diff --git a/include/cassandra.h b/include/cassandra.h
index bbe9c6c1c..570acb1be 100644
--- a/include/cassandra.h
+++ b/include/cassandra.h
@@ -2934,6 +2934,28 @@ CASS_EXPORT void
 cass_cluster_set_monitor_reporting_interval(CassCluster* cluster,
                                             unsigned interval_secs);
 
+/**
+ * Sets the amount of time after which metric histograms should be refreshed.
+ * Upon refresh histograms are reset to zero, effectively dropping any history to
+ * that point.  Refresh occurs when a snapshot is requested so ths value should
+ * be thought of as a minimum time to refresh.
+ *
+ * If refresh is not enabled the driver will continue to accumulate histogram
+ * data over the life of a session; this is the default behaviour and replicates
+ * the behaviour of previous versions.
+ *
+ * Note that the specified interval must be > 0 otherwise CASS_ERROR_LIB_BAD_PARAMS
+ * will be returned.
+ *
+ * @public @memberof CassCluster
+ *
+ * @param cluster
+ * @param refresh_interval Minimum interval (in milliseconds) for refresh interval
+ */
+CASS_EXPORT CassError
+cass_cluster_set_histogram_refresh_interval(CassCluster* cluster,
+                                            unsigned refresh_interval);
+
 /***********************************************************************************
  *
  * Session
diff --git a/src/cluster_config.cpp b/src/cluster_config.cpp
index 9fac5b326..408e3f82e 100644
--- a/src/cluster_config.cpp
+++ b/src/cluster_config.cpp
@@ -577,6 +577,14 @@ void cass_cluster_set_monitor_reporting_interval(CassCluster* cluster, unsigned
   cluster->config().set_monitor_reporting_interval_secs(interval_secs);
 }
 
+CassError cass_cluster_set_histogram_refresh_interval(CassCluster* cluster, unsigned refresh_interval) {
+  if (refresh_interval <= 0) {
+    return CASS_ERROR_LIB_BAD_PARAMS;
+  }
+  cluster->config().set_cluster_histogram_refresh_interval(refresh_interval);
+  return CASS_OK;
+}
+
 void cass_cluster_free(CassCluster* cluster) { delete cluster->from(); }
 
 } // extern "C"
diff --git a/src/config.hpp b/src/config.hpp
index 6d34cd6b2..19ee0daca 100644
--- a/src/config.hpp
+++ b/src/config.hpp
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class Config {
       , is_client_id_set_(false)
       , host_listener_(new DefaultHostListener())
       , monitor_reporting_interval_secs_(CASS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_MONITOR_EVENTS_INTERVAL_SECS)
-      , cluster_metadata_resolver_factory_(new DefaultClusterMetadataResolverFactory()) {
+      , cluster_metadata_resolver_factory_(new DefaultClusterMetadataResolverFactory())
+      , histogram_refresh_interval_(CASS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_REFRESH_INTERVAL_NO_REFRESH) {
     profiles_.set_empty_key(String());
 
     // Assign the defaults to the cluster profile
@@ -392,6 +393,12 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
+  unsigned cluster_histogram_refresh_interval() const { return histogram_refresh_interval_; }
+
+  void set_cluster_histogram_refresh_interval(unsigned refresh_interval) {
+    histogram_refresh_interval_ = refresh_interval;
+  }
+
 private:
   void init_profiles();
 
@@ -441,6 +448,7 @@ class Config {
   unsigned monitor_reporting_interval_secs_;
   CloudSecureConnectionConfig cloud_secure_connection_config_;
   ClusterMetadataResolverFactory::Ptr cluster_metadata_resolver_factory_;
+  unsigned histogram_refresh_interval_;
 };
 
 }}} // namespace datastax::internal::core
diff --git a/src/constants.hpp b/src/constants.hpp
index 2d2a743a7..371c74602 100644
--- a/src/constants.hpp
+++ b/src/constants.hpp
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 #define CASS_DEFAULT_MAX_TRACING_DATA_WAIT_TIME_MS 15
 #define CASS_DEFAULT_RETRY_TRACING_DATA_WAIT_TIME_MS 3
 #define CASS_DEFAULT_TRACING_CONSISTENCY CASS_CONSISTENCY_ONE
+#define CASS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_REFRESH_INTERVAL_NO_REFRESH 0
 
 // Request-level defaults
 #define CASS_DEFAULT_CONSISTENCY CASS_CONSISTENCY_LOCAL_ONE
diff --git a/src/metrics.hpp b/src/metrics.hpp
index 59bee6f07..6cf028f7b 100644
--- a/src/metrics.hpp
+++ b/src/metrics.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "allocated.hpp"
 #include "atomic.hpp"
 #include "constants.hpp"
+#include "get_time.hpp"
 #include "scoped_lock.hpp"
 #include "scoped_ptr.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
@@ -268,9 +269,15 @@ class Metrics : public Allocated {
       int64_t percentile_999th;
     };
 
