diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
index 6f37b4d0..f61ce288 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ package com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker;
 import com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration;
 import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentialsProvider;
 import com.amazonaws.regions.RegionUtils;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.metrics.impl.LogMetricsFactory;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.metrics.impl.NullMetricsFactory;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.metrics.interfaces.IMetricsFactory;
 
 /**
  * Configuration for the Amazon Kinesis Client Library.
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfiguration {
     private int metricsMaxQueueSize;
     private boolean validateSequenceNumberBeforeCheckpointing;
     private String regionName;
+    private String customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -285,6 +289,16 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfiguration {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified region name is not valid");
         }  
     }
+    
+    private void checkIsCloudWatchMetricsFactoryNameValid(String cloudWatchMetricsFactoryName) {
+    	if ("CWMetricsFactory".equals(cloudWatchMetricsFactoryName) ||
+    			"NullMetricsFactory".equals(cloudWatchMetricsFactoryName) ||
+    			"LogMetricsFactory".equals(cloudWatchMetricsFactoryName) ){
+    		return;
+    	}
+    	
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified Cloud Watch Metrics Factory Name is not valid");
+    }
 
     /**
      * @return Name of the application
@@ -454,6 +468,31 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfiguration {
     public String getRegionName() {
         return regionName;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Custom CloudWatch Metrics Factory Name.
+     */
+    public String getCustomCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName() {
+    	return customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Custom CloudWatch Metrics Factory. In case of the default MetricsFactory CWMetricsFactory, null is returned.
+     */
+    public IMetricsFactory getCustomCloudWatchMetricsFactory() {
+    	IMetricsFactory customCloudWatchMetricsFactory = null;
+        if (customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName != null && customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName != "CWMetricsFactory"){
+        	switch (customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName) {
+			case "NullMetricsFactory":
+				customCloudWatchMetricsFactory = new NullMetricsFactory();
+				break;
+			case "LogMetricsFactory":
+				customCloudWatchMetricsFactory = new LogMetricsFactory();
+				break;
+			}
+        }
+    	return customCloudWatchMetricsFactory;
+    }
 
     // CHECKSTYLE:IGNORE HiddenFieldCheck FOR NEXT 190 LINES
     /**
@@ -655,4 +694,17 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfiguration {
         this.regionName = regionName;
         return this;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName The region name for the service
+     * @return KinesisClientLibConfiguration
+     */
+    // CHECKSTYLE:IGNORE HiddenFieldCheck FOR NEXT 2 LINES
+    public KinesisClientLibConfiguration withCustomCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName(String customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName) {
+        checkIsCloudWatchMetricsFactoryNameValid(customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName);
+        this.customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName = customCloudWatchMetricsFactoryName;
+        return this;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java
index 8b74cabc..f3202437 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.KinesisClientLibConfiguration;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.Worker;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.metrics.interfaces.IMetricsFactory;
 
 /**
  * Main app that launches the worker that runs the multi-language record processor.
@@ -73,6 +74,21 @@ public class MultiLangDaemon implements Callable<Integer> {
             ExecutorService workerThreadPool) {
         this(new Worker(recordProcessorFactory, configuration, workerThreadPool));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Constructor with custom CloudWatch Metrics Factory.
+     * 
+     * @param configuration The KCL config to use.
+     * @param recordProcessorFactory A record processor factory to create record processors that abide by the multi-lang
+     *        protocol.
+     * @param cloudWatchMetricsFactory A customized Cloudwatch Metric Factory implementation.
+     * @param workerThreadPool The executor service to run the daemon in.
+     */
+    public MultiLangDaemon(KinesisClientLibConfiguration configuration,
+            MultiLangRecordProcessorFactory recordProcessorFactory, IMetricsFactory cloudWatchMetricsFactory,
+            ExecutorService workerThreadPool) {
+        this(new Worker(recordProcessorFactory, configuration, cloudWatchMetricsFactory, workerThreadPool));
+    }
 
     /**
      * 
@@ -133,10 +149,22 @@ public class MultiLangDaemon implements Callable<Integer> {
         ExecutorService executorService = config.getExecutorService();
 
         // Daemon
-        MultiLangDaemon daemon = new MultiLangDaemon(
-                config.getKinesisClientLibConfiguration(),
-                config.getRecordProcessorFactory(),
-                executorService);
+        KinesisClientLibConfiguration kinesisClientLibConfiguration = config.getKinesisClientLibConfiguration();
+        IMetricsFactory customCWMetricsFactory = kinesisClientLibConfiguration.getCustomCloudWatchMetricsFactory();
+        
+        MultiLangDaemon daemon = null;
+         
+        if (customCWMetricsFactory == null){
+            daemon = new MultiLangDaemon(
+                    config.getKinesisClientLibConfiguration(),
+                    config.getRecordProcessorFactory(),
+                    executorService);
+        } else {
+            daemon = new MultiLangDaemon(
+                    config.getKinesisClientLibConfiguration(),
+                    config.getRecordProcessorFactory(), customCWMetricsFactory,
+                    executorService);
+        }
 
         Future<Integer> future = executorService.submit(daemon);
         try {