diff --git a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
index c8ba8ebf..9ee11402 100755
--- a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
+++ b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ xt_set_exists() {
 # Default if not supplied - same as weave net default
 IPALLOC_RANGE=${IPALLOC_RANGE:-10.32.0.0/12}
 HTTP_ADDR=${WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6784}
-STATUS_ADDR=${WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR:-0.0.0.0:6782}
+METRICS_ADDR=${WEAVE_METRICS_ADDR:-0.0.0.0:6782}
 HOST_ROOT=${HOST_ROOT:-/host}
 CONN_LIMIT=${CONN_LIMIT:-100}
 DB_PREFIX=${DB_PREFIX:-/weavedb/weave-net}
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+STATUS_OPTS="--metrics-addr=$METRICS_ADDR"
+# --status-addr exposes internal information, so only turn it on if asked to.
+if [ -n "${WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR}" ]; then
+    STATUS_OPTS="$STATUS_OPTS --status-addr=$WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR"
+fi
+
 # Default is that npc will be running; allow caller to override
 WEAVE_NPC_OPTS="--expect-npc"
 if [ "${EXPECT_NPC}" = "0" ]; then
@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ post_start_actions &
 /home/weave/weaver $EXTRA_ARGS --port=6783 $(router_bridge_opts) \
      --name="$PEERNAME" \
      --host-root=$HOST_ROOT \
-     --http-addr=$HTTP_ADDR --status-addr=$STATUS_ADDR --docker-api='' --no-dns \
+     --http-addr=$HTTP_ADDR $STATUS_OPTS --docker-api='' --no-dns \
      --db-prefix="$DB_PREFIX" \
      --ipalloc-range=$IPALLOC_RANGE $NICKNAME_ARG \
      --ipalloc-init $IPALLOC_INIT \
diff --git a/prog/weaver/main.go b/prog/weaver/main.go
index 4db2b796..52a7b6bc 100644
--- a/prog/weaver/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaver/main.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func main() {
 		noDiscovery        bool
 		httpAddr           string
 		statusAddr         string
+		metricsAddr        string
 		ipamConfig         ipamConfig
 		dockerAPI          string
 		peers              []string
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ func main() {
 	mflag.IntVar(&bridgeConfig.MTU, []string{"-mtu"}, 0, "MTU size")
 	mflag.StringVar(&httpAddr, []string{"-http-addr"}, "", "address to bind HTTP interface to (disabled if blank, absolute path indicates unix domain socket)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&statusAddr, []string{"-status-addr"}, "", "address to bind status+metrics interface to (disabled if blank, absolute path indicates unix domain socket)")
+	mflag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, []string{"-metrics-addr"}, "", "address to bind metrics interface to (disabled if blank, absolute path indicates unix domain socket)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&ipamConfig.Mode, []string{"-ipalloc-init"}, "", "allocator initialisation strategy (consensus, seed or observer)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&ipamConfig.IPRangeCIDR, []string{"-ipalloc-range"}, "", "IP address range reserved for automatic allocation, in CIDR notation")
 	mflag.StringVar(&ipamConfig.IPSubnetCIDR, []string{"-ipalloc-default-subnet"}, "", "subnet to allocate within by default, in CIDR notation")
@@ -474,10 +476,17 @@ func main() {
 		muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/metrics").Handler(metricsHandler(router, allocator, ns, dnsserver))
 		statusMux := http.NewServeMux()
 		statusMux.Handle("/", muxRouter)
-		Log.Println("Listening for metrics requests on", statusAddr)
+		Log.Println("Listening for status+metrics requests on", statusAddr)
 		go listenAndServeHTTP(statusAddr, statusMux)
 	}
 
+	if metricsAddr != "" {
+		metricsMux := http.NewServeMux()
+		metricsMux.Handle("/metrics", metricsHandler(router, allocator, ns, dnsserver))
+		Log.Println("Listening for metrics requests on", metricsAddr)
+		go listenAndServeHTTP(metricsAddr, metricsMux)
+	}
+
 	if plugin != nil {
 		go plugin.Start(httpAddr, dockerCli, waitReady.Add())
 	}