diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts
index 78e5efc069f..1b0ff2a717f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/ConsoleMetricExporter.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  MetricExporter,
-  MetricRecord,
-  MetricKind,
-  Sum,
-  Distribution,
-} from './types';
+import { MetricExporter, MetricRecord, MetricKind, Sum } from './types';
+import { Distribution } from './aggregators';
 import { ExportResult } from '@opentelemetry/base';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/histogram.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/histogram.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cd46efbc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/histogram.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Aggregator, Point } from '../types';
+import { HrTime } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { hrTime } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+
+export type Checkpoint = {
+  buckets: {
+    boundaries: number[];
+    counts: number[];
+  };
+  sum: number;
+  count: number;
+};
+
+/** Basic aggregator which calculates a Sum from individual measurements. */
+export class HistogramAggregator implements Aggregator {
+  private _lastCheckpoint: Checkpoint;
+  private _currentCheckpoint: Checkpoint;
+  private _lastCheckpointTime: HrTime = [0, 0];
+  private _boundaries: number[];
+
+  constructor(boundaries: number[]) {
+    if (boundaries === undefined || boundaries.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error(`HistogramAggregator should be created with boundaries.`);
+    }
+    this._boundaries = boundaries.sort();
+    this._lastCheckpoint = this._newEmptyCheckpoint();
+    this._currentCheckpoint = this._newEmptyCheckpoint();
+  }
+
+  get sum() {
+    return this._lastCheckpoint.sum;
+  }
+
+  get count() {
+    return this._lastCheckpoint.count;
+  }
+
+  get checkpoint() {
+    return this._lastCheckpoint;
+  }
+
+  update(value: number): void {
+    this._currentCheckpoint.count += 1;
+    this._currentCheckpoint.sum += value;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this._boundaries.length; i++) {
+      if (value < this._boundaries[i]) {
+        this._currentCheckpoint.buckets.counts[i] += 1;
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // value is above all observed boundaries
+    this._currentCheckpoint.buckets.counts[this._boundaries.length] += 1;
+  }
+
+  resetCheckpoint(): void {
+    this._lastCheckpointTime = hrTime();
+    this._lastCheckpoint = this._currentCheckpoint;
+    this._currentCheckpoint = this._newEmptyCheckpoint();
+  }
+
+  toPoint(): Point {
+    return {
+      value: this._lastCheckpoint,
+      timestamp: this._lastCheckpointTime,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private _newEmptyCheckpoint(): Checkpoint {
+    return {
+      buckets: {
+        boundaries: this._boundaries,
+        counts: this._boundaries.map(() => 0).concat([0]),
+      },
+      sum: 0,
+      count: 0,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/index.ts
index 58f95e6008e..938e1ad6e38 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/index.ts
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 
 export * from './countersum';
 export * from './observer';
-export * from './measureexact';
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './measureexact';
+export * from './histogram';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/measureexact.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/measureexact.ts
index 30048da6a92..d9fe8137b15 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/measureexact.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/measureexact.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Aggregator, Point, Distribution } from '../types';
+import { Aggregator, Point } from '../types';
 import { HrTime } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { hrTime } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 
+export interface Distribution {
+  min: number;
+  max: number;
+  count: number;
+  sum: number;
+}
+
 /** Basic aggregator keeping all raw values (events, sum, max and min). */
 export class MeasureExactAggregator implements Aggregator {
   private _distribution: Distribution;
@@ -46,4 +53,4 @@ export class MeasureExactAggregator implements Aggregator {
       timestamp: this._lastUpdateTime,
     };
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/observer.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/observer.ts
index 60e1d3ce5f7..d1ba176c30f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/observer.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/aggregators/observer.ts
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ export class ObserverAggregator implements Aggregator {
       timestamp: this._lastUpdateTime,
     };
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/types.ts
index ff4f1173eb0..cd7f7209d70 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/export/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import { ValueType, HrTime, Labels } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { ExportResult } from '@opentelemetry/base';
+import { Distribution, Checkpoint } from './aggregators';
 
 /** The kind of metric. */
 export enum MetricKind {
@@ -30,13 +31,6 @@ export type Sum = number;
 /** LastValue returns last value. */
 export type LastValue = number;
 
-export interface Distribution {
-  min: number;
-  max: number;
-  count: number;
-  sum: number;
-}
-
 export interface MetricRecord {
   readonly descriptor: MetricDescriptor;
   readonly labels: Labels;
@@ -80,6 +74,6 @@ export interface Aggregator {
 }
 
 export interface Point {
-  value: Sum | LastValue | Distribution;
+  value: Sum | LastValue | Distribution | Checkpoint;
   timestamp: HrTime;
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/test/export/aggregators/histogram.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/test/export/aggregators/histogram.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80c9dc30b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/test/export/aggregators/histogram.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { HistogramAggregator } from '../../../src/export/aggregators';
+
+describe('HistogramAggregator', () => {
+  describe('constructor()', () => {
+    it('should construct a histogramAggregator', () => {
+      assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+        new HistogramAggregator([1, 2]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should sort boundaries', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([500, 300, 700]);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.boundaries, [
+        300,
+        500,
+        700,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if no boundaries are defined', () => {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      assert.throws(() => new HistogramAggregator());
+      assert.throws(() => new HistogramAggregator([]));
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('.update()', () => {
+    it('should not update checkpoint', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100, 200]);
+      aggregator.update(150);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 0);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 0);
+    });
+
+    it('should update the second bucket', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100, 200]);
+      aggregator.update(150);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 150);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[0], 0);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[1], 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[2], 0);
+    });
+
+    it('should update the second bucket', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100, 200]);
+      aggregator.update(50);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 50);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[0], 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[1], 0);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[2], 0);
+    });
+
+    it('should update the third bucket since value is above all boundaries', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100, 200]);
+      aggregator.update(250);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 250);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[0], 0);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[1], 0);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts[2], 1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('.count', () => {
+    it('should return last checkpoint count', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100]);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.count, aggregator.checkpoint.count);
+      aggregator.update(10);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.count, aggregator.checkpoint.count);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('.sum', () => {
+    it('should return last checkpoint sum', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100]);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.sum, aggregator.checkpoint.sum);
+      aggregator.update(10);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 10);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.sum, aggregator.checkpoint.sum);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('.resetCheckpoint()', () => {
+    it('should create a empty checkoint by default', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100]);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.boundaries, [100]);
+      assert(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts.every(count => count === 0));
+      // should contains one bucket for each boundary + one for values outside of the largest boundary
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts.length, 2);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.boundaries, [100]);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 0);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 0);
+    });
+
+    it('should update checkpoint', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100]);
+      aggregator.update(10);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.count, 1);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.sum, 10);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.boundaries, [100]);
+      assert.equal(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts.length, 2);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.checkpoint.buckets.counts, [1, 0]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('.toPoint()', () => {
+    it('should return default checkpoint', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100]);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.toPoint().value, aggregator.checkpoint);
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.toPoint().timestamp, [0, 0]);
+    });
+
+    it('should return last checkpoint if updated', () => {
+      const aggregator = new HistogramAggregator([100]);
+      aggregator.update(100);
+      aggregator.resetCheckpoint();
+      assert.deepEqual(aggregator.toPoint().value, aggregator.checkpoint);
+      console.log(aggregator.toPoint().timestamp);
+      assert(
+        aggregator
+          .toPoint()
+          .timestamp.every(nbr => typeof nbr === 'number' && nbr !== 0)
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});