diff --git a/service/config/sample.yml b/service/config/sample.yml
index d87c79c4e..31509a126 100644
--- a/service/config/sample.yml
+++ b/service/config/sample.yml
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ cdn:
   bucket: cdn        # S3 Bucket name
   region: us-west-2  # AWS region
 
+dogstatsd:
+  environment: dev
+
 unidentifiedDelivery:
   certificate: secret://unidentifiedDelivery.certificate
   privateKey: secret://unidentifiedDelivery.privateKey
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/DogstatsdConfiguration.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/DogstatsdConfiguration.java
index 9103c2a32..b2d8e0d92 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/DogstatsdConfiguration.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/configuration/DogstatsdConfiguration.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import io.micrometer.statsd.StatsdConfig;
 import io.micrometer.statsd.StatsdFlavor;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 public class DogstatsdConfiguration implements StatsdConfig {
@@ -17,11 +18,19 @@ public class DogstatsdConfiguration implements StatsdConfig {
   @NotNull
   private Duration step = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
 
+  @JsonProperty
+  @NotBlank
+  private String environment;
+
   @Override
   public Duration step() {
     return step;
   }
 
+  public String getEnvironment() {
+    return environment;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public StatsdFlavor flavor() {
     return StatsdFlavor.DATADOG;
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsUtil.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsUtil.java
index cb28acf13..194d8c1a4 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsUtil.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsUtil.java
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ import io.dropwizard.setup.Environment;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Meter;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Metrics;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Tags;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.config.MeterFilter;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.distribution.DistributionStatisticConfig;
 import io.micrometer.statsd.StatsdMeterRegistry;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerConfiguration;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerVersion;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.push.PushLatencyManager;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.Constants;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.HostnameUtil;
 
 public class MetricsUtil {
 
@@ -46,6 +49,13 @@ public class MetricsUtil {
       final StatsdMeterRegistry dogstatsdMeterRegistry = new StatsdMeterRegistry(
           config.getDatadogConfiguration(), io.micrometer.core.instrument.Clock.SYSTEM);
 
+      dogstatsdMeterRegistry.config().commonTags(
+          Tags.of(
+              "service", "chat",
+              "host", HostnameUtil.getLocalHostname(),
+              "version", WhisperServerVersion.getServerVersion(),
+              "env", config.getDatadogConfiguration().getEnvironment()));
+
       configureMeterFilters(dogstatsdMeterRegistry.config());
       Metrics.addRegistry(dogstatsdMeterRegistry);
     }