diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 0c245273..dbb6b6cb 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -119,3 +119,8 @@ info:
 logging:
   name: restbase
   level: info
+
+metrics:
+  - type: statsd
+    host: localhost
+    port: 8125