diff --git a/daisydog.conf b/daisydog.conf
index 5403fb1..86b5bcb 100644
--- a/daisydog.conf
+++ b/daisydog.conf
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@
 description   "Simple Watchdog daemon"
 author        "chromium-os-dev@chromium.org"
 
-start on starting boot-services
+start on started boot-services
 stop on stopping boot-services
 respawn
 
+pre-start script
+  # Depending on kernel output strings is fragile. :/
+  # Could monitor daisydog output instead?
+  # Only better since this conf file is part of daisydog ebuild.
+  if dmesg | fgrep -q 'Watchdog timed out' ; then
+    metrics_client -v HwWatchdogReboot
+  fi
+end script
+
 exec nice -n -20 /sbin/minijail0 -u watchdog -g watchdog -- /usr/sbin/daisydog