-    Histogram(ThreadState* thread_state)
+    Histogram(ThreadState* thread_state, unsigned refresh_interval = CASS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_REFRESH_INTERVAL_NO_REFRESH)
         : thread_state_(thread_state)
-        , histograms_(new PerThreadHistogram[thread_state->max_threads()]) {
+        , histograms_(new PerThreadHistogram[thread_state->max_threads()])
+        , zero_snapshot_(Snapshot {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}) {
+
+      refresh_interval_ = refresh_interval;
+      refresh_timestamp_ = get_time_since_epoch_ms();
+      cached_snapshot_ = zero_snapshot_;
+
       hdr_init(1LL, HIGHEST_TRACKABLE_VALUE, 3, &histogram_);
       uv_mutex_init(&mutex_);
     }
@@ -286,38 +293,76 @@ class Metrics : public Allocated {
 
     void get_snapshot(Snapshot* snapshot) const {
       ScopedMutex l(&mutex_);
-      hdr_histogram* h = histogram_;
-      for (size_t i = 0; i < thread_state_->max_threads(); ++i) {
-        histograms_[i].add(h);
+
+      // In the "no refresh" case (the default) fall back to the old behaviour; add per-thread
+      // timestamps to histogram_ (without any clearing of data) and return what's there.
+      if (refresh_interval_ == CASS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_REFRESH_INTERVAL_NO_REFRESH) {
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < thread_state_->max_threads(); ++i) {
+          histograms_[i].add(histogram_);
+        }
+
+        if (histogram_->total_count == 0) {
+          // There is no data; default to 0 for the stats.
+          copy_snapshot(zero_snapshot_, snapshot);
+        } else {
+          histogram_to_snapshot(histogram_, snapshot);
+        }
+        return;
       }
 
-      if (h->total_count == 0) {
-        // There is no data; default to 0 for the stats.
-        snapshot->max = 0;
-        snapshot->min = 0;
-        snapshot->mean = 0;
-        snapshot->stddev = 0;
-        snapshot->median = 0;
-        snapshot->percentile_75th = 0;
-        snapshot->percentile_95th = 0;
-        snapshot->percentile_98th = 0;
-        snapshot->percentile_99th = 0;
-        snapshot->percentile_999th = 0;
-      } else {
-        snapshot->max = hdr_max(h);
-        snapshot->min = hdr_min(h);
-        snapshot->mean = static_cast<int64_t>(hdr_mean(h));
-        snapshot->stddev = static_cast<int64_t>(hdr_stddev(h));
-        snapshot->median = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 50.0);
-        snapshot->percentile_75th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 75.0);
-        snapshot->percentile_95th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 95.0);
-        snapshot->percentile_98th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 98.0);
-        snapshot->percentile_99th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 99.0);
-        snapshot->percentile_999th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 99.9);
+      // Refresh interval is in use.  If we've exceeded the interval clear histogram_,
+      // compute a new aggregate histogram and build (and cache) a new snapshot.  Otherwise
+      // just return the cached version.
+      uint64_t now = get_time_since_epoch_ms();
+      if (now - refresh_timestamp_ >= refresh_interval_) {
+
+        hdr_reset(histogram_);
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < thread_state_->max_threads(); ++i) {
+          histograms_[i].add(histogram_);
+        }
+
+        if (histogram_->total_count == 0) {
+          copy_snapshot(zero_snapshot_, &cached_snapshot_);
+        } else {
+          histogram_to_snapshot(histogram_, &cached_snapshot_);
+        }
+        refresh_timestamp_ = now;
       }
+
+      copy_snapshot(cached_snapshot_, snapshot);
     }
 
   private:
+
+    void copy_snapshot(Snapshot from, Snapshot* to) const {
+      to->min = from.min;
+      to->max = from.max;
+      to->mean = from.mean;
+      to->stddev = from.stddev;
+      to->median = from.median;
+      to->percentile_75th = from.percentile_75th;
+      to->percentile_95th = from.percentile_95th;
+      to->percentile_98th = from.percentile_98th;
+      to->percentile_99th = from.percentile_99th;
+      to->percentile_999th = from.percentile_999th;
+    }
+
+    void histogram_to_snapshot(hdr_histogram* h, Snapshot* to) const {
+      to->min = hdr_min(h);
+      to->max = hdr_max(h);
+      to->mean = static_cast<int64_t>(hdr_mean(h));
+      to->stddev = static_cast<int64_t>(hdr_stddev(h));
+      to->median = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 50.0);
+      to->percentile_75th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 75.0);
+      to->percentile_95th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 95.0);
+      to->percentile_98th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 98.0);
+      to->percentile_99th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 99.0);
+      to->percentile_999th = hdr_value_at_percentile(h, 99.9);
+    }
+
+
     class WriterReaderPhaser {
     public:
       WriterReaderPhaser()
@@ -409,14 +454,19 @@ class Metrics : public Allocated {
     hdr_histogram* histogram_;
     mutable uv_mutex_t mutex_;
 
