diff --git a/conf/metrics.properties.template b/conf/metrics.properties.template
index ae10f615d1312be7f8dea3cca7862fcb98cc297d..1c3d94e1b0831d69e4635e328e69a0511a94e3f4 100644
--- a/conf/metrics.properties.template
+++ b/conf/metrics.properties.template
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@
 #     /metrics/aplications/json # App information
 #     /metrics/master/json      # Master information
 
+# org.apache.spark.metrics.sink.GraphiteSink
+#   Name:     Default:      Description:
+#   host      NONE          Hostname of Graphite server
+#   port      NONE          Port of Graphite server
+#   period    10            Poll period
+#   unit      seconds       Units of poll period
+#   prefix    EMPTY STRING  Prefix to prepend to metric name
+
 ## Examples
 # Enable JmxSink for all instances by class name
 #*.sink.jmx.class=org.apache.spark.metrics.sink.JmxSink
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8621d257e5b118d9b30b9b4e14ac6dcc0c4d16e9..6af229c71d3ad4742dab73dfe9cfab5fac03fe16 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@
       <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-ganglia</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
+      <artifactId>metrics-graphite</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/sink/GraphiteSink.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/sink/GraphiteSink.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb1315e6dea42eda9b8bc45faad310084a00afee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/sink/GraphiteSink.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.metrics.sink
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry
+import com.codahale.metrics.graphite.{GraphiteReporter, Graphite}
+
+import java.util.Properties
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+
+import org.apache.spark.metrics.MetricsSystem
+
+class GraphiteSink(val property: Properties, val registry: MetricRegistry) extends Sink {
+  val GRAPHITE_DEFAULT_PERIOD = 10
+  val GRAPHITE_DEFAULT_UNIT = "SECONDS"
+  val GRAPHITE_DEFAULT_PREFIX = ""
+
+  val GRAPHITE_KEY_HOST = "host"
+  val GRAPHITE_KEY_PORT = "port"
+  val GRAPHITE_KEY_PERIOD = "period"
+  val GRAPHITE_KEY_UNIT = "unit"
+  val GRAPHITE_KEY_PREFIX = "prefix"
+
+  def propertyToOption(prop: String) = Option(property.getProperty(prop))
+
+  if (!propertyToOption(GRAPHITE_KEY_HOST).isDefined) {
+    throw new Exception("Graphite sink requires 'host' property.")
+  }
+
+  if (!propertyToOption(GRAPHITE_KEY_PORT).isDefined) {
+    throw new Exception("Graphite sink requires 'port' property.")
+  }
+
+  val host = propertyToOption(GRAPHITE_KEY_HOST).get
+  val port = propertyToOption(GRAPHITE_KEY_PORT).get.toInt
+
+  val pollPeriod = Option(property.getProperty(GRAPHITE_KEY_PERIOD)) match {
+    case Some(s) => s.toInt
+    case None => GRAPHITE_DEFAULT_PERIOD
+  }
+
+  val pollUnit = Option(property.getProperty(GRAPHITE_KEY_UNIT)) match {
+    case Some(s) => TimeUnit.valueOf(s.toUpperCase())
+    case None => TimeUnit.valueOf(GRAPHITE_DEFAULT_UNIT)
+  }
+
+  val prefix = propertyToOption(GRAPHITE_KEY_PREFIX).getOrElse(GRAPHITE_DEFAULT_PREFIX)
+
+  MetricsSystem.checkMinimalPollingPeriod(pollUnit, pollPeriod)
+
+  val graphite: Graphite = new Graphite(new InetSocketAddress(host, port))
+
+  val reporter: GraphiteReporter = GraphiteReporter.forRegistry(registry)
+      .convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+      .convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+      .prefixedWith(prefix)
+      .build(graphite)
+
+  override def start() {
+    reporter.start(pollPeriod, pollUnit)
+  }
+
+  override def stop() {
+    reporter.stop()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docs/monitoring.md b/docs/monitoring.md
index 5f456b999b0e187434bfcee09b572a2cde508657..5ed0474477302b2768bdd59e6a66afea867a126c 100644
--- a/docs/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/monitoring.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Each instance can report to zero or more _sinks_. Sinks are contained in the
 * `GangliaSink`: Sends metrics to a Ganglia node or multicast group.
 * `JmxSink`: Registers metrics for viewing in a JXM console.
 * `MetricsServlet`: Adds a servlet within the existing Spark UI to serve metrics data as JSON data.
+* `GraphiteSink`: Sends metrics to a Graphite node.
 
 The syntax of the metrics configuration file is defined in an example configuration file, 
 `$SPARK_HOME/conf/metrics.conf.template`.
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 45fd30a7c836408813b473df32db3197508c3be0..0bc2ca8d0881995a2c08a877b1637a64a4df3ffe 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
       "com.codahale.metrics" % "metrics-jvm" % "3.0.0",
       "com.codahale.metrics" % "metrics-json" % "3.0.0",
       "com.codahale.metrics" % "metrics-ganglia" % "3.0.0",
+      "com.codahale.metrics" % "metrics-graphite" % "3.0.0",
       "com.twitter" % "chill_2.9.3" % "0.3.1",
       "com.twitter" % "chill-java" % "0.3.1"
     )