Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineImpl.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineImpl.java	(revision 1846724)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.ast.NodeTypeInfoProvider;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.stats.QueryStatsData.QueryExecutionStats;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.xpath.XPathToSQL2Converter;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatsOptions;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@
             Query query = prepareAndSelect(queries); 
             query.getQueryExecutionStats().execute(System.nanoTime() - start);
             mdc = setupMDC(query);
+            getExecutionContext().getSettings().getQueryStats().markMeter("QUERY-COUNT", 1);
             return query.executeQuery();
         } finally {
             if (mdc) {
Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineSettingsService.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineSettingsService.java	(revision 1846724)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineSettingsService.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.jmx.QueryEngineSettingsMBean;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.MeterStats;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatsOptions;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Activate;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
@@ -88,6 +92,9 @@
     @Reference
     private QueryEngineSettingsMBean queryEngineSettings;
 
+    @Reference
+    private static StatisticsProvider statisticsProvider;
+
     @Activate
     private void activate(BundleContext context, Configuration config) {
         if (System.getProperty(QueryEngineSettings.OAK_QUERY_LIMIT_IN_MEMORY) == null) {
@@ -123,4 +130,8 @@
                 System.getProperty(sysPropKey), sysPropKey);
     }
 
+    @Nullable
+    public static StatisticsProvider getStatisticsProvider() {
+        return statisticsProvider;
+    }
 }
Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QueryStatsMBean.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QueryStatsMBean.java	(revision 1846724)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QueryStatsMBean.java	(working copy)
@@ -54,5 +54,8 @@
     void setCaptureStackTraces(boolean captureStackTraces);
     
     boolean getCaptureStackTraces();
+
+    @Description("Update the underlying meter (referenced by name) with the current (long) value")
+    void markMeter(String name, long value);
     
 }
Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QueryStatsMBeanImpl.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QueryStatsMBeanImpl.java	(revision 1846724)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QueryStatsMBeanImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.jmx.AnnotatedStandardMBean;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.QueryEngineSettings;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.QueryEngineSettingsService;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.stats.QueryStatsData.QueryExecutionStats;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatsOptions;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -104,8 +107,18 @@
     public boolean getCaptureStackTraces() {
         return captureStackTraces;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
+    public void markMeter(String name, long value) {
+        StatisticsProvider statisticsProvider = QueryEngineSettingsService.getStatisticsProvider();
+        if (statisticsProvider != null) {
+            statisticsProvider.getMeter(name, StatsOptions.METRICS_ONLY).mark(value);
+        } else {
+            log.warn("could not obtain StatisticsProvider to update metrics");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public String asJson() {
         ArrayList<QueryStatsData> list = new ArrayList<QueryStatsData>(statistics.values());
         Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<QueryStatsData>() {
Index: oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineSettingsServiceTest.java
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--- oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineSettingsServiceTest.java	(revision 1846724)
+++ oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/QueryEngineSettingsServiceTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.jmx.QueryEngineSettingsMBean;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.DefaultStatisticsProvider;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
 import org.apache.sling.testing.mock.osgi.junit.OsgiContext;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -66,6 +70,9 @@
 
     @Test
     public void osgiConfig() throws Exception{
+        StatisticsProvider statisticsProvider = new DefaultStatisticsProvider(Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor());
+        context.registerService(StatisticsProvider.class, statisticsProvider);
+
         QueryEngineSettings settings = new QueryEngineSettings();
         context.registerService(QueryEngineSettingsMBean.class, settings);
 
@@ -90,6 +97,9 @@
                 .DEFAULT_QUERY_LIMIT_READS));
         System.setProperty(QueryEngineSettings.OAK_QUERY_FAIL_TRAVERSAL, "false");
 
+        StatisticsProvider statisticsProvider = new DefaultStatisticsProvider(Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor());
+        context.registerService(StatisticsProvider.class, statisticsProvider);
+
         QueryEngineSettings settings = new QueryEngineSettings();
         context.registerService(QueryEngineSettingsMBean.class, settings);