diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go b/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
index 4fd0a16f7..b3cb9f7b5 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ func serveHTTPApi(req *cmds.Request, cctx *oldcmds.Context) (<-chan error, error
 
 	var opts = []corehttp.ServeOption{
 		corehttp.MetricsCollectionOption("api"),
+		corehttp.MetricsOpenCensusCollectionOption(),
 		corehttp.CheckVersionOption(),
 		corehttp.CommandsOption(*cctx),
 		corehttp.WebUIOption,
diff --git a/core/corehttp/metrics.go b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
index 1288484d3..e5bd81283 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/metrics.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ package corehttp
 import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	core "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
+	"go.opencensus.io/stats/view"
+	"go.opencensus.io/zpages"
 
+	ocprom "contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus"
+	quicmetrics "github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/metrics"
 	prometheus "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	promhttp "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
@@ -18,9 +23,43 @@ func MetricsScrapingOption(path string) ServeOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// This adds collection of OpenCensus metrics
+func MetricsOpenCensusCollectionOption() ServeOption {
+	return func(_ *core.IpfsNode, _ net.Listener, mux *http.ServeMux) (*http.ServeMux, error) {
+		log.Error("Init OpenCensus")
+
+		promRegistry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		pe, err := ocprom.NewExporter(ocprom.Options{
+			Namespace: "ipfs_oc",
+			Registry:  promRegistry,
+			OnError: func(err error) {
+				log.Errorw("OC ERROR", "error", err)
+			},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// register prometheus with opencensus
+		view.RegisterExporter(pe)
+		view.SetReportingPeriod(2 * time.Second)
+
+		if err := view.Register(quicmetrics.DefaultViews...); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Construct the mux
+		zpages.Handle(mux, "/ocmetrics/debug")
+		mux.Handle("/ocmetrics", pe)
+
+		return mux, nil
+	}
+}
+
 // This adds collection of net/http-related metrics
 func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 	return func(_ *core.IpfsNode, _ net.Listener, mux *http.ServeMux) (*http.ServeMux, error) {
+		promRegistry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 		// Adapted from github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/http.go
 		// Work around https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/311
 		opts := prometheus.SummaryOpts{
@@ -40,7 +79,7 @@ func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 			},
 			[]string{"method", "code"},
 		)
-		if err := prometheus.Register(reqCnt); err != nil {
+		if err := promRegistry.Register(reqCnt); err != nil {
 			if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
 				reqCnt = are.ExistingCollector.(*prometheus.CounterVec)
 			} else {
@@ -51,7 +90,7 @@ func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 		opts.Name = "request_duration_seconds"
 		opts.Help = "The HTTP request latencies in seconds."
 		reqDur := prometheus.NewSummaryVec(opts, nil)
-		if err := prometheus.Register(reqDur); err != nil {
+		if err := promRegistry.Register(reqDur); err != nil {
 			if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
 				reqDur = are.ExistingCollector.(*prometheus.SummaryVec)
 			} else {
@@ -62,7 +101,7 @@ func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 		opts.Name = "request_size_bytes"
 		opts.Help = "The HTTP request sizes in bytes."
 		reqSz := prometheus.NewSummaryVec(opts, nil)
-		if err := prometheus.Register(reqSz); err != nil {
+		if err := promRegistry.Register(reqSz); err != nil {
 			if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
 				reqSz = are.ExistingCollector.(*prometheus.SummaryVec)
 			} else {
@@ -73,7 +112,7 @@ func MetricsCollectionOption(handlerName string) ServeOption {
 		opts.Name = "response_size_bytes"
 		opts.Help = "The HTTP response sizes in bytes."
 		resSz := prometheus.NewSummaryVec(opts, nil)
-		if err := prometheus.Register(resSz); err != nil {
+		if err := promRegistry.Register(resSz); err != nil {
 			if are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError); ok {
 				resSz = are.ExistingCollector.(*prometheus.SummaryVec)
 			} else {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3419cb7d4..dc4979e7d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
 
