diff --git a/app-metrics/metadata.xml b/app-metrics/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..25becdd97f49bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-metrics/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE catmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<catmetadata>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+		The app-metrics category contains software generating, transforming or consuming application, service and system metrics.
+	</longdescription>
+</catmetadata>
+
diff --git a/profiles/categories b/profiles/categories
index b830c74deb71a9..461b9129c9afe5 100644
--- a/profiles/categories
+++ b/profiles/categories
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ app-forensics
 app-i18n
 app-laptop
 app-leechcraft
+app-metrics
 app-misc
 app-mobilephone
 app-office