diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 644fea48..df2273c7 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -205,11 +205,12 @@ var config = {
               // much closer to the original geometry
               removeRepeatedPoints: false // this requires postgis >=2.2
           },
-
           // If enabled Mapnik will reuse the features retrieved from the database
           // instead of requesting them once per style inside a layer
-          'cache-features': true
+          'cache-features': true,
 
+          // Require metrics to the renderer
+          metrics: false
       },
       http: {
           timeout: 2000, // the timeout in ms for a http tile request
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index db18d93c..9f7436df 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ var config = {
 
           // If enabled Mapnik will reuse the features retrieved from the database
           // instead of requesting them once per style inside a layer
-          'cache-features': true
+          'cache-features': true,
+
+          // Require metrics to the renderer
+          metrics: false
 
       },
       http: {
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index b478ca80..66c5a88c 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ var config = {
 
           // If enabled Mapnik will reuse the features retrieved from the database
           // instead of requesting them once per style inside a layer
-          'cache-features': true
+          'cache-features': true,
+
+          // Require metrics to the renderer
+          metrics: false
 
       },
       http: {
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 776166e5..0c98c4b6 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -201,8 +201,10 @@ var config = {
 
           // If enabled Mapnik will reuse the features retrieved from the database
           // instead of requesting them once per style inside a layer
-          'cache-features': true
+          'cache-features': true,
 
+          // Require metrics to the renderer
+          metrics: false
       },
       http: {
           timeout: 2000, // the timeout in ms for a http tile request
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index 25e60c2f..1891e208 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var rendererConfig = _.defaults(global.environment.renderer || {}, {
         bufferSize: 64,
         snapToGrid: false,
         clipByBox2d: false,
+        metrics: false,
         limits: {}
     },
     http: {}
diff --git a/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js b/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js
index 8604e68c..8b75ec02 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/ported/support/ported_server_options.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = _.extend({}, serverOptions, {
             snapToGrid: false,
             clipByBox2d: false, // this requires postgis >=2.2 and geos >=3.5
             scale_factors: [1, 2],
+            metrics: false,
             limits: {
                 render: 0,
                 cacheOnTimeout: true