diff --git a/informer/disk/config.go b/informer/disk/config.go
index 961cf068..e7cec8b2 100644
--- a/informer/disk/config.go
+++ b/informer/disk/config.go
@@ -14,19 +14,33 @@ const envConfigKey = "cluster_disk"
 
 // Default values for disk Config
 const (
-	DefaultMetricTTL = 30 * time.Second
+	DefaultMetricTTL  = 30 * time.Second
+	DefaultMetricType = MetricFreeSpace
 )
 
+// String returns a string representation for MetricType.
+func (t MetricType) String() string {
+	switch t {
+	case MetricFreeSpace:
+		return "freespace"
+	case MetricRepoSize:
+		return "reposize"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // Config is used to initialize an Informer and customize
 // the type and parameters of the metric it produces.
 type Config struct {
 	config.Saver
 
-	MetricTTL time.Duration
+	MetricTTL  time.Duration
+	MetricType MetricType
 }
 
 type jsonConfig struct {
-	MetricTTL string `json:"metric_ttl"`
+	MetricTTL  string `json:"metric_ttl"`
+	MetricType string `json:"metric_type"`
 }
 
 // ConfigKey returns a human-friendly identifier for this type of Metric.
@@ -37,6 +51,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) ConfigKey() string {
 // Default initializes this Config with sensible values.
 func (cfg *Config) Default() error {
 	cfg.MetricTTL = DefaultMetricTTL
+	cfg.MetricType = DefaultMetricType
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +75,9 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 		return errors.New("disk.metric_ttl is invalid")
 	}
 
+	if cfg.MetricType.String() == "" {
+		return errors.New("disk.metric_type is invalid")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +100,15 @@ func (cfg *Config) applyJSONConfig(jcfg *jsonConfig) error {
 	t, _ := time.ParseDuration(jcfg.MetricTTL)
 	cfg.MetricTTL = t
 
+	switch jcfg.MetricType {
+	case "reposize":
+		cfg.MetricType = MetricRepoSize
+	case "freespace":
+		cfg.MetricType = MetricFreeSpace
+	default:
+		return errors.New("disk.metric_type is invalid")
+	}
+
 	return cfg.Validate()
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +123,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) ToJSON() (raw []byte, err error) {
 
 func (cfg *Config) toJSONConfig() *jsonConfig {
 	return &jsonConfig{
-		MetricTTL: cfg.MetricTTL.String(),
+		MetricTTL:  cfg.MetricTTL.String(),
+		MetricType: cfg.MetricType.String(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/informer/disk/config_test.go b/informer/disk/config_test.go
index 4d3adeed..acfc2116 100644
--- a/informer/disk/config_test.go
+++ b/informer/disk/config_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,25 @@ func TestLoadJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error decoding metric_ttl")
 	}
+
+	j = &jsonConfig{}
+	json.Unmarshal(cfgJSON, j)
+	j.MetricType = "abc"
+	tst, _ = json.Marshal(j)
+	err = cfg.LoadJSON(tst)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error decoding check_interval")
+	}
+
+	j = &jsonConfig{}
+	json.Unmarshal(cfgJSON, j)
+	j.MetricType = "reposize"
+	tst, _ = json.Marshal(j)
+	err = cfg.LoadJSON(tst)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("reposize should be a valid type")
+	}
+
 }
 
 func TestToJSON(t *testing.T) {
@@ -57,6 +76,12 @@ func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	if cfg.Validate() == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error validating")
 	}
+
+	cfg.Default()
+	cfg.MetricType = MetricRepoSize
+	if cfg.Validate() != nil {
+		t.Fatal("MetricRepoSize is a valid type")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestApplyEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/informer/disk/disk.go b/informer/disk/disk.go
index 804fb518..f3ff237b 100644
--- a/informer/disk/disk.go
+++ b/informer/disk/disk.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewInformer(cfg *Config) (*Informer, error) {
 
 // Name returns the user-facing name of this informer.
 func (disk *Informer) Name() string {
-	return "reposize"
+	return disk.config.MetricType.String()
 }
 
 // SetClient provides us with an rpc.Client which allows
@@ -108,12 +108,17 @@ func (disk *Informer) GetMetric(ctx context.Context) *api.Metric {
 		logger.Error(err)
 		valid = false
 	} else {
-		size := repoStat.RepoSize
-		total := repoStat.StorageMax
-		if size < total {
-			metric = total - size
-		} else { // Make sure we don't underflow
-			metric = 0
+		switch disk.config.MetricType {
+		case MetricFreeSpace:
+			size := repoStat.RepoSize
+			total := repoStat.StorageMax
+			if size < total {
+				metric = total - size
+			} else { // Make sure we don't underflow
+				metric = 0
+			}
+		case MetricRepoSize:
+			metric = repoStat.RepoSize
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/informer/disk/disk_test.go b/informer/disk/disk_test.go
index 2b393c0b..a4c4dbcc 100644
--- a/informer/disk/disk_test.go
+++ b/informer/disk/disk_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestFreeSpace(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	cfg := &Config{}
 	cfg.Default()
+	cfg.MetricType = MetricFreeSpace
 
 	inf, err := NewInformer(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -73,6 +74,32 @@ func TestFreeSpace(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRepoSize(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	cfg := &Config{}
+	cfg.Default()
+	cfg.MetricType = MetricRepoSize
+
+	inf, err := NewInformer(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer inf.Shutdown(ctx)
+	m := inf.GetMetric(ctx)
+	if m.Valid {
+		t.Error("metric should be invalid")
+	}
+	inf.SetClient(test.NewMockRPCClient(t))
+	m = inf.GetMetric(ctx)
+	if !m.Valid {
+		t.Error("metric should be valid")
+	}
+	// The mock client reports 100KB and 2 pins of 1 KB
+	if m.Value != "2000" {
+		t.Error("bad metric value")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestWithErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	cfg := &Config{}