Name)
 }
 
+func SetupMetrics(ctx *cli.Context) {
+	if metrics.Enabled {
+		log.Info("Enabling metrics collection")
+		var (
+			enableExport = ctx.GlobalBool(MetricsEnableInfluxDBExportFlag.Name)
+			endpoint     = ctx.GlobalString(MetricsInfluxDBEndpointFlag.Name)
+			database     = ctx.GlobalString(MetricsInfluxDBDatabaseFlag.Name)
+			username     = ctx.GlobalString(MetricsInfluxDBUsernameFlag.Name)
+			password     = ctx.GlobalString(MetricsInfluxDBPasswordFlag.Name)
+			hosttag      = ctx.GlobalString(MetricsInfluxDBHostTagFlag.Name)
+		)
+
+		if enableExport {
+			log.Info("Enabling metrics export to InfluxDB")
+			go influxdb.InfluxDBWithTags(metrics.DefaultRegistry, 10*time.Second, endpoint, database, username, password, "geth.", map[string]string{
+				"host": hosttag,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // MakeChainDatabase open an LevelDB using the flags passed to the client and will hard crash if it fails.
 func MakeChainDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) ethdb.Database {
 	var (