diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 17ee5b9d3..a50214d7a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1208,6 +1208,9 @@ F: test/bpf/
 F: test/test/test_bpf.c
 F: doc/guides/prog_guide/bpf_lib.rst
 
+Telemetry - EXPERIMENTAL
+M: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com>
+F: lib/librte_telemetry/
 
 Test Applications
 -----------------
diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 38beaabb3..4ba8f651d 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CMDLINE_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_HASH=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_HASH_DEBUG=n
 
+#
+# Compile librte_telemetry
+#
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TELEMETRY=n
+
 #
 # Compile librte_efd
 #
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index a3039d168..cd2b7e413 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [metrics]            (@ref rte_metrics.h),
   [bitrate]            (@ref rte_bitrate.h),
   [latency]            (@ref rte_latencystats.h),
+  [telemetry]          (@ref rte_telemetry.h),
   [devargs]            (@ref rte_devargs.h),
   [PCI]                (@ref rte_pci.h),
   [vfio]               (@ref rte_vfio.h)
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
index 3b652ac9c..77ba327a8 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ INPUT                   = @TOPDIR@/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_sched \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_security \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_table \
+                          @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_telemetry \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_timer \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_vhost
 INPUT                   += @API_EXAMPLES@
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 062cbdfd7..b7370ef97 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ DEPDIRS-librte_gso := librte_eal librte_mbuf librte_ethdev librte_net
 DEPDIRS-librte_gso += librte_mempool
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BPF) += librte_bpf
 DEPDIRS-librte_bpf := librte_eal librte_mempool librte_mbuf librte_ethdev
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TELEMETRY) += librte_telemetry
+DEPDIRS-librte_telemetry := librte_eal librte_metrics librte_ethdev
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP),y)
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI) += librte_kni
diff --git a/lib/librte_telemetry/Makefile b/lib/librte_telemetry/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2d4ff166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_telemetry/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+# library name
+LIB = librte_telemetry.a
+
+CFLAGS += -O3
+CFLAGS += -I$(SRCDIR)
+CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+
+LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_ethdev
+LDLIBS += -lrte_metrics
+LDLIBS += -lpthread
+
+EXPORT_MAP := rte_telemetry_version.map
+
+LIBABIVER := 1
+
+# library source files
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TELEMETRY) := rte_telemetry.c
+
+# export include files
+SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TELEMETRY)-include := rte_telemetry.h
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_telemetry/meson.build b/lib/librte_telemetry/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7716076a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_telemetry/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+
+sources = files('rte_telemetry.c')
+headers = files('rte_telemetry.h', 'rte_telemetry_internal.h')
+deps += ['metrics', 'ethdev']
+cflags += '-DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API'
diff --git a/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry.c b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f4ad0342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry.c
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_metrics.h>
+#include <rte_option.h>
+
+#include "rte_telemetry.h"
+#include "rte_telemetry_internal.h"
+
+#define SLEEP_TIME 10
+
+static telemetry_impl *static_telemetry;
+
+static int32_t
+rte_telemetry_run(void *userdata)
+{
+	struct telemetry_impl *telemetry = userdata;
+
+	if (telemetry == NULL) {
+		TELEMETRY_LOG_WARN("TELEMETRY could not be initialised");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+*rte_telemetry_run_thread_func(void *userdata)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct telemetry_impl *telemetry = userdata;
+
+	if (telemetry == NULL) {
+		TELEMETRY_LOG_ERR("%s passed a NULL instance", __func__);
+		pthread_exit(0);
+	}
+
+	while (telemetry->thread_status) {
+		rte_telemetry_run(telemetry);
+		ret = usleep(SLEEP_TIME);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			TELEMETRY_LOG_ERR("Calling thread could not be put to sleep");
+	}
+	pthread_exit(0);
+}
+
+int32_t __rte_experimental
+rte_telemetry_init()
+{
+	int ret;
+	pthread_attr_t attr;
+	const char *telemetry_ctrl_thread = "telemetry";
+
+	if (static_telemetry) {
+		TELEMETRY_LOG_WARN("TELEMETRY structure already initialised");
+		return -EALREADY;
+	}
+
+	static_telemetry = calloc(1, sizeof(struct telemetry_impl));
+	if (static_telemetry == NULL) {
+		TELEMETRY_LOG_ERR("Memory could not be allocated");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	static_telemetry->socket_id = rte_socket_id();
+	rte_metrics_init(static_telemetry->socket_id);
+
+	ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		TELEMETRY_LOG_ERR("Pthread attribute init failed");
