diff --git a/weed/command/s3.go b/weed/command/s3.go
index 92f13673c..b944c9bcf 100644
--- a/weed/command/s3.go
+++ b/weed/command/s3.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/s3api"
+	stats_collect "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ func (s3opt *S3Options) startS3Server() bool {
 
 	grpcDialOption := security.LoadClientTLS(util.GetViper(), "grpc.client")
 
+	// metrics read from the filer
+	var metricsAddress string
+	var metricsIntervalSec int
+
 	for {
 		err = pb.WithGrpcFilerClient(filerGrpcAddress, grpcDialOption, func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
 			resp, err := client.GetFilerConfiguration(context.Background(), &filer_pb.GetFilerConfigurationRequest{})
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ func (s3opt *S3Options) startS3Server() bool {
 				return fmt.Errorf("get filer %s configuration: %v", filerGrpcAddress, err)
 			}
 			filerBucketsPath = resp.DirBuckets
+			metricsAddress, metricsIntervalSec = resp.MetricsAddress, int(resp.MetricsIntervalSec)
 			glog.V(0).Infof("S3 read filer buckets dir: %s", filerBucketsPath)
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -146,6 +152,9 @@ func (s3opt *S3Options) startS3Server() bool {
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	if metricsAddress != "" && metricsIntervalSec > 0 {
+		go stats_collect.LoopPushingMetric("s3", stats_collect.SourceName(uint32(*s3opt.port)), stats_collect.S3Gather, metricsAddress, metricsIntervalSec)
+	}
 
 	router := mux.NewRouter().SkipClean(true)
 
diff --git a/weed/stats/metrics.go b/weed/stats/metrics.go
index f3824728e..fc47cebb0 100644
--- a/weed/stats/metrics.go
+++ b/weed/stats/metrics.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	FilerGather        = prometheus.NewRegistry()
 	VolumeServerGather = prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	S3Gather           = prometheus.NewRegistry()
 
 	FilerRequestCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{