+    unsigned refresh_interval_;
+    mutable uint64_t refresh_timestamp_;
+    mutable Snapshot cached_snapshot_;
+    const Snapshot zero_snapshot_;
+
   private:
     DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Histogram);
   };
 
-  Metrics(size_t max_threads)
+  Metrics(size_t max_threads, unsigned histogram_refresh_interval)
       : thread_state_(max_threads)
-      , request_latencies(&thread_state_)
-      , speculative_request_latencies(&thread_state_)
+      , request_latencies(&thread_state_, histogram_refresh_interval)
+      , speculative_request_latencies(&thread_state_, histogram_refresh_interval)
       , request_rates(&thread_state_)
       , total_connections(&thread_state_)
       , connection_timeouts(&thread_state_)
@@ -447,6 +497,8 @@ class Metrics : public Allocated {
   Counter connection_timeouts;
   Counter request_timeouts;
 
+  unsigned histogram_refresh_interval;
+
 private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Metrics);
 };
diff --git a/src/session_base.cpp b/src/session_base.cpp
index 6ccb4f7c5..4cdc29ea2 100644
--- a/src/session_base.cpp
+++ b/src/session_base.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Future::Ptr SessionBase::connect(const Config& config, const String& keyspace) {
     random_.reset();
   }
 
-  metrics_.reset(new Metrics(config.thread_count_io() + 1));
+  metrics_.reset(new Metrics(config.thread_count_io() + 1, config.cluster_histogram_refresh_interval()));
 
   cluster_.reset();
   ClusterConnector::Ptr connector(
diff --git a/tests/src/unit/tests/test_metrics.cpp b/tests/src/unit/tests/test_metrics.cpp
index 16218f80d..28d3e5260 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit/tests/test_metrics.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit/tests/test_metrics.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,92 @@ TEST(MetricsUnitTest, HistogramEmpty) {
   EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_999th, 0);
 }
 
+TEST(MetricsUnitTest, HistogramWithRefreshInterval) {
+  unsigned refresh_interval = 1000;
+  Metrics::ThreadState thread_state(1);
+  Metrics::Histogram histogram(&thread_state, refresh_interval);
+
+  Metrics::Histogram::Snapshot snapshot;
+
+  // Retrieval before the first interval runs will simply return zeros
+  histogram.get_snapshot(&snapshot);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.min, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.max, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.median, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_75th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_95th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_98th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_99th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_999th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.mean, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.stddev, 0);
+
+  // Values added during the first interval (or for that matter any
+  // interval) will be buffered in per-thread counters and will be
+  // included in the next generated snapshot
+  for (uint64_t i = 1; i <= 100; ++i) {
+    histogram.record_value(i);
+  }
+  test::Utils::msleep(1.2 * refresh_interval);
+
+  histogram.get_snapshot(&snapshot);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.min, 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.max, 100);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.median, 50);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_75th, 75);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_95th, 95);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_98th, 98);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_99th, 99);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_999th, 100);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.mean, 50);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.stddev, 28);
+
+  // Generated snapshot should only include values added within
+  // the current interval
+  test::Utils::msleep(1.2 * refresh_interval);
+  for (uint64_t i = 101; i <= 200; ++i) {
+    histogram.record_value(i);
+  }
+
+  histogram.get_snapshot(&snapshot);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.min, 101);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.max, 200);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.median, 150);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_75th, 175);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_95th, 195);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_98th, 198);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_99th, 199);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_999th, 200);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.mean, 150);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.stddev, 28);
+}
+
+// Variant of the case above.  If we have no requests for the entirety
+// of the refresh interval make sure the stats return zero
+TEST(MetricsUnitTest, HistogramWithRefreshIntervalNoActivity) {
+  unsigned refresh_interval = 1000;
+  Metrics::ThreadState thread_state(1);
+  Metrics::Histogram histogram(&thread_state, refresh_interval);
+
+  Metrics::Histogram::Snapshot snapshot;
+
+  // Initial refresh interval (where we always return zero) + another interval of
+  // no activity
+  test::Utils::msleep(2.2 * refresh_interval);
+
+  histogram.get_snapshot(&snapshot);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.min, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.max, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.median, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_75th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_95th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_98th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_99th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.percentile_999th, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.mean, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(snapshot.stddev, 0);
+}
+
 TEST(MetricsUnitTest, HistogramWithThreads) {
   HistogramThreadArgs args[NUM_THREADS];