diff --git a/mycroft/api/__init__.py b/mycroft/api/__init__.py
index 615fd905e9..46db84a6d4 100644
--- a/mycroft/api/__init__.py
+++ b/mycroft/api/__init__.py
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ class DeviceApi(Api):
             "json": {"title": title, "body": body, "sender": sender}
         })
 
+    def report_metric(self, name, data):
+        return self.request({
+            "method": "POST",
+            "path": "/" + self.identity.uuid + "/metric/" + name,
+            "json": data
+        })
+
     def get(self):
         """ Retrieve all device information from the web backend """
         return self.request({
diff --git a/mycroft/metrics/__init__.py b/mycroft/metrics/__init__.py
index c71c9ea814..a9495f38e4 100644
--- a/mycroft/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/mycroft/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -18,12 +18,23 @@ import time
 
 import requests
 
+from mycroft.api import DeviceApi
 from mycroft.configuration import Configuration
 from mycroft.session import SessionManager
 from mycroft.util.log import LOG
 from mycroft.util.setup_base import get_version
 
-config = Configuration.get().get('server')
+
+def report_metric(name, data):
+    """
+    Report a general metric to the Mycroft servers
+
+    Args:
+        name (str): Name of metric
+        data (dict): JSON dictionary to report. Must be valid JSON
+    """
+    if Configuration().get()['opt_in']:
+        DeviceApi().report_metric(name, data)
 
 
 class Stopwatch(object):
@@ -104,9 +115,10 @@ class MetricsAggregator(object):
 
 
 class MetricsPublisher(object):
-    def __init__(self, url=config.get("url"), enabled=config.get("metrics")):
-        self.url = url
-        self.enabled = enabled
+    def __init__(self, url=None, enabled=False):
+        conf = Configuration().get()['server']
+        self.url = url or conf['url']
+        self.enabled = enabled or conf['metrics']
 
     def publish(self, events):
         if 'session_id' not in events:
diff --git a/mycroft/skills/core.py b/mycroft/skills/core.py
index c469b4b034..af7325b4d4 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/core.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/core.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from mycroft.configuration import Configuration
 from mycroft.dialog import DialogLoader
 from mycroft.filesystem import FileSystemAccess
 from mycroft.messagebus.message import Message
+from mycroft.metrics import report_metric
 from mycroft.skills.settings import SkillSettings
 from mycroft.util.log import LOG
 
@@ -326,6 +327,16 @@ class MycroftSkill(object):
         """
         return False
 
+    def report_metric(self, name, data):
+        """
+        Report a skill metric to the Mycroft servers
+
+        Args:
+            name (str): Name of metric
+            data (dict): JSON dictionary to report. Must be valid JSON
+        """
+        report_metric(basename(self.root_dir) + '/' + name, data)
+
     def send_email(self, title, body):
         """
         Send an email to the registered user's email
diff --git a/test/unittests/api/test_api.py b/test/unittests/api/test_api.py
index 4f108db886..82ea705abf 100644
--- a/test/unittests/api/test_api.py
+++ b/test/unittests/api/test_api.py
@@ -170,6 +170,26 @@ class TestApi(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(
             url, 'https://api-test.mycroft.ai/v1/device/1234/setting')
 
+    @mock.patch('mycroft.api.IdentityManager.get')
+    @mock.patch('mycroft.api.requests.request')
+    def test_device_report_metric(self, mock_request, mock_identity_get):
+        mock_request.return_value = create_response(200, {})
+        mock_identity = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_identity.is_expired.return_value = False
+        mock_identity.uuid = '1234'
+        mock_identity_get.return_value = mock_identity
+        device = mycroft.api.DeviceApi()
+        device.report_metric('mymetric', {'data': 'mydata'})
+        url = mock_request.call_args[0][1]
+        params = mock_request.call_args[1]
+
+        content_type = params['headers']['Content-Type']
+        correct_json = {'data': 'mydata'}
+        self.assertEquals(content_type, 'application/json')
+        self.assertEquals(params['json'], correct_json)
+        self.assertEquals(
+            url, 'https://api-test.mycroft.ai/v1/device/1234/metric/mymetric')
+
     @mock.patch('mycroft.api.IdentityManager.get')
     @mock.patch('mycroft.api.requests.request')
     def test_device_send_email(self, mock_request, mock_identity_get):