diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js b/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js
index c0095913..33f81670 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function getEventData (req, res, tags) {
         map_id: getLayergroupid({ res }),
         cache_buster: getCacheBuster({ res }),
         template_hash: getTemplateHash({ res }),
+        stat_tag: getStatTag({ res }),
         response_code: res.statusCode.toString(),
         response_time: getResponseTime(res),
         source_domain: req.hostname,
@@ -98,6 +99,17 @@ function getTemplateHash ({ res }) {
     return res.locals.templateHash;
 }
 
+function getStatTag ({ res }) {
+    if (res.locals.mapConfig) {
+        return res.locals.mapConfig.obj().stat_tag;
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: don't expect that mapConfig is already set
+    if (res.locals.mapConfigProvider && res.locals.mapConfigProvider.mapConfig) {
+        return res.locals.mapConfigProvider.mapConfig.obj().stat_tag;
+    }
+}
+
 // FIXME: 'X-Tiler-Profiler' might not be accurate enough
 function getResponseTime (res) {
     const profiler = res.get('X-Tiler-Profiler');
diff --git a/test/integration/metrics-test.js b/test/integration/metrics-test.js
index 72354263..789a10d1 100644
--- a/test/integration/metrics-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/metrics-test.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function templateBuilder ({ name }) {
         version: '0.0.1',
         name: `metrics-template-${name}`,
         layergroup: {
+            stat_tag: `stat-tag-${name}`,
             version: '1.8.0',
             layers: [
                 {
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.map_id, token);
             assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.cache_buster, cacheBuster);
             assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.template_hash, templateHash);
+            assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.stat_tag, template.layergroup.stat_tag);
 
             return done();
         });
@@ -346,10 +348,11 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             'Carto-Event-Group-Id': expectedEventGroupId
         };
         const overrideServerOptions = { pubSubMetrics: { enabled: true, topic: 'topic-test' } };
-        const templateMissingCartoCSS = {
+        const templateMissingCartoCSSVersion = {
             version: '0.0.1',
-            name: 'metrics-template',
+            name: 'metrics-template-missing-cartocss-version',
             layergroup: {
+                stat_tag: 'stat-tag-missing-cartocss-version',
                 version: '1.8.0',
                 layers: [
                     {
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             }
         };
 
-        this.testClient = new TestClient(templateMissingCartoCSS, apikey, extraHeaders, overrideServerOptions);
+        this.testClient = new TestClient(templateMissingCartoCSSVersion, apikey, extraHeaders, overrideServerOptions);
 
         const params = {
             response: {
@@ -390,6 +393,7 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.cache_buster, 'string');
             // TODO: uncomment this
             // assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.template_hash, 'string');
+            assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.stat_tag, templateMissingCartoCSSVersion.layergroup.stat_tag);
 
             return done();
         });
@@ -423,6 +427,7 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.map_id, 'string');
             assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.cache_buster, 'string');
             assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.template_hash, 'string');
+            assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.stat_tag, template.layergroup.stat_tag);
 
             return done();
         });
@@ -461,6 +466,7 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.cache_buster, 'string');
             // TODO: uncomment this
             // assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.template_hash, 'string');
+            assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.stat_tag, template.layergroup.stat_tag);
 
             return done();
         });
@@ -508,6 +514,7 @@ describe('metrics middleware', function () {
             assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.cache_buster, 'string');
             // TODO: uncomment this
             // assert.strictEqual(typeof this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.template_hash, 'string');
+            assert.strictEqual(this.pubSubMetricsBackendSendMethodCalledWith.attributes.stat_tag, template.layergroup.stat_tag);
 
             return done();
         });
diff --git a/test/support/test-client.js b/test/support/test-client.js
index 542855f9..36183a0d 100644
--- a/test/support/test-client.js
+++ b/test/support/test-client.js
@@ -1055,6 +1055,9 @@ TestClient.prototype.getLayergroup = function (params, callback) {
                             self.keysToDelete['map_cfg|' + LayergroupToken.parse(parsedBody.layergroupid).token] = 0;
                             self.keysToDelete['user:localhost:mapviews:global'] = 5;
                         }
+                        if (res.statusCode === 200 && self.template && self.template.layergroup && self.template.layergroup.stat_tag) {
+                            self.keysToDelete[`user:localhost:mapviews:stat_tag:${self.template.layergroup.stat_tag}`] = 5;
+                        }
                     }
                     if (err) {
                         return callback(err);
@@ -1792,6 +1795,9 @@ TestClient.prototype.getPreview = function (width, height, params = {}, callback
             switch (res.headers['content-type']) {
             case 'image/png':
                 this.keysToDelete['user:localhost:mapviews:global'] = 5;
+                if (this.template.layergroup && this.template.layergroup.stat_tag) {
+                    this.keysToDelete[`user:localhost:mapviews:stat_tag:${this.template.layergroup.stat_tag}`] = 5;
+                }
                 body = mapnik.Image.fromBytes(Buffer.from(res.body, 'binary'));
                 break;
             case 'application/json; charset=utf-8':