diff --git a/lib/sftp.js b/lib/sftp.js
index d61cb8a..7193159 100644
--- a/lib/sftp.js
+++ b/lib/sftp.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
+import StatsD from 'statsy';
 import Client from './ssh2-sftp-client';
 import debugname from 'debug';
 const debug = debugname('hostr:sftp');
 
+const statsdOpts = { prefix: 'hostr-api', host: process.env.STATSD_HOST };
+const statsd = new StatsD(statsdOpts);
+
 export function get(remotePath) {
   debug('fetching', join('hostr', 'uploads', remotePath));
   const sftp = new Client();
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ export function *upload(localPath, remotePath) {
       done = yield sendFile(localPath, remotePath);
       break;
     } catch (err) {
+      statsd.incr('file.upload.retry', 1);
       debug('retry');
     }
   }