diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e6d27b7a3f..9bc2219a94 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
     },
     "scripts": {
         "post-update-cmd": [
-            "CodeIgniter\\ComposerScripts::postUpdate"
+            "CodeIgniter\\ComposerScripts::postUpdate",
+            "composer update --working-dir=tools/phpmetrics"
         ],
         "analyze": [
             "Composer\\Config::disableProcessTimeout",
@@ -111,12 +112,14 @@
         ],
         "sa": "@analyze",
         "style": "@cs-fix",
-        "test": "phpunit"
+        "test": "phpunit",
+        "metrics": "tools/phpmetrics/vendor/bin/phpmetrics --config=phpmetrics.json"
     },
     "scripts-descriptions": {
         "analyze": "Run static analysis",
         "cs": "Check the coding style",
         "cs-fix": "Fix the coding style",
-        "test": "Run unit tests"
+        "test": "Run unit tests",
+        "metrics": "Run PhpMetrics"
     }
 }
diff --git a/phpmetrics.json b/phpmetrics.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff72a6691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpmetrics.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "includes": ["system"],
+    "excludes": ["ThirdParty"],
+    "report": {
+        "html": "build/phpmetrics/"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/phpmetrics/composer.json b/tools/phpmetrics/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eef46d0db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/phpmetrics/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "require-dev": {
+        "phpmetrics/phpmetrics": "^3.0rc6"
+    }
+}