diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b98ec85..5bee0b1 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.6.9
+- Support CustomMetric in reportEvent method
+
 ## 1.6.8
 - Add more meta data to crash beacon
 - Add more exceptionType processing to crash beacon
diff --git a/Dev/ObjectiveCAppExample/AppDelegate.m b/Dev/ObjectiveCAppExample/AppDelegate.m
index c5aec13..022d23e 100644
--- a/Dev/ObjectiveCAppExample/AppDelegate.m
+++ b/Dev/ObjectiveCAppExample/AppDelegate.m
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
     NSURLRequest* request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL: url];
     [[[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest: request] resume];
 
+    [Instana reportEventWithName: @"testCustomEventName"
+                       timestamp: NSNotFound
+                        duration: NSNotFound
+                backendTracingID: nil
+                           error: nil
+                            meta: nil
+                        viewName: nil
+                    customMetric: NAN]; //"0x7fc00000"
+
     return YES;
 }
 
diff --git a/InstanaAgent.podspec b/InstanaAgent.podspec
index 54abbd5..2400abe 100644
--- a/InstanaAgent.podspec
+++ b/InstanaAgent.podspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   #
 
   s.name         = "InstanaAgent"
-  s.version      = "1.6.8"
+  s.version      = "1.6.9"
   s.summary      = "Instana iOS agent."
 
   # This description is used to generate tags and improve search results.
diff --git a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/Beacons Types/CustomBeacon.swift b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/Beacons Types/CustomBeacon.swift
index b4b93a7..098e8d9 100644
--- a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/Beacons Types/CustomBeacon.swift	
+++ b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/Beacons Types/CustomBeacon.swift	
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class CustomBeacon: Beacon {
     let backendTracingID: String?
     let error: Error?
     let metaData: MetaData?
+    let customMetric: Double?
 
     init(timestamp: Instana.Types.Milliseconds? = nil,
          name: String,
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ class CustomBeacon: Beacon {
          backendTracingID: String? = nil,
          error: Error? = nil,
          metaData: MetaData? = nil,
-         viewName: String? = CustomBeaconDefaultViewNameID) {
+         viewName: String? = CustomBeaconDefaultViewNameID,
+         customMetric: Double? = nil) {
         self.duration = duration
         self.name = name
         self.error = error
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ class CustomBeacon: Beacon {
         if let timestamp = timestamp {
             start = timestamp
         }
+        self.customMetric = customMetric
         super.init(timestamp: start, viewName: viewName)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeacon.swift b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeacon.swift
index 9189877..2618469 100644
--- a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeacon.swift
+++ b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeacon.swift
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ struct CoreBeacon: Codable {
      */
     var cen: String?
 
+    /**
+     * CustomMetric
+     *
+     * For example: "123.4567"
+     */
+    var cm: String?
+
     /**
      * Meta for custom key/value entries
      *
diff --git a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconFactory.swift b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconFactory.swift
index 24121e4..6d7765f 100644
--- a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconFactory.swift
+++ b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconFactory.swift
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ extension CoreBeacon {
         if let tracingID = beacon.backendTracingID {
             bt = tracingID
         }
+        if let customMetric = beacon.customMetric {
+            cm = String(customMetric)
+        }
     }
 
