diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/api/commands/stats.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/api/commands/stats.rb
index 2c6790667..3e43501a4 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/api/commands/stats.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/api/commands/stats.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ module LogStash
               :events => stats[:events],
               :plugins => {
                 :inputs => plugin_stats(stats, :inputs),
+                :codecs => plugin_stats(stats, :codecs),
                 :filters => plugin_stats(stats, :filters),
                 :outputs => plugin_stats(stats, :outputs)
               },
diff --git a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/JavaCodecDelegator.java b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/JavaCodecDelegator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f47e4068b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/JavaCodecDelegator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package org.logstash.config.ir.compiler;
+
+import co.elastic.logstash.api.Codec;
+import co.elastic.logstash.api.Event;
+import co.elastic.logstash.api.PluginConfigSpec;
+import org.jruby.RubySymbol;
+import org.jruby.runtime.ThreadContext;
+import org.logstash.RubyUtil;
+import org.logstash.instrument.metrics.AbstractNamespacedMetricExt;
+import org.logstash.instrument.metrics.MetricKeys;
+import org.logstash.instrument.metrics.counter.LongCounter;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class JavaCodecDelegator implements Codec {
+
+    public static final RubySymbol ENCODE_KEY = RubyUtil.RUBY.newSymbol("encode");
+    public static final RubySymbol DECODE_KEY = RubyUtil.RUBY.newSymbol("decode");
+    public static final RubySymbol IN_KEY = RubyUtil.RUBY.newSymbol("writes_in");
+
+    private final String configName;
+
+    private final String id;
+
+    private final Codec codec;
+
+    protected final AbstractNamespacedMetricExt metricEncode;
+
+    protected final AbstractNamespacedMetricExt metricDecode;
+
+    protected final LongCounter encodeMetricIn;
+
+    protected final LongCounter encodeMetricTime;
+
+    protected final LongCounter decodeMetricIn;
+
+    protected final LongCounter decodeMetricOut;
+
+    protected final LongCounter decodeMetricTime;
+
+
+    public JavaCodecDelegator(final String configName, final String id,
+                               final AbstractNamespacedMetricExt metric,
+                               final Codec codec) {
+        this.configName = configName;
+        this.id = id;
+        this.codec = codec;
+
+        final ThreadContext context = RubyUtil.RUBY.getCurrentContext();
+        final AbstractNamespacedMetricExt namespacedMetric =
+            metric.namespace(context, RubyUtil.RUBY.newSymbol(codec.getId()));
+        synchronized(namespacedMetric.getMetric()) {
+            metricEncode = namespacedMetric.namespace(context, ENCODE_KEY);
+            encodeMetricIn = LongCounter.fromRubyBase(metricEncode, IN_KEY);
+            encodeMetricTime = LongCounter.fromRubyBase(metricEncode, MetricKeys.DURATION_IN_MILLIS_KEY);
+
+            metricDecode = namespacedMetric.namespace(context, DECODE_KEY);
+            decodeMetricIn = LongCounter.fromRubyBase(metricDecode, IN_KEY);
+            decodeMetricOut = LongCounter.fromRubyBase(metricDecode, MetricKeys.OUT_KEY);
+            decodeMetricTime = LongCounter.fromRubyBase(metricDecode, MetricKeys.DURATION_IN_MILLIS_KEY);
+
+            namespacedMetric.gauge(context, MetricKeys.NAME_KEY, RubyUtil.RUBY.newString(configName));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void decode(final ByteBuffer buffer, final Consumer<Map<String, Object>> eventConsumer) {
+        decodeMetricIn.increment();
+
+        final long start = System.nanoTime();
+
+        codec.decode(buffer, (event) -> {
+            decodeMetricOut.increment();
+            eventConsumer.accept(event);
+        });
+
+        decodeMetricTime.increment(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(System.nanoTime() - start, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush(final ByteBuffer buffer, final Consumer<Map<String, Object>> eventConsumer) {
+        decodeMetricIn.increment();
+
+        final long start = System.nanoTime();
+
+        codec.flush(buffer, (event) -> {
+            decodeMetricOut.increment();
+            eventConsumer.accept(event);
+        });
+
+        decodeMetricTime.increment(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(System.nanoTime() - start, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean encode(final Event event, final ByteBuffer buffer) throws EncodeException {
+        encodeMetricIn.increment();
+
+        final long start = System.nanoTime();
+
+        final boolean ret = codec.encode(event, buffer);
+
+        decodeMetricTime.increment(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(System.nanoTime() - start, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS));
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Codec cloneCodec() {
+        return codec.cloneCodec();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<PluginConfigSpec<?>> configSchema() {
+        return codec.configSchema();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return codec.getName();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getId() {
+        return codec.getId();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java
index 1176058fa..790c9b0e5 100644
--- a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java
+++ b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.logstash.config.ir.PipelineIR;
 import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.AbstractFilterDelegatorExt;
 import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.AbstractOutputDelegatorExt;
 import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.FilterDelegatorExt;
+import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.JavaCodecDelegator;
 import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.JavaFilterDelegatorExt;
 import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.JavaInputDelegatorExt;
 import org.logstash.config.ir.compiler.JavaOutputDelegatorExt;
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ public final class PluginFactoryExt {
                     }
 
                     if (codec != null) {
-                        return JavaUtil.convertJavaToRuby(RubyUtil.RUBY, codec);
+                        return JavaUtil.convertJavaToRuby(RubyUtil.RUBY, new JavaCodecDelegator(name, id, typeScopedMetric, codec));
                     } else {
                         throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to instantiate codec: " + pluginClass);
                     }