diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 8019acb52..9d1031e98 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
 
 
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/beorn7/perks"
+  packages = ["quantile"]
+  revision = "3a771d992973f24aa725d07868b467d1ddfceafb"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/btcsuite/btcd"
@@ -36,7 +42,11 @@
   packages = [
     "log",
     "log/level",
-    "log/term"
+    "log/term",
+    "metrics",
+    "metrics/discard",
+    "metrics/internal/lv",
+    "metrics/prometheus"
   ]
   revision = "4dc7be5d2d12881735283bcab7352178e190fc71"
   version = "v0.6.0"
@@ -131,6 +141,12 @@
   revision = "c2353362d570a7bfa228149c62842019201cfb71"
   version = "v1.8.0"
 
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions"
+  packages = ["pbutil"]
+  revision = "c12348ce28de40eed0136aa2b644d0ee0650e56c"
+  version = "v1.0.1"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -155,6 +171,39 @@
   revision = "792786c7400a136282c1664665ae0a8db921c6c2"
   version = "v1.0.0"
 
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
+  packages = ["prometheus"]
+  revision = "c5b7fccd204277076155f10851dad72b76a49317"
+  version = "v0.8.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/prometheus/client_model"
+  packages = ["go"]
+  revision = "99fa1f4be8e564e8a6b613da7fa6f46c9edafc6c"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/prometheus/common"
+  packages = [
+    "expfmt",
+    "internal/bitbucket.org/ww/goautoneg",
+    "model"
+  ]
+  revision = "7600349dcfe1abd18d72d3a1770870d9800a7801"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/prometheus/procfs"
+  packages = [
+    ".",
+    "internal/util",
+    "nfs",
+    "xfs"
+  ]
+  revision = "94663424ae5ae9856b40a9f170762b4197024661"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
@@ -374,6 +423,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "62d0626fa963b25411234da915fb3b8bfc7aefffd76824d27ac1647ca2b5d489"
+  inputs-digest = "294ac88a5b44228f5ef841b13602d0a8b8fed5fbe9b9b6df77640d636175be16"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index b7393a475..13339e550 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -97,3 +97,7 @@
 [prune]
   go-tests = true
   unused-packages = true
+
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
+  version = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/consensus/common_test.go b/consensus/common_test.go
index f50e57699..ea1415924 100644
--- a/consensus/common_test.go
+++ b/consensus/common_test.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func newConsensusStateWithConfigAndBlockStore(thisConfig *cfg.Config, state sm.S
 	// Make ConsensusState
 	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateDB, log.TestingLogger(), proxyAppConnCon, mempool, evpool)
-	cs := NewConsensusState(thisConfig.Consensus, state, blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evpool)
+	cs := NewConsensusState(thisConfig.Consensus, state, blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evpool, NopMetrics())
 	cs.SetLogger(log.TestingLogger().With("module", "consensus"))
 	cs.SetPrivValidator(pv)
 
diff --git a/consensus/metrics.go b/consensus/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06df7e35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consensus/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package consensus
+
+import "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics"
+import "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics/discard"
+
+// Metrics contains metrics exposed by this package.
+type Metrics struct {
+	// height of the chain
+	Height metrics.Counter
+}
+
+// NopMetrics returns no-op Metrics.
+func NopMetrics() *Metrics {
+	return &Metrics{
+		Height: discard.NewCounter(),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/consensus/replay_file.go b/consensus/replay_file.go
index 57204b01a..113c69c86 100644
--- a/consensus/replay_file.go
+++ b/consensus/replay_file.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (pb *playback) replayReset(count int, newStepCh chan interface{}) error {
 	pb.cs.Wait()
 
 	newCS := NewConsensusState(pb.cs.config, pb.genesisState.Copy(), pb.cs.blockExec,
-		pb.cs.blockStore, pb.cs.mempool, pb.cs.evpool)
+		pb.cs.blockStore, pb.cs.mempool, pb.cs.evpool, pb.cs.metrics)
 	newCS.SetEventBus(pb.cs.eventBus)
 	newCS.startForReplay()
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func newConsensusStateForReplay(config cfg.BaseConfig, csConfig *cfg.ConsensusCo
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateDB, log.TestingLogger(), proxyApp.Consensus(), mempool, evpool)
 
