diff --git a/ServerBench.cpp b/ServerBench.cpp
index 4323b53..5912d4b 100644
--- a/ServerBench.cpp
+++ b/ServerBench.cpp
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ double toSeconds(timeval t) {
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-struct InstructionCount {
-  InstructionCount() {
+struct PerfCounter {
+  explicit PerfCounter(int event) {
     struct perf_event_attr pe;
 
     memset(&pe, 0, sizeof(pe));
     pe.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
     pe.size = sizeof(pe);
-    pe.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS;
+    pe.config = event;
     pe.inherit = 1;
     pe.exclude_kernel = 1;
     pe.exclude_hv = 1;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct InstructionCount {
     return count;
   }
 
-  ~InstructionCount() { close(fd); }
+  ~PerfCounter() { close(fd); }
 
 private:
   int fd;
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ private:
   }
 };
 #else
-struct InstructionCount {
+struct PerfCounter {
+  explicit PerPerfCounter(int) {}
   int64_t total() { return 0; }
 };
 #endif
@@ -232,7 +233,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     int metricsCount;
     cs.getMetricsV1(&metrics, &metricsCount);
 
-    InstructionCount instructions;
+    PerfCounter instructions{PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS};
+    PerfCounter cycles{PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES};
     auto w = std::thread{workload, &cs};
 
     for (;;) {
@@ -265,6 +267,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
               "instructions_total ";
       body += std::to_string(instructions.total());
       body += "\n";
+      body += "# HELP cycles_total Total number of cycles\n"
+              "# TYPE cycles_total counter\n"
+              "cycles_total ";
+      body += std::to_string(cycles.total());
+      body += "\n";
 
       for (int i = 0; i < metricsCount; ++i) {
         body += "# HELP ";