diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6a148946..d1539ac24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ Gemfile.lock
 tags
 /.bundle/
 coverage/
+.idea/
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index c4cc7c783..3a66b4451 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Metrics/BlockLength:
 # Offense count: 8
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments.
 Metrics/ClassLength:
-  Max: 626
+  Max: 659
 
 # Offense count: 11
 Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
diff --git a/lib/stripe.rb b/lib/stripe.rb
index eedb00c4d..d991acbfa 100644
--- a/lib/stripe.rb
+++ b/lib/stripe.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ module Stripe
   @open_timeout = 30
   @read_timeout = 80
 
+  @enable_telemetry = false
+
   class << self
     attr_accessor :stripe_account, :api_key, :api_base, :verify_ssl_certs, :api_version, :client_id, :connect_base, :uploads_base,
                   :open_timeout, :read_timeout
@@ -225,6 +227,14 @@ def self.max_network_retries=(val)
     @max_network_retries = val.to_i
   end
 
+  def self.enable_telemetry?
+    @enable_telemetry
+  end
+
+  def self.enable_telemetry=(val)
+    @enable_telemetry = val
+  end
+
   # Sets some basic information about the running application that's sent along
   # with API requests. Useful for plugin authors to identify their plugin when
   # communicating with Stripe.
diff --git a/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb b/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb
index e219a5fbb..1c0d63bba 100644
--- a/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb
+++ b/lib/stripe/stripe_client.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class StripeClient
     def initialize(conn = nil)
       self.conn = conn || self.class.default_conn
       @system_profiler = SystemProfiler.new
+      @last_request_metrics = nil
     end
 
     def self.active_client
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@ def request
 
     def execute_request(method, path,
                         api_base: nil, api_key: nil, headers: {}, params: {})
-
       api_base ||= Stripe.api_base
       api_key ||= Stripe.api_key
 
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ def execute_request_with_rescues(api_base, context)
         resp = yield
         context = context.dup_from_response(resp)
         log_response(context, request_start, resp.status, resp.body)
+        if Stripe.enable_telemetry?
+          @last_request_metrics = StripeRequestMetrics.new(context.request_id, Time.now - request_start)
+        end
 
       # We rescue all exceptions from a request so that we have an easy spot to
       # implement our retry logic across the board. We'll re-raise if it's a type
@@ -425,6 +428,10 @@ def request_headers(api_key, method)
         "Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
       }
 
+      if Stripe.enable_telemetry? && !@last_request_metrics.nil?
+        headers["X-Stripe-Client-Telemetry"] = JSON.generate(last_request_metrics: @last_request_metrics.payload)
+      end
+
       # It is only safe to retry network failures on post and delete
       # requests if we add an Idempotency-Key header
       if %i[post delete].include?(method) && Stripe.max_network_retries > 0
@@ -594,5 +601,23 @@ def user_agent
         }.delete_if { |_k, v| v.nil? }
       end
     end
+
+    # StripeRequestMetrics tracks metadata to be reported to stripe for metrics collection
+    class StripeRequestMetrics
+      # The Stripe request ID of the response.
+      attr_accessor :request_id
+
+      # Request duration
+      attr_accessor :request_duration
+
+      def initialize(request_id, request_duration)
+        self.request_id       = request_id
+        self.request_duration = request_duration
+      end
+
+      def payload
+        { request_id: request_id, request_duration: request_duration }
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/stripe/stripe_client_test.rb b/test/stripe/stripe_client_test.rb
index e32929117..3b7c171e5 100644
--- a/test/stripe/stripe_client_test.rb
+++ b/test/stripe/stripe_client_test.rb
@@ -749,6 +749,51 @@ class StripeClientTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         end
       end
     end
+
+    context "#telemetry" do
+      teardown do
+        # make sure to always set telemetry back to false
+        # to not mutate global state
+        Stripe.enable_telemetry = false
+      end
+
+      should "not send metrics if enable trace flag is not set" do
+        Stripe.enable_telemetry = false
+
+        trace_metrics_header = nil
+        stub_request(:get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/charges")
+          .with do |req|
+          trace_metrics_header = req.headers["X-Stripe-Client-Telemetry"]
+          false
+        end.to_return(body: JSON.generate(object: "charge"))
+
+        Stripe::Charge.list
+        assert(trace_metrics_header.nil?)
+
+        Stripe::Charge.list
+        assert(trace_metrics_header.nil?)
+      end
+
+      should "send metrics if enabled telemetry is true" do
+        Stripe.enable_telemetry = true
+
+        trace_metrics_header = nil
+        stub_request(:get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/charges")
+          .with do |req|
+          trace_metrics_header = req.headers["X-Stripe-Client-Telemetry"]
+          false
+        end.to_return(body: JSON.generate(object: "charge"))
+
+        Stripe::Charge.list
+        Stripe::Charge.list
+
+        assert(!trace_metrics_header.nil?)
+
+        trace_payload = JSON.parse(trace_metrics_header)
+        assert(trace_payload["last_request_metrics"]["request_id"] == "req_123")
+        assert(!trace_payload["last_request_metrics"]["request_duration"].nil?)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   class SystemProfilerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase