diff --git a/packages/bitswap/src/network.ts b/packages/bitswap/src/network.ts
index 6c9c688ec..8e53b6282 100644
--- a/packages/bitswap/src/network.ts
+++ b/packages/bitswap/src/network.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import type { WantOptions } from './bitswap.js'
 import type { MultihashHasherLoader } from './index.js'
 import type { Block } from './pb/message.js'
 import type { Provider, Routing } from '@helia/interface/routing'
-import type { Libp2p, AbortOptions, Connection, PeerId, IncomingStreamData, Topology, ComponentLogger, IdentifyResult, Counter } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { Libp2p, AbortOptions, Connection, PeerId, IncomingStreamData, Topology, ComponentLogger, IdentifyResult, Counter, Metrics } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { Logger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import type { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 import type { ProgressEvent, ProgressOptions } from 'progress-events'
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export interface NetworkComponents {
   routing: Routing
   logger: ComponentLogger
   libp2p: Libp2p
+  metrics?: Metrics
 }
 
 export interface BitswapMessageEventDetail {
@@ -101,13 +102,13 @@ export class Network extends TypedEventEmitter<NetworkEvents> {
     this.maxIncomingMessageSize = init.maxIncomingMessageSize ?? DEFAULT_MAX_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_SIZE
     this.maxOutgoingMessageSize = init.maxOutgoingMessageSize ?? init.maxIncomingMessageSize ?? DEFAULT_MAX_INCOMING_MESSAGE_SIZE
     this.metrics = {
-      blocksSent: components.libp2p.metrics?.registerCounter('helia_bitswap_sent_blocks_total'),
-      dataSent: components.libp2p.metrics?.registerCounter('helia_bitswap_sent_data_bytes_total')
+      blocksSent: components.metrics?.registerCounter('helia_bitswap_sent_blocks_total'),
+      dataSent: components.metrics?.registerCounter('helia_bitswap_sent_data_bytes_total')
     }
 
     this.sendQueue = new PeerQueue({
       concurrency: init.messageSendConcurrency ?? DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SEND_CONCURRENCY,
-      metrics: components.libp2p.metrics,
+      metrics: components.metrics,
       metricName: 'helia_bitswap_message_send_queue'
     })
     this.sendQueue.addEventListener('error', (evt) => {
diff --git a/packages/bitswap/src/peer-want-lists/index.ts b/packages/bitswap/src/peer-want-lists/index.ts
index 2fce81ac4..661fe5ae8 100644
--- a/packages/bitswap/src/peer-want-lists/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bitswap/src/peer-want-lists/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Ledger } from './ledger.js'
 import type { BitswapNotifyProgressEvents, WantListEntry } from '../index.js'
 import type { Network } from '../network.js'
 import type { BitswapMessage } from '../pb/message.js'
-import type { ComponentLogger, Libp2p, Logger, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { ComponentLogger, Libp2p, Logger, Metrics, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { PeerMap } from '@libp2p/peer-collections'
 import type { Blockstore } from 'interface-blockstore'
 import type { AbortOptions } from 'it-length-prefixed-stream'
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface PeerWantListsComponents {
   network: Network
   libp2p: Libp2p
   logger: ComponentLogger
+  metrics?: Metrics
 }
 
 export interface PeerLedger {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export class PeerWantLists {
 
     this.ledgerMap = trackedPeerMap({
       name: 'helia_bitswap_ledger_map',
-      metrics: components.libp2p.metrics
+      metrics: components.metrics
     })
 
     this.network.addEventListener('bitswap:message', (evt) => {
diff --git a/packages/bitswap/src/stats.ts b/packages/bitswap/src/stats.ts
index f45fd7ea1..7b2880f64 100644
--- a/packages/bitswap/src/stats.ts
+++ b/packages/bitswap/src/stats.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import type { Libp2p, MetricGroup, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { Libp2p, MetricGroup, Metrics, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
 
 export interface StatsComponents {
   libp2p: Libp2p
+  metrics?: Metrics
 }
 
 export class Stats {
@@ -11,10 +12,10 @@ export class Stats {
   private readonly duplicateDataReceived?: MetricGroup
 
   constructor (components: StatsComponents) {
-    this.blocksReceived = components.libp2p.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_received_blocks')
-    this.duplicateBlocksReceived = components.libp2p.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_duplicate_received_blocks')
-    this.dataReceived = components.libp2p.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_data_received_bytes')
-    this.duplicateDataReceived = components.libp2p.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_duplicate_data_received_bytes')
+    this.blocksReceived = components.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_received_blocks')
+    this.duplicateBlocksReceived = components.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_duplicate_received_blocks')
+    this.dataReceived = components.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_data_received_bytes')
+    this.duplicateDataReceived = components.metrics?.registerMetricGroup('helia_bitswap_duplicate_data_received_bytes')
   }
 
   updateBlocksReceived (count: number = 1, peerId?: PeerId): void {
diff --git a/packages/bitswap/src/want-list.ts b/packages/bitswap/src/want-list.ts
index 34d2023dd..1aacaea6e 100644
--- a/packages/bitswap/src/want-list.ts
+++ b/packages/bitswap/src/want-list.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import vd from './utils/varint-decoder.js'
 import type { BitswapNotifyProgressEvents, MultihashHasherLoader } from './index.js'
 import type { BitswapNetworkWantProgressEvents, Network } from './network.js'
 import type { BitswapMessage } from './pb/message.js'
-import type { ComponentLogger, PeerId, Startable, AbortOptions, Libp2p, TypedEventTarget } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { ComponentLogger, PeerId, Startable, AbortOptions, Libp2p, TypedEventTarget, Metrics } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { Logger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import type { PeerMap } from '@libp2p/peer-collections'
 import type { DeferredPromise } from 'p-defer'
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export interface WantListComponents {
   network: Network
   logger: ComponentLogger
   libp2p: Libp2p
+  metrics?: Metrics
 }
 
 export interface WantListInit {
@@ -114,11 +115,11 @@ export class WantList extends TypedEventEmitter<WantListEvents> implements Start
     setMaxListeners(Infinity, this)
     this.peers = trackedPeerMap({
       name: 'helia_bitswap_peers',
-      metrics: components.libp2p.metrics
+      metrics: components.metrics
     })
     this.wants = trackedMap({
       name: 'helia_bitswap_wantlist',
-      metrics: components.libp2p.metrics
+      metrics: components.metrics
     })
     this.network = components.network
     this.sendMessagesDelay = init.sendMessagesDelay ?? DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SEND_DELAY
diff --git a/packages/bitswap/test/stats.spec.ts b/packages/bitswap/test/stats.spec.ts
index 923f6dfa2..19c37cfe0 100644
--- a/packages/bitswap/test/stats.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/bitswap/test/stats.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { Libp2p, MetricGroup, Metrics } from '@libp2p/interface'
 
 interface StubbedStatsComponents {
   libp2p: StubbedInstance<Libp2p>
+  metrics: StubbedInstance<Metrics>
 }
 
 describe('stats', () => {
@@ -15,15 +16,14 @@ describe('stats', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     components = {
-      libp2p: stubInterface<Libp2p>({
-        metrics: stubInterface<Metrics>()
-      })
+      libp2p: stubInterface<Libp2p>(),
+      metrics: stubInterface<Metrics>()
     }
 
     metricGroup = stubInterface<MetricGroup>()
 
