diff --git a/config/initializers/datadog.rb b/config/initializers/datadog.rb
index eb82b340ff..c1265c7802 100644
--- a/config/initializers/datadog.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/datadog.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ if ENV['DATADOG_RAILS_APM']
     c.use :delayed_job, service_name: 'delayed_job'
     c.use :dalli, service_name: 'memcached'
     c.analytics_enabled = true
+    c.runtime_metrics_enabled = true
   end
 end