diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
index 064739c98..62cc389da 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.mappers.RateLimitExceededExceptionMapper
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.CpuUsageGauge;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.FileDescriptorGauge;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.FreeMemoryGauge;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.GarbageCollectionCountGauge;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.GarbageCollectionTimeGauge;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.MetricsApplicationEventListener;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.NetworkReceivedGauge;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.NetworkSentGauge;
@@ -447,6 +449,8 @@ public class WhisperServerService extends Application<WhisperServerConfiguration
     environment.metrics().register(name(NetworkSentGauge.class, "bytes_sent"), new NetworkSentGauge());
     environment.metrics().register(name(NetworkReceivedGauge.class, "bytes_received"), new NetworkReceivedGauge());
     environment.metrics().register(name(FileDescriptorGauge.class, "fd_count"), new FileDescriptorGauge());
+    environment.metrics().register(name(GarbageCollectionCountGauge.class, "gc_count"), new GarbageCollectionCountGauge());
+    environment.metrics().register(name(GarbageCollectionTimeGauge.class, "gc_time"), new GarbageCollectionTimeGauge());
   }
 
   private void registerExceptionMappers(Environment environment, WebSocketEnvironment<Account> webSocketEnvironment, WebSocketEnvironment<Account> provisioningEnvironment) {
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a35ec457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Gauge;
+
+import java.lang.management.GarbageCollectorMXBean;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+abstract class AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge implements Gauge<Long> {
+
+    private final GarbageCollectorMXBean garbageCollectorMXBean;
+
+    public AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge() {
+        this.garbageCollectorMXBean = (GarbageCollectorMXBean)ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans();
+    }
+
+    protected GarbageCollectorMXBean getGarbageCollectorMXBean() {
+        return garbageCollectorMXBean;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/GarbageCollectionCountGauge.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/GarbageCollectionCountGauge.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f370062ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/GarbageCollectionCountGauge.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics;
+
+/**
+ * A gauge that reports the total number of collections that have occurred in this JVM's lifetime.
+ */
+public class GarbageCollectionCountGauge extends AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge {
+
+    @Override
+    public Long getValue() {
+        return getGarbageCollectorMXBean().getCollectionCount();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/GarbageCollectionTimeGauge.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/GarbageCollectionTimeGauge.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b035a300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/GarbageCollectionTimeGauge.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics;
+
+/**
+ * A gauge that reports the cumulative amount of time (in milliseconds) spent on garbage collection.
+ */
+public class GarbageCollectionTimeGauge extends AbstractGarbageCollectionGauge {
+
+    @Override
+    public Long getValue() {
+        return getGarbageCollectorMXBean().getCollectionTime();
+    }
+}