     private mutating func add(error: Error) {
diff --git a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Configuration/VersionConfig.swift b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Configuration/VersionConfig.swift
index 7dbdc25..438400a 100644
--- a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Configuration/VersionConfig.swift
+++ b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Configuration/VersionConfig.swift
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 struct VersionConfig {
-    static let agentVersion = "1.6.8"
+    static let agentVersion = "1.6.9"
 }
diff --git a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Instana.swift b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Instana.swift
index e5eaf2d..e996a65 100644
--- a/Sources/InstanaAgent/Instana.swift
+++ b/Sources/InstanaAgent/Instana.swift
@@ -435,19 +435,30 @@ import Foundation
     ///                            Alternatively you can leave out the parameter or send
     ///                            nil to use the current view name implicitly you did set in `setView(name: String)`
     @objc
-    public static func reportEvent(name: String, timestamp: Instana.Types.Milliseconds = Instana.Types.Milliseconds(NSNotFound), duration: Instana.Types.Milliseconds = Instana.Types.Milliseconds(NSNotFound), backendTracingID: String? = nil, error: Error? = nil, meta: [String: String]? = nil, viewName: String? = nil) {
+    public static func reportEvent(name: String,
+                                   timestamp: Instana.Types.Milliseconds = Instana.Types.Milliseconds(NSNotFound),
+                                   duration: Instana.Types.Milliseconds = Instana.Types.Milliseconds(NSNotFound),
+                                   backendTracingID: String? = nil,
+                                   error: Error? = nil,
+                                   meta: [String: String]? = nil,
+                                   viewName: String? = nil,
+                                   customMetric: Double = Double.nan) {
         // As a workaround for primitive values in ObjC
         let timestamp = timestamp == NSNotFound ? nil : timestamp
         let duration = duration == NSNotFound ? nil : duration
         var viewName = viewName ?? CustomBeaconDefaultViewNameID
         viewName = !viewName.isEmpty ? viewName : CustomBeaconDefaultViewNameID
+
+        let customMetric: Double? = customMetric.isNaN ? nil : customMetric
+
         let beacon = CustomBeacon(timestamp: timestamp,
                                   name: name,
                                   duration: duration,
                                   backendTracingID: backendTracingID,
                                   error: error,
                                   metaData: meta,
-                                  viewName: viewName)
+                                  viewName: viewName,
+                                  customMetric: customMetric)
         Instana.current?.monitors.reporter.submit(beacon)
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/Beacon Types/CustomBeaconTests.swift b/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/Beacon Types/CustomBeaconTests.swift
index 0d43610..2d01229 100644
--- a/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/Beacon Types/CustomBeaconTests.swift	
+++ b/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/Beacon Types/CustomBeaconTests.swift	
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class CustomBeaconTests: InstanaTestCase {
         let expectedCPU = InstanaSystemUtils.deviceModel
         let expectedErrorType = "\(type(of: customBeacon.error!))"
         let expectedErrorMessage = "\(customBeacon.error!)"
-        let expected = "ab\t\(beacon.ab)\nagv\t\(beacon.agv)\nav\t\(InstanaSystemUtils.applicationVersion)\nbi\t\(beacon.bi)\nbid\t\(beacon.bid)\nbt\t\(customBeacon.backendTracingID ?? "")\ncen\t\(customBeacon.name)\ncn\tNone\nct\t\(InstanaSystemUtils.networkUtility.connectionType.description)\nd\t\(customBeacon.duration ?? 0)\ndma\tApple\ndmo\t\(expectedCPU)\nec\t1\nem\t\(expectedErrorMessage)\net\t\(expectedErrorType)\nk\tKEY\nm_\(customBeacon.metaData?.keys.first ?? "")\t\(customBeacon.metaData?.values.first ?? "")\nosn\tiOS\nosv\t\(InstanaSystemUtils.systemVersion)\np\tiOS\nro\t\(String(InstanaSystemUtils.isDeviceJailbroken))\nsid\t\(beacon.sid)\nt\tcustom\nti\t\(customBeacon.timestamp)\nuf\tc\nul\ten\nusi\t\(mockedInstanaSession.usi!.uuidString)\nv\t\(customBeacon.viewName ?? "")\nvh\t\(Int(UIScreen.main.bounds.height))\nvw\t\(Int(UIScreen.main.bounds.width))"
+        let expected = "ab\t\(beacon.ab)\nagv\t\(beacon.agv)\nav\t\(InstanaSystemUtils.applicationVersion)\nbi\t\(beacon.bi)\nbid\t\(beacon.bid)\nbt\t\(customBeacon.backendTracingID ?? "")\ncen\t\(customBeacon.name)\ncm\t12.34567\ncn\tNone\nct\t\(InstanaSystemUtils.networkUtility.connectionType.description)\nd\t\(customBeacon.duration ?? 0)\ndma\tApple\ndmo\t\(expectedCPU)\nec\t1\nem\t\(expectedErrorMessage)\net\t\(expectedErrorType)\nk\tKEY\nm_\(customBeacon.metaData?.keys.first ?? "")\t\(customBeacon.metaData?.values.first ?? "")\nosn\tiOS\nosv\t\(InstanaSystemUtils.systemVersion)\np\tiOS\nro\t\(String(InstanaSystemUtils.isDeviceJailbroken))\nsid\t\(beacon.sid)\nt\tcustom\nti\t\(customBeacon.timestamp)\nuf\tc\nul\ten\nusi\t\(mockedInstanaSession.usi!.uuidString)\nv\t\(customBeacon.viewName ?? "")\nvh\t\(Int(UIScreen.main.bounds.height))\nvw\t\(Int(UIScreen.main.bounds.width))"
         AssertEqualAndNotNil(sut, expected)
     }
 
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ class CustomBeaconTests: InstanaTestCase {
         let backendTracingID = "BID"
         let error = SomeBeaconError.something
         let metaData = ["Key": "SomeValue"]
-        return CustomBeacon(timestamp: timestamp, name: name, duration: duration, backendTracingID: backendTracingID, error: error, metaData: metaData, viewName: viewName)
+        let customMetric = 12.34567
+        return CustomBeacon(timestamp: timestamp, name: name, duration: duration,
+                            backendTracingID: backendTracingID, error: error, metaData: metaData,
+                            viewName: viewName, customMetric: customMetric)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconTests.swift b/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconTests.swift
index 3b1c0c8..fac7da9 100644
--- a/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Beacons/CoreBeacon/CoreBeaconTests.swift
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class CoreBeaconTests: InstanaTestCase {
         let values = Mirror(reflecting: sut).children
 
         // Then
-        XCTAssertEqual(values.count, 47)
+        XCTAssertEqual(values.count, 48)
     }
 
     func testNumberOfFields_non_nil() {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class CoreBeaconTests: InstanaTestCase {
         let expectedKeys = ["t", "v", "bt", "k" ,"ti", "sid", "usi", "bid", "uf", "bi", "m", "ui", "un",
                             "ue", "ul", "ab", "av", "p", "osn", "osv", "dma", "dmo", "ro", "vw", "vh",
                             "cn", "ct", "ect", "hu", "hp", "hm", "hs", "ebs", "dbs", "trs", "d",
-                            "ec", "em", "et", "agv", "cen", "h", "ast", "cid", "cti", "dt", "st"]
+                            "ec", "em", "et", "agv", "cen", "cm", "h", "ast", "cid", "cti", "dt", "st"]
         // When
         let keys = Mirror(reflecting: sut).children.compactMap {$0.label}
 
diff --git a/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Configuration/InstanaSystemUtilsTests.swift b/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Configuration/InstanaSystemUtilsTests.swift
index a9d4efd..a76a299 100644
--- a/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Configuration/InstanaSystemUtilsTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/InstanaAgentTests/Configuration/InstanaSystemUtilsTests.swift
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class InstanaSystemUtilsTests: InstanaTestCase {
 
     func test_AgentVersion() {
         // Then
-        AssertTrue(InstanaSystemUtils.agentVersion == "1.6.8")
+        AssertTrue(InstanaSystemUtils.agentVersion == "1.6.9")
     }
 
     func test_systemVersion() {