     // @ts-expect-error tsc does not select correct method overload sig
-    components.libp2p.metrics?.registerMetricGroup.returns(metricGroup)
+    components.metrics?.registerMetricGroup.returns(metricGroup)
 
     stats = new Stats(components)
   })
diff --git a/packages/helia/src/index.ts b/packages/helia/src/index.ts
index cb4ed8b79..4e5050453 100644
--- a/packages/helia/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/helia/src/index.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ export async function createHelia (init: Partial<HeliaInit> = {}): Promise<Helia
     ],
     routers: [
       libp2pRouting(libp2p)
-    ]
+    ],
+    metrics: libp2p.metrics
   })
 
   if (init.start !== false) {
diff --git a/packages/interface/src/index.ts b/packages/interface/src/index.ts
index 303dcea1a..81bb34509 100644
--- a/packages/interface/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/interface/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import type { Blocks } from './blocks.js'
 import type { Pins } from './pins.js'
 import type { Routing } from './routing.js'
-import type { AbortOptions, ComponentLogger } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { AbortOptions, ComponentLogger, Metrics } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { DNS } from '@multiformats/dns'
 import type { Datastore } from 'interface-datastore'
 import type { MultihashHasher } from 'multiformats'
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ export interface Helia {
    */
   dns: DNS
 
+  /**
+   * A metrics object that can be used to collected arbitrary stats about node
+   * usage.
+   */
+  metrics?: Metrics
+
   /**
    * Starts the Helia node
    */
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index 352ab7b00..db22c742f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { NetworkedStorage } from './utils/networked-storage.js'
 import type { DAGWalker, GCOptions, Helia as HeliaInterface, Routing } from '@helia/interface'
 import type { BlockBroker } from '@helia/interface/blocks'
 import type { Pins } from '@helia/interface/pins'
-import type { ComponentLogger, Logger } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { ComponentLogger, Logger, Metrics } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { DNS } from '@multiformats/dns'
 import type { Blockstore } from 'interface-blockstore'
 import type { Datastore } from 'interface-datastore'
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ export interface HeliaInit {
    * An optional DNS implementation used to perform queries for DNS records.
    */
   dns?: DNS
+
+  /**
+   * A metrics object that can be used to collected arbitrary stats about node
+   * usage.
+   */
+  metrics?: Metrics
 }
 
 interface Components {
@@ -142,6 +148,7 @@ interface Components {
   blockBrokers: BlockBroker[]
   routing: Routing
   dns: DNS
+  metrics?: Metrics
 }
 
 export class Helia implements HeliaInterface {
@@ -153,6 +160,7 @@ export class Helia implements HeliaInterface {
   public dagWalkers: Record<number, DAGWalker>
   public hashers: Record<number, MultihashHasher>
   public dns: DNS
+  public metrics?: Metrics
   private readonly log: Logger
 
   constructor (init: HeliaInit) {
@@ -161,6 +169,7 @@ export class Helia implements HeliaInterface {
     this.hashers = defaultHashers(init.hashers)
     this.dagWalkers = defaultDagWalkers(init.dagWalkers)
     this.dns = init.dns ?? dns()
+    this.metrics = init.metrics
 
     // @ts-expect-error routing is not set
     const components: Components = {
@@ -171,6 +180,7 @@ export class Helia implements HeliaInterface {
       logger: this.logger,
       blockBrokers: [],
       dns: this.dns,
+      metrics: this.metrics,
       ...(init.components ?? {})
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/index.spec.ts b/packages/utils/test/index.spec.ts
index 17b69d341..60c3a5634 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Sinon from 'sinon'
 import { stubInterface } from 'sinon-ts'
 import { createHelia } from './fixtures/create-helia.js'
 import type { Helia, Routing } from '@helia/interface'
-import type { Startable } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { Startable, Metrics } from '@libp2p/interface'
 
 describe('helia', () => {
   let helia: Helia
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ describe('helia', () => {
       start: false,
       routers: [
         routing
-      ]
+      ],
+      metrics: stubInterface<Metrics>()
     })
   })
 
@@ -49,4 +50,8 @@ describe('helia', () => {
   it('should have a datastore', async () => {
     expect(helia).to.have.property('datastore').that.is.ok()
   })
+
+  it('supports metrics', async () => {
+    expect(helia).to.have.property('metrics').that.is.ok()
+  })
 })