diff --git a/plugins/stats_pusher_statsd/plugin.c b/plugins/stats_pusher_statsd/plugin.c
index e7bca47f..fe0c8380 100644
--- a/plugins/stats_pusher_statsd/plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/stats_pusher_statsd/plugin.c
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ it exports values exposed by the metric subsystem
 
 extern struct uwsgi_server uwsgi;
 
+struct uwsgi_stats_pusher_statsd {
+    int no_workers;
+} u_stats_pusher_statsd;
+
+static struct uwsgi_option stats_pusher_statsd_options[] = {
+	{"statsd-no-workers", no_argument, 0, "disable generation of single worker metrics", uwsgi_opt_true, &u_stats_pusher_statsd.no_workers, 0}
+};
+
 // configuration of a statsd node
 struct statsd_node {
 	int fd;
@@ -88,7 +96,10 @@ static void stats_pusher_statsd(struct uwsgi_stats_pusher_instance *uspi, time_t
 	while(um) {
 		uwsgi_rlock(uwsgi.metrics_lock);
 		// ignore return value
-		if (um->type == UWSGI_METRIC_GAUGE) {
+		if (u_stats_pusher_statsd.no_workers && strstr(um->name, "worker.") != NULL) {
+		    // no-op
+		}
+		else if (um->type == UWSGI_METRIC_GAUGE) {
 			statsd_send_metric(ub, uspi, um->name, um->name_len, *um->value, "|g");
 		}
 		else {
@@ -114,6 +125,7 @@ static void stats_pusher_statsd_init(void) {
 struct uwsgi_plugin stats_pusher_statsd_plugin = {
 
         .name = "stats_pusher_statsd",
+        .options = stats_pusher_statsd_options,
         .on_load = stats_pusher_statsd_init,
 };