diff --git a/iroh-cli/src/commands.rs b/iroh-cli/src/commands.rs
index eba273bb37..e178ae065f 100644
--- a/iroh-cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/iroh-cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Cli {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[clap(long)]
     pub(crate) log_fd: Option<i32>,
+
+    /// Port to serve metrics on. -1 to disable.
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub(crate) metrics_port: Option<i16>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -127,7 +131,14 @@ impl Cli {
                         path.display()
                     );
                 }
-                let config = NodeConfig::from_env(self.config.as_deref())?;
+                let mut config = NodeConfig::from_env(self.config.as_deref())?;
+                if let Some(metrics_port) = self.metrics_port {
+                    if metrics_port < 0 {
+                        config.metrics_addr = None;
+                    } else {
+                        config.metrics_addr = Some(([127, 0, 0, 1], metrics_port as u16).into())
+                    }
+                }
 
                 let add_command = add.map(|source| blob::BlobCommands::Add {
                     source,
diff --git a/iroh-cli/src/config.rs b/iroh-cli/src/config.rs
index b0d13c83af..0b8aee4a17 100644
--- a/iroh-cli/src/config.rs
+++ b/iroh-cli/src/config.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl Default for NodeConfig {
             // TODO(ramfox): this should probably just be a relay map
             relay_nodes: [default_na_relay_node(), default_eu_relay_node()].into(),
             gc_policy: GcPolicy::Disabled,
-            metrics_addr: None,
+            metrics_addr: Some(([127, 0, 0, 1], 9090).into()),
         }
     }
 }