diff --git a/include/seastar/core/metrics_api.hh b/include/seastar/core/metrics_api.hh
index 5fa58d6014f..87f0eb948d7 100644
--- a/include/seastar/core/metrics_api.hh
+++ b/include/seastar/core/metrics_api.hh
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class registered_metric {
     metric_function _f;
     shared_ptr<impl> _impl;
 public:
-    registered_metric(metric_id id, metric_function f, bool enabled=true);
+    registered_metric(metric_id id, metric_function f, bool enabled=true, int handle=default_handle());
     virtual ~registered_metric() {}
     virtual metric_value operator()() const {
         return _f();
@@ -365,14 +365,15 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-const value_map& get_value_map();
+const value_map& get_value_map(int handle = default_handle());
 using values_reference = shared_ptr<values_copy>;
 
-foreign_ptr<values_reference> get_values();
+foreign_ptr<values_reference> get_values(int handle = default_handle());
 
 shared_ptr<impl> get_local_impl(int handle = default_handle());
 
-void unregister_metric(const metric_id & id);
+
+void unregister_metric(const metric_id & id, int handle = default_handle());
 
 /*!
  * \brief initialize metric group
diff --git a/src/core/metrics.cc b/src/core/metrics.cc
index 02cf0f66df5..a60bd87dd70 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics.cc
+++ b/src/core/metrics.cc
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ bool label_instance::operator!=(const label_instance& id2) const {
 label shard_label("shard");
 namespace impl {
 
-registered_metric::registered_metric(metric_id id, metric_function f, bool enabled) :
-        _f(f), _impl(get_local_impl()) {
+registered_metric::registered_metric(metric_id id, metric_function f, bool enabled, int handle) :
+        _f(f), _impl(get_local_impl(handle)) {
     _info.enabled = enabled;
     _info.id = id;
 }
@@ -262,20 +262,20 @@ void impl::remove_registration(const metric_id& id) {
     }
 }
 
-void unregister_metric(const metric_id & id) {
-    get_local_impl()->remove_registration(id);
+void unregister_metric(const metric_id & id, int handle) {
+    get_local_impl(handle)->remove_registration(id);
 }
 
-const value_map& get_value_map() {
-    return get_local_impl()->get_value_map();
+const value_map& get_value_map(int handle) {
+    return get_local_impl(handle)->get_value_map();
 }
 
-foreign_ptr<values_reference> get_values() {
+foreign_ptr<values_reference> get_values(int handle) {
     shared_ptr<values_copy> res_ref = ::seastar::make_shared<values_copy>();
     auto& res = *(res_ref.get());
     auto& mv = res.values;
-    res.metadata = get_local_impl()->metadata();
-    auto & functions = get_local_impl()->functions();
+    res.metadata = get_local_impl(handle)->metadata();
+    auto & functions = get_local_impl(handle)->functions();
     mv.reserve(functions.size());
     for (auto&& i : functions) {
         value_vector values;