diff --git a/modules/org.restlet/pom.xml b/modules/org.restlet/pom.xml
index c034d1d1ee..3414c2796a 100644
--- a/modules/org.restlet/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/org.restlet/pom.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,11 @@
     <description>RESTful web framework for Java (API and Engine).</description>
 
     <dependencies>
+	    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-core -->
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+		    <version>3.2.5</version>
+		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Application.java b/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Application.java
index ec60ee83ba..6d5dfa164f 100644
--- a/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Application.java
+++ b/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Application.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 import org.restlet.service.TunnelService;
 import org.restlet.util.ServiceList;
 
+import com.codahale.metrics.Counter;
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricSet;
+
 /**
  * Restlet managing a coherent set of resources and services. Applications are
  * guaranteed to receive calls with their base reference set relatively to the
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ public static void setCurrent(Application application) {
 
     /** The list of services. */
     private final ServiceList services;
-
+        
     /**
      * Constructor. Note this constructor is convenient because you don't have
      * to provide a context like for {@link #Application(Context)}. Therefore
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ public Application(Context context) {
 
         // [ifndef gae]
         this.services.add(new org.restlet.service.TaskService(false));
-        // [enddef]
+        // [enddef]        
     }
 
     /**
@@ -271,7 +275,10 @@ public Restlet getInboundRoot() {
         if (this.inboundRoot == null) {
             synchronized (this) {
                 if (this.inboundRoot == null) {
-                    this.inboundRoot = createInboundRoot();
+                    Restlet tempInboundRoot = createInboundRoot();
+                    RequestCounterFilter requestCounterFilter = createRequestCounterFilter();
+                    requestCounterFilter.setNext(tempInboundRoot);
+                    this.inboundRoot = requestCounterFilter;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -279,6 +286,11 @@ public Restlet getInboundRoot() {
         return this.inboundRoot;
     }
 
+    private RequestCounterFilter createRequestCounterFilter() {
+    	RequestCounterFilter requestCounterFilter = new RequestCounterFilter(getName());
+    	return requestCounterFilter;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Returns the metadata service. The service is enabled by default.
      * 
@@ -483,7 +495,9 @@ public synchronized void setInboundRoot(
      *            The inbound root Restlet.
      */
     public synchronized void setInboundRoot(Restlet inboundRoot) {
-        this.inboundRoot = inboundRoot;
+    	RequestCounterFilter requestCounterFilter = createRequestCounterFilter();
+    	requestCounterFilter.setNext(inboundRoot);
+        this.inboundRoot = requestCounterFilter;
 
         if ((inboundRoot != null) && (inboundRoot.getContext() == null)) {
             inboundRoot.setContext(getContext());
diff --git a/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Metrics.java b/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Metrics.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5a2f2e2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/Metrics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.restlet;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.JmxReporter;
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
+
+public final class Metrics {
+
+	public static final MetricRegistry REGISTRY = new MetricRegistry();
+	
+	static {
+		JmxReporter.forRegistry(REGISTRY).build().start();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/RequestCounterFilter.java b/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/RequestCounterFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bef4d448d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/org.restlet/src/main/java/org/restlet/RequestCounterFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.restlet;
+
+import org.restlet.routing.Filter;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Counter;
+
+public class RequestCounterFilter extends Filter{
+
+	private final Counter counter;
+	
+	private final String name;
+	
+	public RequestCounterFilter(String name) {
+		
+		this.name = name;
+		this.counter = new Counter();
+		
+		Metrics.REGISTRY.remove(name);
+		Metrics.REGISTRY.register(name, counter);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected int beforeHandle(Request request, Response response) {
+		counter.inc();
+		return super.beforeHandle(request, response);
+	}
+	
+}