diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go
index 0ffed84e67a8..51d154f490f5 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configerror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configmodels"
 	//"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ func (f *Factory) CreateMetricsExporter(
 	_ context.Context,
 	_ component.ExporterCreateParams,
 	cfg configmodels.Exporter) (component.MetricsExporter, error) {
-	// eCfg := cfg.(*Config)
-	// return newStackdriverMetricsExporter(eCfg)
-	return nil, configerror.ErrDataTypeIsNotSupported
+	eCfg := cfg.(*Config)
+	return newStackdriverMetricsExporter(eCfg)
 }
diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go
index c9af7c452a10..cccb667b7c13 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenterror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdatautil"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	export "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/trace"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
@@ -86,16 +87,16 @@ func newStackdriverTraceExporter(cfg *Config) (component.TraceExporter, error) {
 		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(tExp.Shutdown))
 }
 
-func newStackdriverMetricsExporter(cfg *Config) (component.MetricsExporterOld, error) {
+func newStackdriverMetricsExporter(cfg *Config) (component.MetricsExporter, error) {
 	sde, serr := newStackdriverExporter(cfg)
 	if serr != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot configure Stackdriver metric exporter: %v", serr)
 	}
 	mExp := &stackdriverExporter{exporter: sde}
 
-	return exporterhelper.NewMetricsExporterOld(
+	return exporterhelper.NewMetricsExporter(
 		cfg,
-		mExp.pushMetricsData,
+		mExp.pushMetrics,
 		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(mExp.Shutdown))
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +146,19 @@ func (se *stackdriverExporter) pushMetricsData(ctx context.Context, md consumerd
 	return se.exporter.PushMetricsProto(ctx, md.Node, md.Resource, md.Metrics)
 }
 
+func (se *stackdriverExporter) pushMetrics(ctx context.Context, m pdata.Metrics) (int, error) {
+	mds := pdatautil.MetricsToMetricsData(m)
+	dropped := 0
+	for _, md := range mds {
+		d, err := se.pushMetricsData(ctx, md)
+		dropped += d
+		if err != nil {
+			return dropped, err
+		}
+	}
+	return dropped, nil
+}
+
 // pushTraceData is a wrapper method on StackdriverExporter.PushTraceSpans
 func (se *stackdriverExporter) pushTraceData(ctx context.Context, td consumerdata.TraceData) (int, error) {
 	var errs []error