diff --git a/ceilometer/profiler/__init__.py b/ceilometer/profiler/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/ceilometer/profiler/notifications.py b/ceilometer/profiler/notifications.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1735b72ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceilometer/profiler/notifications.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2014: Mirantis Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# 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
+#
+#      http://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 oslo.messaging
+
+from ceilometer import plugin
+from ceilometer import sample
+
+
+class ProfilerNotifications(plugin.NotificationBase):
+
+    event_types = ["profiler.*"]
+
+    def get_targets(self, conf):
+        """Return a sequence of oslo.messaging.Target defining the exchange and
+        topics to be connected for this plugin.
+
+        :param conf: Configuration.
+        """
+        targets = []
+        exchanges = [
+            conf.nova_control_exchange,
+            conf.cinder_control_exchange,
+            conf.glance_control_exchange,
+            conf.neutron_control_exchange,
+            conf.heat_control_exchange
+        ]
+
+        for exchange in exchanges:
+            targets.extend(oslo.messaging.Target(topic=topic,
+                                                 exchange=exchange)
+                           for topic in conf.notification_topics)
+        return targets
+
+    def process_notification(self, message):
+        yield sample.Sample.from_notification(
+            name=message["payload"]["name"],
+            type=sample.TYPE_GAUGE,
+            volume=1,
+            unit="trace",
+            user_id=message["payload"].get("user_id"),
+            project_id=message["payload"].get("project_id"),
+            resource_id="profiler-%s" % message["payload"]["base_id"],
+            message=message)
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/profiler/__init__.py b/ceilometer/tests/profiler/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/profiler/test_notifications.py b/ceilometer/tests/profiler/test_notifications.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..943f71b199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/profiler/test_notifications.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 2014: Mirantis Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# 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
+#
+#      http://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.
+
+from ceilometer.openstack.common import test
+from ceilometer.profiler import notifications
+from ceilometer import sample
+
+
+NOTIFICATION = {
+    "event_type": "profiler.compute",
+    "message_id": "dae6f69c-00e0-41c0-b371-41ec3b7f4451",
+    "publisher_id": "some_host",
+
+    "payload": {
+        "user_id": "1e3ce043029547f1a61c1996d1a531a2",
+        "project_id": "663ce04332954555a61c1996d1a53143",
+        "base_id": "2e3ce043029547f1a61c1996d1a531a2",
+        "trace_id": "3e3ce043029547f1a61c1996d1a531a2",
+        "parent_id": "4e3ce043029547f1a61c1996d1a531a2",
+        "name": "some_name",
+        "info": {
+            "foo": "bar"
+        }
+    },
+    "priority": "INFO",
+    "timestamp": "2012-05-08 20:23:48.028195"
+}
+
+
+class ProfilerNotificationsTestCase(test.BaseTestCase):
+
+    def test_process_notification(self):
+        prof = notifications.ProfilerNotifications(None)
+        info = prof.process_notification(NOTIFICATION).next()
+
+        self.assertEqual(NOTIFICATION["payload"]["name"], info.name)
+        self.assertEqual(sample.TYPE_GAUGE, info.type)
+        self.assertEqual("trace", info.unit)
+        self.assertEqual(NOTIFICATION["payload"]["user_id"], info.user_id)
+        self.assertEqual(NOTIFICATION["payload"]["project_id"],
+                         info.project_id)
+        self.assertEqual("profiler-%s" % NOTIFICATION["payload"]["base_id"],
+                         info.resource_id)
+        self.assertEqual(1, info.volume)
+        self.assertEqual(NOTIFICATION["timestamp"], info.timestamp)
+        self.assertEqual(NOTIFICATION["payload"]["info"],
+                         info.resource_metadata["info"])
+        self.assertEqual(NOTIFICATION["publisher_id"],
+                         info.resource_metadata["host"])
diff --git a/doc/source/measurements.rst b/doc/source/measurements.rst
index 9f6a0421f6..30ea3cd0cb 100644
--- a/doc/source/measurements.rst
+++ b/doc/source/measurements.rst
@@ -337,3 +337,17 @@ refer to :ref:`installing_manually` for details.
 For example, this could be used to distinguish external and internal users. You'd
 have to implement a custom Swift middleware that sets a proper header and just add
 it to metadata_headers.
+
+
+OSprofiler data
+===============
+
+All messages with event type "profiler.*" will be collected as profiling data.
+Using notification plugin profiler/notifications.py.
+
+.. note::
+
+  Be sparing with heavy usage of OSprofiler, especially in case of complex
+  operations like booting and deleting instance that may create over 100kb of
+  sample data per each request.
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2043c98b5e..1df6cd9b3c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ ceilometer.notification =
     http.request = ceilometer.middleware:HTTPRequest
     http.response = ceilometer.middleware:HTTPResponse
     stack_crud = ceilometer.orchestration.notifications:StackCRUD
+    profiler = ceilometer.profiler.notifications:ProfilerNotifications
 
 ceilometer.discover =
     local_instances = ceilometer.compute.discovery:InstanceDiscovery