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	ret = rte_ctrl_thread_create(&static_telemetry->thread_id,
+		telemetry_ctrl_thread, &attr, rte_telemetry_run_thread_func,
+		(void *)static_telemetry);
+	static_telemetry->thread_status = 1;
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = rte_telemetry_cleanup();
+		if (ret < 0)
+			TELEMETRY_LOG_ERR("TELEMETRY cleanup failed");
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int32_t __rte_experimental
+rte_telemetry_cleanup(void)
+{
+	struct telemetry_impl *telemetry = static_telemetry;
+	telemetry->thread_status = 0;
+	pthread_join(telemetry->thread_id, NULL);
+	free(telemetry);
+	static_telemetry = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int telemetry_log_level;
+RTE_INIT(rte_telemetry_register);
+
+static struct rte_option option = {
+	.opt_str = "--telemetry",
+	.cb = &rte_telemetry_init,
+	.enabled = 0
+};
+
+static void
+rte_telemetry_register(void)
+{
+	telemetry_log_level = rte_log_register("lib.telemetry");
+	if (telemetry_log_level >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(telemetry_log_level, RTE_LOG_ERR);
+
+	rte_option_register(&option);
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry.h b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97674ae2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifndef _RTE_TELEMETRY_H_
+#define _RTE_TELEMETRY_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * RTE Telemetry
+ *
+ * The telemetry library provides a method to retrieve statistics from
+ * DPDK by sending a JSON encoded message over a socket. DPDK will send
+ * a JSON encoded response containing telemetry data.
+ ***/
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * Initialize Telemetry
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  0 on successful initialisation.
+ * @return
+ *  -ENOMEM on memory allocation error
+ * @return
+ *  -EPERM on unknown error failure
+ * @return
+ *  -EALREADY if Telemetry is already initialised.
+ */
+int32_t __rte_experimental
+rte_telemetry_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * Clean up and free memory.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  0 on success
+ * @return
+ *  -EPERM on failure
+ */
+int32_t __rte_experimental
+rte_telemetry_cleanup(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry_internal.h b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e810a84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <rte_log.h>
+
+#ifndef _RTE_TELEMETRY_INTERNAL_H_
+#define _RTE_TELEMETRY_INTERNAL_H_
+
+/* Logging Macros */
+extern int telemetry_log_level;
+
+#define TELEMETRY_LOG(level, fmt, args...) \
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ##level, telemetry_log_level, "%s(): "fmt "\n", \
+		__func__, ##args)
+
+#define TELEMETRY_LOG_ERR(fmt, args...) \
+	TELEMETRY_LOG(ERR, fmt, ## args)
+
+#define TELEMETRY_LOG_WARN(fmt, args...) \
+	TELEMETRY_LOG(WARNING, fmt, ## args)
+
+#define TELEMETRY_LOG_INFO(fmt, args...) \
+	TELEMETRY_LOG(INFO, fmt, ## args)
+
+typedef struct telemetry_impl {
+	pthread_t thread_id;
+	int thread_status;
+	uint32_t socket_id;
+} telemetry_impl;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry_version.map b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry_version.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbcd9a796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_telemetry/rte_telemetry_version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+EXPERIMENTAL {
+	global:
+
+	rte_telemetry_cleanup;
+	rte_telemetry_init;
+
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 2b903fa37..9d1f353d2 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ libraries = [ 'compat', # just a header, used for versioning
 	# add pkt framework libs which use other libs from above
 	'port', 'table', 'pipeline',
 	# flow_classify lib depends on pkt framework table lib
-	'flow_classify', 'bpf']
+	'flow_classify', 'bpf', 'telemetry']
 
 default_cflags = machine_args
 if cc.has_argument('-Wno-format-truncation')
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index c0036daf8..a14e83c71 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ACL)            += --whole-archive
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ACL)            += -lrte_acl
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ACL)            += --no-whole-archive
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_JOBSTATS)       += -lrte_jobstats
-_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_METRICS)        += -lrte_metrics
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BITRATE)        += -lrte_bitratestats
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LATENCY_STATS)  += -lrte_latencystats
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_POWER)          += -lrte_power
@@ -80,6 +79,8 @@ _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_SECURITY)       += -lrte_security
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_COMPRESSDEV)    += -lrte_compressdev
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV)       += -lrte_eventdev
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RAWDEV)         += -lrte_rawdev
+_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_METRICS)        += -lrte_metrics
+_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TELEMETRY)      += -lrte_telemetry
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TIMER)          += -lrte_timer
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL)        += -lrte_mempool
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_DRIVER_MEMPOOL_RING)   += -lrte_mempool_ring