 	consensusState := NewConsensusState(csConfig, state.Copy(), blockExec,
-		blockStore, mempool, evpool)
+		blockStore, mempool, evpool, NopMetrics())
 
 	consensusState.SetEventBus(eventBus)
 	return consensusState
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index d46ec5830..3b6c029f7 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -115,10 +115,13 @@ type ConsensusState struct {
 	// synchronous pubsub between consensus state and reactor.
 	// state only emits EventNewRoundStep, EventVote and EventProposalHeartbeat
 	evsw tmevents.EventSwitch
+
+	// for reporting metrics
+	metrics *Metrics
 }
 
 // NewConsensusState returns a new ConsensusState.
-func NewConsensusState(config *cfg.ConsensusConfig, state sm.State, blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor, blockStore sm.BlockStore, mempool sm.Mempool, evpool sm.EvidencePool) *ConsensusState {
+func NewConsensusState(config *cfg.ConsensusConfig, state sm.State, blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor, blockStore sm.BlockStore, mempool sm.Mempool, evpool sm.EvidencePool, metrics *Metrics) *ConsensusState {
 	cs := &ConsensusState{
 		config:           config,
 		blockExec:        blockExec,
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ func NewConsensusState(config *cfg.ConsensusConfig, state sm.State, blockExec *s
 		wal:              nilWAL{},
 		evpool:           evpool,
 		evsw:             tmevents.NewEventSwitch(),
+		metrics:          metrics,
 	}
 	// set function defaults (may be overwritten before calling Start)
 	cs.decideProposal = cs.defaultDecideProposal
@@ -388,6 +392,7 @@ func (cs *ConsensusState) SetProposalAndBlock(proposal *types.Proposal, block *t
 
 func (cs *ConsensusState) updateHeight(height int64) {
 	cs.Height = height
+	cs.metrics.Height.Add(float64(height - cs.Height))
 }
 
 func (cs *ConsensusState) updateRoundStep(round int, step cstypes.RoundStepType) {
diff --git a/consensus/wal_generator.go b/consensus/wal_generator.go
index f61af15f5..dab93c343 100644
--- a/consensus/wal_generator.go
+++ b/consensus/wal_generator.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func WALWithNBlocks(numBlocks int) (data []byte, err error) {
 	mempool := sm.MockMempool{}
 	evpool := sm.MockEvidencePool{}
 	blockExec := sm.NewBlockExecutor(stateDB, log.TestingLogger(), proxyApp.Consensus(), mempool, evpool)
-	consensusState := NewConsensusState(config.Consensus, state.Copy(), blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evpool)
+	consensusState := NewConsensusState(config.Consensus, state.Copy(), blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evpool, NopMetrics())
 	consensusState.SetLogger(logger)
 	consensusState.SetEventBus(eventBus)
 	if privValidator != nil {
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index efeb17ee0..538055a8e 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 
+	prometheus "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics/prometheus"
+	stdprometheus "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/abci/types"
 	amino "github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
 	crypto "github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
@@ -241,8 +244,15 @@ func NewNode(config *cfg.Config,
 	bcReactor.SetLogger(logger.With("module", "blockchain"))
 
 	// Make ConsensusReactor
+	// TODO: extract to provider
+	metrics := &cs.Metrics{
+		Height: prometheus.NewCounter(stdprometheus.NewCounterVec(stdprometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "height",
+		}, []string{})),
+	}
+	stdprometheus.MustRegister(metrics.Height)
 	consensusState := cs.NewConsensusState(config.Consensus, state.Copy(),
-		blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evidencePool)
+		blockExec, blockStore, mempool, evidencePool, metrics)
 	consensusState.SetLogger(consensusLogger)
 	if privValidator != nil {
 		consensusState.SetPrivValidator(privValidator)