diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/codecs/delegator.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/codecs/delegator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cbb440c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/codecs/delegator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+module LogStash::Codecs
+  class Delegator < SimpleDelegator
+    def initialize(obj)
+      super(obj)
+      @encode_metric = LogStash::Instrument::NamespacedNullMetric.new
+      @decode_metric = LogStash::Instrument::NamespacedNullMetric.new
+    end
+
+    def class
+      __getobj__.class
+    end
+
+    def metric=(metric)
+      __getobj__.metric = metric
+
+      __getobj__.metric.gauge(:name, __getobj__.class.config_name)
+
+      @encode_metric = __getobj__.metric.namespace(:encode)
+      @encode_metric.counter(:writes_in)
+      @encode_metric.report_time(:duration_in_millis, 0)
+
+      @decode_metric = __getobj__.metric.namespace(:decode)
+      @decode_metric.counter(:writes_in)
+      @decode_metric.counter(:out)
+      @decode_metric.report_time(:duration_in_millis, 0)
+    end
+
+    def encode(event)
+      @encode_metric.increment(:writes_in)
+      @encode_metric.time(:duration_in_millis) do
+        __getobj__.encode(event)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def multi_encode(events)
+      @encode_metric.increment(:writes_in, events.length)
+      @encode_metric.time(:duration_in_millis) do
+        __getobj__.multi_encode(events)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def decode(data)
+      @decode_metric.increment(:writes_in)
+      @decode_metric.time(:duration_in_millis) do
+        __getobj__.decode(data) do |event|
+          @decode_metric.increment(:out)
+          yield event
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb
index 30fb44d75..621ef9e0c 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require "logstash/util/safe_uri"
 require "logstash/version"
 require "logstash/environment"
 require "logstash/util/plugin_version"
+require "logstash/codecs/delegator"
 require "filesize"
 
 LogStash::Environment.load_locale!
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ module LogStash::Config::Mixin
         case validator
           when :codec
             if value.first.is_a?(String)
-              value = LogStash::Plugin.lookup("codec", value.first).new
+              value = LogStash::Codecs::Delegator.new LogStash::Plugin.lookup("codec", value.first).new
               return true, value
             else
               value = value.first
diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/inputs/base.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/inputs/base.rb
index 2a8ee97e7..50878ffff 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/inputs/base.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/inputs/base.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Base < LogStash::Plugin
     cloned
   end
 
+  def metric=(metric)
+    super
+    # Hack to create a new metric namespace using 'plugins' as the root
+    @codec.metric = metric.root.namespace(metric.namespace_name[0...-2].push(:codecs, codec.id))
+    metric
+  end
+
   def execution_context=(context)
     super
     # There is no easy way to propage an instance variable into the codec, because the codec
diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb
index 1efc8b079..34abe972c 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Base < LogStash::Plugin
     self.class.concurrency
   end
 
+  def metric=(metric)
+    super
+    # Hack to create a new metric namespace using 'plugins' as the root
+    @codec.metric = metric.root.namespace(metric.namespace_name[0...-2].push(:codecs, codec.id))
+    metric
+  end
+
   def execution_context=(context)
     super
     # There is no easy way to propage an instance variable into the codec, because the codec
diff --git a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/instrument/metrics/AbstractNamespacedMetricExt.java b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/instrument/metrics/AbstractNamespacedMetricExt.java
index 414b05b99..5d1051e82 100644
--- a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/instrument/metrics/AbstractNamespacedMetricExt.java
+++ b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/instrument/metrics/AbstractNamespacedMetricExt.java
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamespacedMetricExt extends AbstractMetricExt {
         return getNamespaceName(context);
     }
 
+    @JRubyMethod(name = "root")
+    public AbstractMetricExt root(final ThreadContext context) {
+        return getMetric();
+    }
+
     protected abstract IRubyObject getGauge(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject key,
         IRubyObject value);