diff --git a/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py b/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py
index af16c9c2..9bde4211 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/handlers/base.py
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ class BaseHandler(RequestHandler):
                 spawner._stop_pending = False
             toc = IOLoop.current().time()
             self.log.info("User %s server took %.3f seconds to stop", user.name, toc - tic)
+            self.statsd.timing('spawner.stop', (toc - tic) * 1000)
 
         try:
             yield gen.with_timeout(timedelta(seconds=self.slow_stop_timeout), stop())
diff --git a/jupyterhub/user.py b/jupyterhub/user.py
index dcb6d67d..7f1bbbd4 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/user.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/user.py
@@ -421,10 +421,12 @@ class User(HasTraits):
                     user=self.name, s=spawner.start_timeout,
                 ))
                 e.reason = 'timeout'
+                self.settings['statsd'].incr('spawner.failure.timeout')
             else:
                 self.log.error("Unhandled error starting {user}'s server: {error}".format(
                     user=self.name, error=e,
                 ))
+                self.settings['statsd'].incr('spawner.failure.error')
                 e.reason = 'error'
             try:
                 yield self.stop()
@@ -457,11 +459,13 @@ class User(HasTraits):
                     )
                 )
                 e.reason = 'timeout'
+                self.settings['statsd'].incr('spawner.failure.http_timeout')
             else:
                 e.reason = 'error'
                 self.log.error("Unhandled error waiting for {user}'s server to show up at {url}: {error}".format(
                     user=self.name, url=server.url, error=e,
                 ))
+                self.settings['statsd'].incr('spawner.failure.http_error')
             try:
                 yield self.stop()
             except Exception: