diff --git a/command/metrics.go b/command/metrics.go
index 116f8bd77..43805c7e2 100644
--- a/command/metrics.go
+++ b/command/metrics.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/posener/complete"
 )
 
-//var _ cli.Command = &MetricsCommand{}
-
 type OperatorMetricsCommand struct {
 	Meta
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api/operator.go b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api/operator.go
index d5bc5d061..e84dd1d4c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api/operator.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api/operator.go
@@ -304,3 +304,22 @@ func (op *Operator) LicenseGet(q *QueryOptions) (*LicenseReply, *QueryMeta, erro
 	}
 	return &reply, qm, nil
 }
+
+func (op *Operator) Metrics(q *QueryOptions) (string, error) {
+	if q == nil {
+		q = &QueryOptions{}
+	}
+
+	metricsReader, err := op.c.rawQuery("/v1/metrics", q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	metricsBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(metricsReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	metrics := string(metricsBytes[:])
+	return metrics, nil
+}