diff --git a/irc/config.go b/irc/config.go
index 8e370ee1..7af7532c 100644
--- a/irc/config.go
+++ b/irc/config.go
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ func (sts *STSConfig) Value() string {
 	return val
 }
 
+// StackImpactConfig is the config used for StackImpact's profiling.
+type StackImpactConfig struct {
+	Enabled  bool
+	AgentKey string `yaml:"agent-key"`
+	AppName  string `yaml:"app-name"`
+}
+
 // Config defines the overall configuration.
 type Config struct {
 	Network struct {
@@ -215,6 +222,10 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	Logging []LoggingConfig
 
+	Debug struct {
+		StackImpact StackImpactConfig
+	}
+
 	Limits struct {
 		AwayLen        uint          `yaml:"awaylen"`
 		ChanListModes  uint          `yaml:"chan-list-modes"`
diff --git a/oragono.go b/oragono.go
index 3b691629..a19b2e4f 100644
--- a/oragono.go
+++ b/oragono.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DanielOaks/oragono/irc/logger"
 	"github.com/DanielOaks/oragono/mkcerts"
 	"github.com/docopt/docopt-go"
+	stackimpact "github.com/stackimpact/stackimpact-go"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
 )
 
@@ -107,6 +108,21 @@ Options:
 		if !arguments["--quiet"].(bool) {
 			logger.Info("startup", fmt.Sprintf("Oragono v%s starting", irc.SemVer))
 		}
+
+		// profiling
+		if config.Debug.StackImpact.Enabled {
+			if config.Debug.StackImpact.AgentKey == "" || config.Debug.StackImpact.AppName == "" {
+				logger.Error("startup", "Could not start StackImpact - agent-key or app-name are undefined")
+				return
+			}
+
+			agent := stackimpact.NewAgent()
+			agent.Start(stackimpact.Options{AgentKey: config.Debug.StackImpact.AgentKey, AppName: config.Debug.StackImpact.AppName})
+			defer agent.RecordPanic()
+
+			logger.Info("startup", fmt.Sprintf("StackImpact profiling started as %s", config.Debug.StackImpact.AppName))
+		}
+
 		server, err := irc.NewServer(configfile, config, logger)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("startup", fmt.Sprintf("Could not load server: %s", err.Error()))
diff --git a/oragono.yaml b/oragono.yaml
index b3a760bf..80d4cdc0 100644
--- a/oragono.yaml
+++ b/oragono.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ server:
         ":6697":
             key: tls.key
             cert: tls.crt
-    
+
     # strict transport security, to get clients to automagically use TLS
     sts:
         # whether to advertise STS
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ server:
         # whether to throttle limits or not
         enabled: true
 
-        # how wide the cidr should be for IPv4 
+        # how wide the cidr should be for IPv4
         cidr-len-ipv4: 24
 
         # how wide the cidr should be for IPv6
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ server:
         # whether to throttle connections or not
         enabled: true
 
-        # how wide the cidr should be for IPv4 
+        # how wide the cidr should be for IPv4
         cidr-len-ipv4: 32
 
         # how wide the cidr should be for IPv6
@@ -236,6 +236,19 @@ logging:
         type: localconnect localconnect-ip
         level: debug
 
+# debug options
+debug:
+    # enabling StackImpact profiling
+    stackimpact:
+        # whether to use StackImpact
+        enabled: false
+
+        # the AgentKey to use
+        agent-key: examplekeyhere
+
+        # the app name to report
+        app-name: Oragono
+
 # datastore configuration
 datastore:
     # path to the datastore