diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index c3b15d7aa..78243de75 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from util.queuemetrics import QueueMetrics
 from util.config.provider import FileConfigProvider, TestConfigProvider
 from util.config.configutil import generate_secret_key
 from util.config.superusermanager import SuperUserManager
+from buildman.jobutil.buildreporter import BuildMetrics
 
 OVERRIDE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY = 'conf/stack/'
 OVERRIDE_CONFIG_YAML_FILENAME = 'conf/stack/config.yaml'
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ userevents = UserEventsBuilderModule(app)
 superusers = SuperUserManager(app)
 signer = Signer(app, OVERRIDE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY)
 queue_metrics = QueueMetrics(app)
+build_metrics = BuildMetrics(app)
 
 tf = app.config['DB_TRANSACTION_FACTORY']
 
diff --git a/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py b/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0016778dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import logging
+from trollius import From
+
+from util.cloudwatch import get_queue
+
+
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class BuildReporter(object):
+  """
+  Base class for reporting build statuses to a metrics service.
+  """
+  def report_completion_status(self, status):
+    """
+    Method to invoke the recording of build's completion status to a metric service.
+    This must _not_ block because it is assumed to run in an event loop.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class NullReporter(BuildReporter):
+  """
+  The /dev/null of BuildReporters.
+  """
+  def report_completion_status(self, *args):
+    pass
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+class CloudWatchBuildReporter(BuildReporter):
+  """
+  Implements a BuildReporter for Amazon's CloudWatch.
+  """
+  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+  def __init__(self, queue, namespace_name, completed_name, failed_name, incompleted_name):
+    self._queue = queue
+    self._namespace_name = namespace_name
+    self._completed_name = completed_name
+    self._failed_name = failed_name
+    self._incompleted_name = incompleted_name
+
+  def report_completion_status(self, status):
+    if status == 'complete':
+      status_name = self._completed_name
+    elif status == 'error':
+      status_name = self._failed_name
+    elif status == 'incomplete':
+      status_name = self._incompleted_name
+    else:
+      return
+
+    yield From(self._queue.put(self._namespace_name, status_name, 1, unit='Count'))
+
+
+class BuildMetrics(object):
+  """
+  BuildMetrics initializes a reporter for recording the status of build completions.
+  """
+  def __init__(self, app=None):
+    self._app = app
+    if app is not None:
+      reporter_type = app.config.get('BUILD_METRICS_TYPE', 'Null')
+      if reporter_type == 'CloudWatch':
+        namespace = app.config.get('BUILD_METRICS_NAMESPACE')
+        completed_name = app.config.get('BUILD_METRICS_COMPLETED_NAME')
+        failed_name = app.config.get('BUILD_METRICS_FAILED_NAME')
+        incompleted_name = app.config.get('BUILD_METRICS_INCOMPLETED_NAME')
+        request_queue = get_queue(app)
+        self._reporter = CloudWatchBuildReporter(request_queue, namespace, completed_name,
+                                                 failed_name, incompleted_name)
+      else:
+        self._reporter = NullReporter()