 require (
 	bazil.org/fuse v0.0.0-20200117225306-7b5117fecadc
+	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.2.0
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/bren2010/proquint v0.0.0-20160323162903-38337c27106d
 	github.com/cheggaaa/pb v1.0.29
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/whyrusleeping/go-sysinfo v0.0.0-20190219211824-4a357d4b90b1
 	github.com/whyrusleeping/multiaddr-filter v0.0.0-20160516205228-e903e4adabd7
 	github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils v0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b
+	go.opencensus.io v0.22.4
 	go.uber.org/fx v1.13.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a425b5e0b..164d685a5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.0.1/go.mod h1:R0Gpsv3s54REJCy4fxDixWD93lHJMoZTyQ2k
 cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EwwdRX2sKPjnvnqCa270oGRyludottCI76h+R3AArQw=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.0.0/go.mod h1:IhtSnM/ZTZV8YYJWCY8RULGVqBDmpoyjwiyrjsg+URw=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.5.0/go.mod h1:tpKbwo567HUNpVclU5sGELwQWBDZ8gh0ZeosJ0Rtdos=
+contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.2.0 h1:9PUk0/8V0LGoPqVCrf8fQZJkFGBxudu8jOjQSMwoD6w=
+contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TYmVAyE8Tn1lyPcltF5IYYfWp2KHu7lQGIZnj8iZMys=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/app/changes v0.0.0-20180602232624-0a106ad413e3/go.mod h1:Yl+fi1br7+Rr3LqpNJf1/uxUdtRUV+Tnj0o93V2B9MU=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/html/belt v0.0.0-20180602232347-f7d459c86be0/go.mod h1:JLBrvjyP0v+ecvNYvCpyZgu5/xkfAUhi6wJj28eUfSU=
@@ -40,8 +42,10 @@ github.com/Stebalien/go-bitfield v0.0.1 h1:X3kbSSPUaJK60wV2hjOPZwmpljr6VGCqdq4cB
 github.com/Stebalien/go-bitfield v0.0.1/go.mod h1:GNjFpasyUVkHMsfEOk8EFLJ9syQ6SI+XWrX9Wf2XH0s=
 github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBAUSII=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
+github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 h1:JYp7IbQjafoB+tBA3gMyHYHrpOtNuDiK/uB5uXxq5wM=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
+github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4 h1:Hs82Z41s6SdL1CELW+XaDYmOH4hkBN4/N9og/AsOv7E=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alexbrainman/goissue34681 v0.0.0-20191006012335-3fc7a47baff5 h1:iW0a5ljuFxkLGPNem5Ui+KBjFJzKg4Fv2fnxe4dvzpM=
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@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QH
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
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+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:dgIUBU3pDso/gPgZ1osOZ0iQf77oPR28Tjxl5dIMyVM=
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 github.com/cheekybits/genny v1.0.0 h1:uGGa4nei+j20rOSeDeP5Of12XVm7TGUd4dJA9RDitfE=
@@ -514,6 +519,7 @@ github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v0.0.0-20141203071132-1679536dcc89/go.mod h1:4FA24M
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
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+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.10/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024/go.mod h1:6v2b51hI/fHJwM22ozAgKL4VKDeJcHhJFhtBdhmNjmU=
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@@ -527,6 +533,7 @@ github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.2.0 h1:reN85Pxc5larApoH1keMBiu2GWtPqXQ1nc9gx+jOU+
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/BMXB+zMLi60iA8Vv6Ksmxu/1UDYcXs4uQLJ+jE2L00=
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+github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
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@@ -1084,6 +1091,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.8.0/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXP
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@@ -1095,14 +1103,19 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6T
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@@ -1134,6 +1147,7 @@ github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeV
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@@ -1415,7 +1429,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190726091711-fc99dfbffb4e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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@@ -1520,7 +1536,9 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20191108220845-16a3f7862a1a/go.mod h1:n3cpQtvx
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+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200212174721-66ed5ce911ce h1:1mbrb1tUU+Zmt5C94IGKADBTJZjZXAd+BubWi7r9EiI=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200212174721-66ed5ce911ce/go.mod h1:55QSHmfGQM9UVYDPBsyGGes0y52j32PQ3BqQfXhyH3c=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013 h1:+kGHl1aib/qcwaRi1CbqBZ1rk19r85MNUf8HaBghugY=
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 google.golang.org/grpc v1.14.0/go.mod h1:yo6s7OP7yaDglbqo1J04qKzAhqBH6lvTonzMVmEdcZw=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.16.0/go.mod h1:0JHn/cJsOMiMfNA9+DeHDlAU7KAAB5GDlYFpa9MZMio=
@@ -1549,6 +1567,7 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2
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 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
+gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 h1:jMFz6MfLP0/4fUyZle81rXUoxOBFi19VUFKVDOQfozc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
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diff --git a/plugin/loader/preload.sh b/plugin/loader/preload.sh
index 30ba8b73e..256a23bc9 100755
--- a/plugin/loader/preload.sh
+++ b/plugin/loader/preload.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
+LIST="$DIR/preload_list"
+
 to_preload() {
-	awk 'NF' "$DIR/preload_list" | sed '/^#/d'
+  awk 'NF' $LIST | sed '/^#/d'
   if [[ -n "$IPFS_PLUGINS" ]]; then
       for plugin in $IPFS_PLUGINS; do
           echo "$plugin github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin/plugins/$plugin *"