diff --git a/libraries/metrics/metrics.coffee b/libraries/metrics/metrics.coffee
index 6d14655e3f..e9a25966b5 100644
--- a/libraries/metrics/metrics.coffee
+++ b/libraries/metrics/metrics.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 StatsD = require('lynx')
-statsd = new StatsD('localhost', 8125, {on_error:->})
+statsd = new StatsD(process.env["STATSD_HOST"] or "localhost", 8125, {on_error:->})
 
 name = "unknown"
 hostname = require('os').hostname()