diff --git a/pkg/metrics/receiver/graphite.go b/pkg/metrics/receiver/graphite.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e81cba6ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/metrics/receiver/graphite.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package receiver
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/log"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type GraphiteSender struct {
+	Host     string
+	Port     string
+	Protocol string
+	Prefix   string
+}
+
+func (this *GraphiteSender) Send(metrics map[string]interface{}) error {
+	log.Debug("GraphiteSender: Sending metrics to graphite")
+
+	address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", this.Host, this.Port)
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout(this.Protocol, address, time.Second*5)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Graphite Sender: Failed to connec to %s!", err)
+	}
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+	now := time.Now().Unix()
+	for key, value := range metrics {
+		metricName := this.Prefix + key
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %d %d\n", metricName, value, now)
+		log.Debug("SendMetric: sending %s", line)
+		buf.WriteString(line)
+	}
+
+	_, err = conn.Write(buf.Bytes())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Graphite Sender: Failed to send metrics!", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/report_usage.go b/pkg/metrics/report_usage.go
index 85a87155f6d..6f1a6ca521e 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/report_usage.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/report_usage.go
@@ -9,23 +9,58 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/metrics/receiver"
 	m "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
+type MetricSender interface {
+	Send(metrics map[string]interface{}) error
+}
+
 func StartUsageReportLoop() chan struct{} {
 	M_Instance_Start.Inc(1)
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Hour * 24)
+	hourTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Hour * 24)
+	secondTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 10)
+
+	sender := &receiver.GraphiteSender{
+		Host:     "localhost",
+		Port:     "2003",
+		Protocol: "tcp",
+		Prefix:   "grafana.",
+	}
+
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-hourTicker.C:
 			sendUsageStats()
+		case <-secondTicker.C:
+			sendMetricUsage(sender)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func sendMetricUsage(sender MetricSender) {
+	metrics := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	MetricStats.Each(func(name string, i interface{}) {
+		switch metric := i.(type) {
+		case Counter:
+			if metric.Count() > 0 {
+				metrics[name+".count"] = metric.Count()
+				metric.Clear()
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	err := sender.Send(metrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(1, "Failed to send metrics:", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func sendUsageStats() {
 	log.Trace("Sending anonymous usage stats to stats.grafana.org")