diff --git a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py
--- a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py
+++ b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ TAG_INVALID_CHARS_RE = re.compile(
 )
 TAG_INVALID_CHARS_SUBS = "_"
 
+# we save and expose methods called by statsd for discovery
+buckets_dict = {
+
+}
+
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=500)
 def _normalize_tags_with_cache(tag_list):
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ class StatsClientBase(object):
     def timer(self, stat, rate=1, tags=None):
         return Timer(self, stat, rate, tags)
 
-    def timing(self, stat, delta, rate=1, tags=None):
+    def timing(self, stat, delta, rate=1, tags=None, use_decimals=True):
         """
         Send new timing information.
 
@@ -51,7 +56,11 @@ class StatsClientBase(object):
         if isinstance(delta, timedelta):
             # Convert timedelta to number of milliseconds.
             delta = delta.total_seconds() * 1000.
-        self._send_stat(stat, '%0.6f|ms' % delta, rate, tags)
+        if use_decimals:
+            fmt = '%0.6f|ms'
+        else:
+            fmt = '%s|ms'
+        self._send_stat(stat, fmt % delta, rate, tags)
 
     def incr(self, stat, count=1, rate=1, tags=None):
         """Increment a stat by `count`."""
@@ -78,10 +87,17 @@ class StatsClientBase(object):
         """Set a set value."""
         self._send_stat(stat, '%s|s' % value, rate)
 
+    def histogram(self, stat, value, rate=1, tags=None):
+        """Set a histogram"""
+        self._send_stat(stat, '%s|h' % value, rate, tags)
+
     def _send_stat(self, stat, value, rate, tags=None):
         self._after(self._prepare(stat, value, rate, tags))
 
     def _prepare(self, stat, value, rate, tags=None):
+        global buckets_dict
+        buckets_dict[stat] = 1
+
         if rate < 1:
             if random.random() > rate:
                 return
diff --git a/vcsserver/tweens/request_wrapper.py b/vcsserver/tweens/request_wrapper.py
--- a/vcsserver/tweens/request_wrapper.py
+++ b/vcsserver/tweens/request_wrapper.py
@@ -60,13 +60,22 @@ class RequestWrapperTween(object):
 
             statsd = request.registry.statsd
             if statsd:
-                elapsed_time_ms = 1000.0 * total
+                match_route = request.matched_route.name if request.matched_route else _path
+                resp_code = response.status_code
+                elapsed_time_ms = round(1000.0 * total)  # use ms only
                 statsd.timing(
-                    'vcsserver_req_timing', elapsed_time_ms,
-                    tags=["path:{}".format(_path)]
+                    "vcsserver_req_timing.histogram", elapsed_time_ms,
+                    tags=[
+                        "view_name:{}".format(match_route),
+                        "code:{}".format(resp_code)
+                    ],
+                    use_decimals=False
                 )
                 statsd.incr(
-                    'vcsserver_req_total', tags=["path:{}".format(_path)])
+                    "vcsserver_req_total", tags=[
+                        "view_name:{}".format(match_route),
+                        "code:{}".format(resp_code)
+                    ])
         return response