diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 729be8a..1978fcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,9 +116,17 @@ metrics:
       name: bitswap-elu
       description: Bitswap Event Loop Utilization
       interval: 500
-
-version: 0.1.0
-buildDate: "20220307.1423"
+    memory: 
+      name: bitswap-memory
+      description: Bitswap Memory Usage
+      interval: 1000
+    cpu: 
+      name: bitswap-cpu
+      description: Bitswap CPU Usage %
+      interval: 1000
+
+version: 0.3.0
+buildDate: "20221216.1122"
 ```
 
 ### Utils
diff --git a/src/telemetry.js b/src/telemetry.js
index 35cc10b..1e08459 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.js
+++ b/src/telemetry.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 
 import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
+import { memoryUsage, cpuUsage } from 'node:process'
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { load as ymlLoad } from 'js-yaml'
 import promClient from 'prom-client'
+
 const PERCENTILES = [0.1, 1, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, 97.5, 99]
 
 class Telemetry {
@@ -61,13 +63,33 @@ class Telemetry {
         }))
       }
 
-      if (metrics.process?.elu) {
-        this.collectEventLoopUtilization({
-          name: metrics.process.elu.name,
-          description: metrics.process.elu.description,
-          interval: metrics.process.elu.interval,
-          registers: [this.allRegistry]
-        })
+      if (metrics.process) {
+        if (metrics.process.elu) {
+          this.collectEventLoopUtilization({
+            name: metrics.process.elu.name,
+            description: metrics.process.elu.description,
+            interval: metrics.process.elu.interval,
+            registers: [this.allRegistry]
+          })
+        }
+
+        if (metrics.process.memory) {
+          this.collectMemoryUsage({
+            name: metrics.process.memory.name,
+            description: metrics.process.memory.description,
+            interval: metrics.process.memory.interval,
+            registers: [this.allRegistry]
+          })
+        }
+
+        if (metrics.process.cpu) {
+          this.collectCpuUsage({
+            name: metrics.process.cpu.name,
+            description: metrics.process.cpu.description,
+            interval: metrics.process.cpu.interval,
+            registers: [this.allRegistry]
+          })
+        }
       }
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error({ err }, 'error in telemetry constructor')
@@ -92,6 +114,39 @@ class Telemetry {
     }, interval).unref()
   }
 
+  collectMemoryUsage ({ name, description, interval, registers }) {
+    const metric = new promClient.Gauge({
+      name: name.replaceAll('-', '_'),
+      help: description,
+      registers
+    })
+    this.metrics.set(name, metric)
+
+    this.collectMemoryInterval = setInterval(() => {
+      metric.set(memoryUsage.rss())
+    }, interval).unref()
+  }
+
+  collectCpuUsage ({ name, description, interval, registers }) {
+    const metric = new promClient.Gauge({
+      name: name.replaceAll('-', '_'),
+      help: description,
+      registers
+    })
+    this.metrics.set(name, metric)
+
+    let cpu1 = cpuUsage()
+    let timer1 = process.hrtime.bigint()
+    this.collectCpuInterval = setInterval(() => {
+      const cpu2 = cpuUsage(cpu1)
+      const timer2 = process.hrtime.bigint()
+      const v = 100 * cpu2.user / Number((timer2 - timer1) / 1000n)
+      metric.set(v)
+      cpu1 = cpu2
+      timer1 = timer2
+    }, interval).unref()
+  }
+
   resetAll () {
     this.allRegistry.resetMetrics()
   }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/process-metrics.yml b/test/fixtures/process-metrics.yml
index 9c24bdc..efb9a2e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/process-metrics.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/process-metrics.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ metrics:
       name: bitswap-elu
       description: Bitswap Event Loop Utilization
       interval: 100
+    memory: 
+      name: bitswap-memory
+      description: Bitswap Memory Usage
+      interval: 100
+    cpu: 
+      name: bitswap-cpu
+      description: Bitswap CPU Usage %
+      interval: 100
 
-version: 0.2.0
-buildDate: "20220307.1423"
+version: 0.3.0
+buildDate: "20221215.1122"
diff --git a/test/telemetry.test.js b/test/telemetry.test.js
index 907b5f2..1dcf7ee 100644
--- a/test/telemetry.test.js
+++ b/test/telemetry.test.js
@@ -305,6 +305,28 @@ t.test('Telemetry', async t => {
     t.ok(telemetry.collectEluInterval)
   })
 
+  t.test('should collect memory metric when set from config file', async t => {
+    const telemetry = new Telemetry({ configFile: processMetricConfigFile, logger })
+
+    const result = await telemetry.export()
+
+    await setTimeoutAsync(500)
+
+    t.ok(result.includes('bitswap_memory'))
+    t.ok(telemetry.collectMemoryInterval)
+  })
+
+  t.test('should collect cpu metric when set from config file', async t => {
+    const telemetry = new Telemetry({ configFile: processMetricConfigFile, logger })
+
+    const result = await telemetry.export()
+
+    await setTimeoutAsync(500)
+
+    t.ok(result.includes('bitswap_cpu'))
+    t.ok(telemetry.collectCpuInterval)
+  })
+
   t.test('should get a gauge metric value', async t => {
     const telemetry = new Telemetry({ configFile: defaultConfigFile, logger })