diff --git a/spectator-ext-aws/README.md b/spectator-ext-aws/README.md
index 18562e7ec..e8bee18d3 100644
--- a/spectator-ext-aws/README.md
+++ b/spectator-ext-aws/README.md
@@ -79,3 +79,40 @@ aws.request.httpClientPoolPendingCount   | AWSRequestMetrics.Field.HttpClientPoo
 Any throttling exception that occurs is tracked in a timer `aws.request.throttling` with the same
 set of tags as the other metrics, and one additional tag `throttleException` containing the exception
 that caused the throttling to occur.
+
+# Tag via handler context
+
+To help distinguish metrics from multiple clients, it's possible to specify a
+[HandlerContextKey](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaSDK/latest/javadoc/com/amazonaws/handlers/HandlerContextKey.html)
+for a SpectatorRequestMetricCollector.  When specified, the
+SpectatorRequestMetricCollector looks for a value from each request's handler
+context for the given key, and, if there's a value for that key, adds a tag to
+each metric of the form
+
+`handlerContextKey.getName()`:value
+
+One way to put information into the handler context that's the same for all
+requests from a particular client is:
+
+`````java
+class MyRequestHandler extends RequestHandler2 {
+  @Override
+  public void beforeRequest(Request<?> request) {
+    request.addHandlerContext(HandlerContextKey.OPERATION_NAME, "myValue");
+  }
+}
+`````
+and then, for an s3 client for example:
+
+`````java
+MyRequestHandler myRequestHandler = new MyRequestHandler();
+AmazonS3ClientBuilder builder = AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard();
+builder.setRequestHandlers(myRequestHandler);
+`````
+
+Each request metric from the resulting AmazonS3 client willl have the tag
+`HandlerContextKey.OPERATION_NAME.getName()`:myValue.
+
+Note that a custom handler context key (e.g. new
+HandlerContextKey<String>("myContextKey") works in addition to the predefined
+ones in HandlerContextKey.
diff --git a/spectator-ext-aws/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollector.java b/spectator-ext-aws/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollector.java
index dd5065533..0f7c82d83 100644
--- a/spectator-ext-aws/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollector.java
+++ b/spectator-ext-aws/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollector.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import com.amazonaws.Request;
 import com.amazonaws.Response;
+import com.amazonaws.handlers.HandlerContextKey;
 import com.amazonaws.metrics.RequestMetricCollector;
 import com.amazonaws.util.AWSRequestMetrics;
 import com.amazonaws.util.AWSRequestMetrics.Field;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ public class SpectatorRequestMetricCollector extends RequestMetricCollector {
 
   private final Registry registry;
   private final Map<String, String> customTags;
+  private final HandlerContextKey<String> handlerContextKey;
 
   /**
    * Constructs a new instance.
@@ -100,10 +102,29 @@ public SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(Registry registry) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Constructs a new instance. Custom tags provided by the user will be applied to every metric.
-   * Overriding built-in tags is not allowed.
+   * Constructs a new instance using the specified handler context key and no
+   * custom tags.
+   */
+  public SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(Registry registry, HandlerContextKey<String> handlerContextKey) {
+    this(registry, Collections.emptyMap(), handlerContextKey);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new instance using no handler context key and custom tags.
    */
   public SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(Registry registry, Map<String, String> customTags) {
+    this(registry, customTags, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new instance using the optional handler context key. If
+   * present, and a request context has a value for this key, the key/value pair
+   * is an additional tag on every metric for that request.  Custom tags
+   * provided by the user will be applied to every metric.  Overriding built-in
+   * tags is not allowed.
+   */
+  public SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(Registry registry, Map<String, String> customTags,
+                                         HandlerContextKey<String> handlerContextKey) {
     super();
     this.registry = Preconditions.checkNotNull(registry, "registry");
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(customTags, "customTags");
@@ -116,6 +137,13 @@ public SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(Registry registry, Map<String, String> cu
         this.customTags.put(key, value);
       }
     });
+    this.handlerContextKey = handlerContextKey;
+    if ((this.handlerContextKey != null)
+        && ALL_DEFAULT_TAGS.contains(this.handlerContextKey.getName())) {
+      registry.propagate(new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid handler context key "
+                                                      + this.handlerContextKey.getName()
+                                                      + " - cannot override built-in tag"));
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -167,6 +195,10 @@ private Map<String, String> getAllTags(Request<?> request) {
       allTags.put(tag.getName(), tag.getValue(metrics).orElse(UNKNOWN));
     }
     allTags.put(TAG_REQUEST_TYPE, request.getOriginalRequest().getClass().getSimpleName());
+    String contextTagValue = request.getHandlerContext(handlerContextKey);
+    if (contextTagValue != null) {
+      allTags.put(handlerContextKey.getName(), contextTagValue);
+    }
     final boolean error = isError(metrics);
     if (error) {
       for (TagField tag : ERRORS) {
diff --git a/spectator-ext-aws/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollectorTest.java b/spectator-ext-aws/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollectorTest.java
index 574374460..5a2539e48 100644
--- a/spectator-ext-aws/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollectorTest.java
+++ b/spectator-ext-aws/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/aws/SpectatorRequestMetricCollectorTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.amazonaws.DefaultRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.Request;
 import com.amazonaws.Response;
+import com.amazonaws.handlers.HandlerContextKey;
 import com.amazonaws.http.HttpResponse;
 import com.amazonaws.services.cloudwatch.model.ListMetricsRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.util.AWSRequestMetrics;
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ public void setUp() {
   }
 
   private void execRequest(String endpoint, int status) {
+    execRequest(endpoint, status, null, null);
+  }
+
+  private void execRequest(String endpoint, int status,
+                           HandlerContextKey<String> handlerContextKey,
+                           String handlerContextValue) {
     AWSRequestMetrics metrics = new AWSRequestMetricsFullSupport();
     metrics.addProperty(AWSRequestMetrics.Field.ServiceName, "AmazonCloudWatch");
     metrics.addProperty(AWSRequestMetrics.Field.ServiceEndpoint, endpoint);
@@ -68,6 +75,9 @@ private void execRequest(String endpoint, int status) {
     req.setAWSRequestMetrics(metrics);
     req.setEndpoint(URI.create(endpoint));
 
+    if ((handlerContextKey != null) && (handlerContextValue != null)) {
+      req.addHandlerContext(handlerContextKey, handlerContextValue);
+    }
     HttpResponse hr = new HttpResponse(req, new HttpPost(endpoint));
     hr.setStatusCode(status);
     Response<?> resp = new Response<>(null, new HttpResponse(req, new HttpPost(endpoint)));
@@ -175,4 +185,14 @@ public void testCustomTags_overrideDefault() {
     assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () ->
         new SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(new DefaultRegistry(Clock.SYSTEM, config), customTags));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testHandlerContextKey() {
+    String contextKeyName = "myContextKey";
+    HandlerContextKey<String> handlerContextKey = new HandlerContextKey<>(contextKeyName);
+    collector = new SpectatorRequestMetricCollector(registry, handlerContextKey);
+    String handlerContextValue = "some-value";
+    execRequest("http://monitoring", 503, handlerContextKey, handlerContextValue);
+    assertEquals(set(handlerContextValue), valueSet(contextKeyName));
+  }
 }