diff --git a/util/saas/cloudwatch.py b/util/saas/cloudwatch.py
index 442c9091e..c25bf7e09 100644
--- a/util/saas/cloudwatch.py
+++ b/util/saas/cloudwatch.py
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import logging
 import boto
+import time
 
-from Queue import Queue
+from Queue import Empty
 from threading import Thread
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+MAX_BATCH_METRICS = 100
+
+# Sleep for this much time between failed send requests.
+# This prevents hammering cloudwatch when it's not available.
+FAILED_SEND_SLEEP_SECS = 5
+
 def start_cloudwatch_sender(metrics, app):
   """
   Starts sending from metrics to a new CloudWatchSender.
@@ -16,7 +23,7 @@ def start_cloudwatch_sender(metrics, app):
     secret_key = app.config['CLOUDWATCH_AWS_SECRET_KEY']
     namespace = app.config['CLOUDWATCH_NAMESPACE']
   except KeyError:
-    logger.debug('Cloudwatch not configured')
+    logger.debug('CloudWatch not configured')
     return
 
   sender = CloudWatchSender(metrics, access_key, secret_key, namespace)
@@ -44,9 +51,43 @@ class CloudWatchSender(Thread):
     self._metrics.enable()
 
     while True:
-      put_metric_args, kwargs = self._metrics.get()
-      logger.debug('Got queued put metrics request.')
+      metrics = {
+        'name': [],
+        'value': [],
+        'unit': [],
+        'timestamp': [],
+        'dimensions': [],
+      }
+
+      metric = self._metrics.get()
+      append_metric(metrics, metric)
+
+      while len(metrics['name']) < MAX_BATCH_METRICS:
+        try:
+          metric = self._metrics.get_nowait()
+          append_metric(metrics, metric)
+        except Empty:
+          break
+
       try:
-        connection.put_metric_data(self._namespace, *put_metric_args, **kwargs)
+        connection.put_metric_data(self._namespace, **metrics)
+        logger.debug('Sent %d CloudWatch metrics', len(metrics['name']))
       except:
-        logger.exception('Failed to write to CloudWatch')
+        for i in range(len(metrics['name'])):
+          self._metrics.put(metrics['name'][i], metrics['value'][i],
+            unit=metrics['unit'][i],
+            dimensions=metrics['dimensions'][i],
+            timestamp=metrics['timestamp'][i],
+          )
+
+        logger.exception('Failed to write to CloudWatch: %s', metrics)
+        logger.debug('Attempted to requeue %d metrics.', len(metrics['name']))
+        time.sleep(FAILED_SEND_SLEEP_SECS)
+
+def append_metric(metrics, m):
+  name, value, kwargs = m
+  metrics['name'].append(name)
+  metrics['value'].append(value)
+  metrics['unit'].append(kwargs.get('unit'))
+  metrics['dimensions'].append(kwargs.get('dimensions'))
+  metrics['timestamp'].append(kwargs.get('timestamp'))
diff --git a/util/saas/metricqueue.py b/util/saas/metricqueue.py
index 42d2bf543..b99ec922f 100644
--- a/util/saas/metricqueue.py
+++ b/util/saas/metricqueue.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import logging
 import time
 
@@ -16,19 +17,24 @@ class MetricQueue(object):
   def enable(self, maxsize=10000):
     self._queue = Queue(maxsize)
 
-  def put(self, *args, **kwargs):
+  def put(self, name, value, **kwargs):
     if self._queue is None:
-      logging.debug('No metric queue: %s %s', args, kwargs)
+      logging.debug('No metric queue: %s %s %s', name, value, kwargs)
       return
 
     try:
-      self._queue.put_nowait((args, kwargs))
+      kwargs.setdefault('timestamp', datetime.datetime.now())
+      kwargs.setdefault('dimensions', {})
+      self._queue.put_nowait((name, value, kwargs))
     except Full:
       logger.error('Metric queue full')
 
   def get(self):
     return self._queue.get()
 
+  def get_nowait(self):
+    return self._queue.get_nowait()
+
 def time_blueprint(bp, metric_queue):
   bp.before_request(time_before_request)
   bp.after_request(time_after_request(bp.name, metric_queue))