diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5b6aa143..c3631153 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.8.1
+## 2.9.0
 
 Released 2015-mm-dd
 
+New features:
+ - Send memory usage stats
+
 
 ## 2.8.0
 
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 152a6374..0c8ce467 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ if (global.statsClient) {
         global.statsClient.gauge(keyPrefix + 'unused', status.unused);
         global.statsClient.gauge(keyPrefix + 'waiting', status.waiting);
     });
+
+    setInterval(function() {
+        var memoryUsage = process.memoryUsage();
+        Object.keys(memoryUsage).forEach(function(k) {
+            global.statsClient.gauge('windshaft.memory.' + k, memoryUsage[k]);
+        });
+    }, 5000);
 }
 
 // Maximum number of connections for one process
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index f6a2263b..a5b647ee 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-  "version": "2.8.1",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "cartodb-psql": {
       "version": "0.4.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c3423c8..3ecf61a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "private": true,
     "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-    "version": "2.8.1",
+    "version": "2.9.0",
     "description": "A map tile server for CartoDB",
     "keywords": [
       "cartodb"