diff --git a/jpos/src/main/java/org/jpos/util/Metrics.java b/jpos/src/main/java/org/jpos/util/Metrics.java
index e6fb389cc4..752bc7a6d4 100644
--- a/jpos/src/main/java/org/jpos/util/Metrics.java
+++ b/jpos/src/main/java/org/jpos/util/Metrics.java
@@ -120,4 +120,25 @@ public void dumpHistograms (File dir, String prefix) {
     public void setConversion(double conversion) {
         this.conversion = conversion;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Reset any value counts accumulated thus far.
+     */
+    public void reset() {
+        metrics.values()
+               .forEach(Histogram::reset);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Resets histograms whose keys start with the given prefix using the Histogram.reset() method.
+     *
+     * @param prefix the prefix used to filter histograms to reset
+     */
+    public void reset(String prefix) {
+        metrics.entrySet()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(e -> e.getKey().startsWith(prefix))
+                .forEach(e -> e.getValue().reset());
+    }
+    
 }