diff --git a/ServerBench.cpp b/ServerBench.cpp
index 9237056..4323b53 100644
--- a/ServerBench.cpp
+++ b/ServerBench.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,62 @@ double toSeconds(timeval t) {
   return double(t.tv_sec) + double(t.tv_usec) * 1e-6;
 }
 
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+struct InstructionCount {
+  InstructionCount() {
+    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.inherit = 1;
+    pe.exclude_kernel = 1;
+    pe.exclude_hv = 1;
+
+    fd = perf_event_open(&pe, 0, -1, -1, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Error opening leader %llx\n", pe.config);
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+  }
+
+  int64_t total() {
+    int64_t count;
+    if (read(fd, &count, sizeof(count)) != sizeof(count)) {
+      perror("read instructions from perf");
+      abort();
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  ~InstructionCount() { close(fd); }
+
+private:
+  int fd;
+  static long perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event, pid_t pid,
+                              int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags) {
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = syscall(SYS_perf_event_open, hw_event, pid, cpu, group_fd, flags);
+    return ret;
+  }
+};
+#else
+struct InstructionCount {
+  int64_t total() { return 0; }
+};
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   if (argc != 3) {
     goto fail;
@@ -176,6 +232,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     int metricsCount;
     cs.getMetricsV1(&metrics, &metricsCount);
 
+    InstructionCount instructions;
     auto w = std::thread{workload, &cs};
 
     for (;;) {
@@ -203,6 +260,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
               "transactions_total ";
       body += std::to_string(transactions.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
       body += "\n";
+      body += "# HELP instructions_total Total number of instructions\n"
+              "# TYPE instructions_total counter\n"
+              "instructions_total ";
+      body += std::to_string(instructions.total());
+      body += "\n";
 
       for (int i = 0; i < metricsCount; ++i) {
         body += "# HELP ";