diff --git a/lib/API.js b/lib/API.js
index 8424ef79a..f53c34122 100644
--- a/lib/API.js
+++ b/lib/API.js
@@ -868,6 +868,8 @@ class API {
 
     // Here we pick only the field we want from the CLI when starting a JSON
     appConf.forEach(function(app) {
+      if (!app.env) { app.env = {}; }
+      app.env.io = app.io;
       // --only <app>
       if (opts.only && opts.only != app.name)
         return false;
@@ -911,6 +913,7 @@ class API {
        * and act on them depending on action
        */
       async.eachLimit(Object.keys(proc_list), conf.CONCURRENT_ACTIONS, function(proc_name, next) {
+
         // Skip app name (--only option)
         if (apps_name.indexOf(proc_name) == -1)
           return next();
diff --git a/lib/API/schema.json b/lib/API/schema.json
index 063ffcdda..94ef70e03 100644
--- a/lib/API/schema.json
+++ b/lib/API/schema.json
@@ -304,5 +304,9 @@
   },
   "write": {
     "type": "boolean"
+  },
+  "io": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "docDescription": "Specify apm values and configuration"
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/ProcessUtils.js b/lib/ProcessUtils.js
index 0cc84f3ba..1f0b77032 100644
--- a/lib/ProcessUtils.js
+++ b/lib/ProcessUtils.js
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
+'use strict'
+
 module.exports = {
   injectModules: function() {
     if (process.env.pmx !== 'false') {
       const pmx = require('@pm2/io');
-      pmx.init({
+
+      let conf = {};
+
+      if (process.env.io) {
+        const io = JSON.parse(process.env.io);
+        conf = io.conf ? io.conf : conf;
+      }
+
+      let defaultConf = {
         transactions: (process.env.trace === 'true' || process.env.deep_monitoring === 'true') || false,
         http: process.env.km_link === 'true' || false,
         v8: process.env.v8 === 'true' || process.env.deep_monitoring === 'true' || false,
         event_loop_dump: process.env.event_loop_inspector === 'true' || process.env.deep_monitoring === 'true' || false,
         deep_metrics: process.env.deep_monitoring === 'true' || false
-      });
+      };
+
+      Object.assign(conf, defaultConf);
+
+      pmx.init(conf);
 
       if(require('semver').satisfies(process.versions.node, '>= 8.0.0')) {
         var url = '';