diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index b77d253..3049ac8 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
                 "METRIC__INTERVAL": "5",
                 "METRIC__LOG__ENABLED": "True",
                 "METRIC__DISK__PATHS": "[\"/var\", \"/\", \"/dev\"]",
+                "METRIC__EXTERNAL__EXECUTABLES": "[\"${workspaceFolder}/dummy-metric\"]",
             },
             "justMyCode": true
         }
diff --git a/dummy-metric b/dummy-metric
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3e761d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dummy-metric
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Dummy"
+echo "95"
+echo "normal"
+awk "BEGIN{srand(); r=rand(); print r * 100}"
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py
index 5bedeff..5f6445f 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def handle_report() -> None:
         metrics.cpu(),
         metrics.memory(),
         metrics.disk(),
+        metrics.external(),
     )
 
     # maybe print this to stdout
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/__init__.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/__init__.py
index 5eac512..cf1a0c0 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from ._report import Report
 from .cpu import cpu
 from .disk import disk
+from .external import external
 from .memory import memory
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -8,5 +9,6 @@ __all__ = [
 
     "cpu",
     "disk",
+    "external",
     "memory",
 ]
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/external.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/external.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..681a6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/external.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from typing import Iterator
+
+from ..settings import SETTINGS
+from ._report import Report, ReportData
+
+
+def _hwdata() -> Iterator[ReportData]:
+    yield ReportData(
+        name="Foo",
+        value=69.42,
+    )
+
+
+def external() -> Report | None:
+    return Report.aggregate(
+        settings=SETTINGS.external,
+        get_data=_hwdata,
+    )
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/__init__.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/__init__.py
index 4a2a6a0..a2fbf0a 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     cpu: metric.CpuMS = metric.CpuMS()
     memory: metric.MemoryMS = metric.MemoryMS()
     disk: metric.DiskMS = metric.DiskMS()
+    external: metric.ExternalMS = metric.ExternalMS()
 
     # pinging webhooks
     webhook: misc.WebhookSettings = misc.WebhookSettings()