diff --git a/services/chat/app/js/server.js b/services/chat/app/js/server.js
index b75a84b912..ede4b19a40 100644
--- a/services/chat/app/js/server.js
+++ b/services/chat/app/js/server.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ logger.initialize('chat')
 export async function createServer() {
   const app = express()
 
+  app.use(metrics.http.monitor(logger))
+  metrics.injectMetricsRoute(app)
+
   // See https://github.com/exegesis-js/exegesis/blob/master/docs/Options.md
   const options = {
     controllers: { messagesController },
diff --git a/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/GettingMessagesTests.js b/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/GettingMessagesTests.js
index 0e5cb6fd6c..e95e28f9ee 100644
--- a/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/GettingMessagesTests.js
+++ b/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/GettingMessagesTests.js
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ import { expect } from 'chai'
 import * as ChatClient from './helpers/ChatClient.js'
 import * as ChatApp from './helpers/ChatApp.js'
 
+async function getCount() {
+  return await ChatClient.getMetric(line => {
+    return (
+      line.includes('timer_http_request_count') &&
+      line.includes('path="project_{projectId}_messages"') &&
+      line.includes('method="POST"')
+    )
+  })
+}
+
 describe('Getting messages', async function () {
   const userId1 = ObjectId().toString()
   const userId2 = ObjectId().toString()
@@ -16,6 +26,7 @@ describe('Getting messages', async function () {
   describe('globally', async function () {
     const projectId = ObjectId().toString()
     before(async function () {
+      const previousCount = await getCount()
       const { response } = await ChatClient.sendGlobalMessage(
         projectId,
         userId1,
@@ -31,6 +42,7 @@ describe('Getting messages', async function () {
       const { response: response3, body } = await ChatClient.checkStatus()
       expect(response3.statusCode).to.equal(200)
       expect(body).to.equal('chat is alive')
+      expect(await getCount()).to.equal(previousCount + 2)
     })
 
     it('should contain the messages and populated users when getting the messages', async function () {
diff --git a/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/helpers/ChatClient.js b/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/helpers/ChatClient.js
index 433b6fcd71..022afecc9b 100644
--- a/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/helpers/ChatClient.js
+++ b/services/chat/test/acceptance/js/helpers/ChatClient.js
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ export async function checkStatus() {
   })
 }
 
+export async function getMetric(matcher) {
+  const { body } = await asyncRequest({
+    method: 'get',
+    url: `/metrics`,
+  })
+  const found = body.split('\n').find(matcher)
+  if (!found) return 0
+  return parseInt(found.split(' ')[1], 0)
+}
+
 export async function reopenThread(projectId, threadId) {
   return asyncRequest({
     method: 'post',