diff --git a/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/index.js b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1fd0cfab5245a
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+++ b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+define(function (require) {
+  require('registry/vis_types').register(function (Private) {
+    return Private(require('plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis'));
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.html b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..550395940fc01
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+++ b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div ng-controller="KbnMetricVisController" class="metric-vis">
+    <div class="metric-value">{{metric.value}}</div>
+    <div>{{metric.label}}</div>
+</div>
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diff --git a/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.js b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9596655e78803
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+++ b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+define(function (require) {
+  // we need to load the css ourselves
+  require('css!plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.css');
+
+  // we also need to load the controller and used by the template
+  require('plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller');
+
+  return function (Private) {
+    var TemplateVisType = Private(require('plugins/vis_types/template/template_vis_type'));
+    var Schemas = Private(require('plugins/vis_types/_schemas'));
+
+    // return the visType object, which kibana will use to display and configure new
+    // Vis object of this type.
+    return new TemplateVisType({
+      name: 'metric',
+      title: 'Metric',
+      icon: 'fa-calculator',
+      template: require('text!plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.html'),
+      schemas: new Schemas([
+        {
+          group: 'metrics',
+          name: 'metric',
+          title: 'Metric',
+          min: 1,
+          max: 1,
+          defaults: [
+            { type: 'count', schema: 'metric' }
+          ]
+        }
+      ])
+    });
+  };
+});
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diff --git a/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.less b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.less
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6bfa6610fd422
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+++ b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis.less
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.metric-vis {
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: center;
+
+  .metric-value {
+    font-size: 5em;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller.js b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a954f80384b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kibana/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+define(function (require) {
+  // get the kibana/metric_vis module, and make sure that it requires the "kibana" module if it
+  // didn't already
+  var module = require('modules').get('kibana/metric_vis', ['kibana']);
+
+  module.controller('KbnMetricVisController', function ($scope) {
+    var metric = $scope.metric = {
+      label: null,
+      value: null
+    };
+
+    $scope.$watch('esResponse', function (resp) {
+      if (!resp) {
+        metric.label = metric.value = null;
+      } else {
+        var agg = $scope.vis.aggs[0];
+        metric.label = agg.makeLabel();
+        if (agg.type.name === 'count') metric.value = resp.hits.total;
+        else metric.value = resp.aggregations[agg.id].value;
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/tasks/config/less.js b/tasks/config/less.js
index 8da0587a49557..15e259f2c653a 100644
--- a/tasks/config/less.js
+++ b/tasks/config/less.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ module.exports = {
       '<%= plugins %>/visualize/styles/main.less',
       '<%= plugins %>/visualize/styles/visualization.less',
       '<%= plugins %>/visualize/styles/main.less',
-      '<%= plugins %>/table_vis/table_vis.less'
+      '<%= plugins %>/table_vis/table_vis.less',
+      '<%= plugins %>/metric_vis/metric_vis.less'
     ],
     expand: true,
     ext: '.css',
diff --git a/test/unit/index.html b/test/unit/index.html
index 6211b5fbeb0c0..6b6f277546ab0 100644
--- a/test/unit/index.html
+++ b/test/unit/index.html
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@
           'specs/components/agg_response/tabify/tabify',
           'specs/components/agg_table/index',
           'specs/plugins/vis_types/index',
-          'specs/utils/slugify_id'
+          'specs/utils/slugify_id',
+          'specs/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller'
         ], function () {
           bootstrap(kibana, sinon);
         });
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller.js b/test/unit/specs/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b3157a80ce680
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+++ b/test/unit/specs/plugins/metric_vis/metric_vis_controller.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+define(function (require) {
+  var metricVis = {
+    aggs: [{
+      type: {name: 'count'},
+      schema: 'metric',
+      makeLabel: function () {
+        return 'Count of documents';
+      }
+    }]
+  };
+
+  var averageVis = {
+    aggs: [{
+      id: 'agg',
+      type: {name: 'average'},
+      schema: 'metric',
+      makeLabel: function () {
+        return 'Average bytes';
+      }
+    }]
+  };
+
+  describe('metric vis', function () {
+    var $scope;
+
+    beforeEach(module('kibana/metric_vis'));
+    beforeEach(inject(function ($rootScope, $controller) {
+      $scope = $rootScope.$new();
+      $controller('KbnMetricVisController', {$scope: $scope});
+      $scope.$digest();
+    }));
+
+    it('should set the metric', function () {
+      expect($scope).to.have.property('metric');
+    });
+
+    it('should set the metric label and value for count', function () {
+      expect($scope.metric.label).to.not.be.ok();
+      expect($scope.metric.value).to.not.be.ok();
+
+      $scope.vis = metricVis;
+      $scope.esResponse = {hits: {total: 4826}};
+      $scope.$digest();
+
+      expect($scope.metric.label).to.be('Count of documents');
+      expect($scope.metric.value).to.be($scope.esResponse.hits.total);
+    });
+
+    it('should set the metric value for average', function () {
+      expect($scope.metric.label).to.not.be.ok();
+      expect($scope.metric.value).to.not.be.ok();
+
+      $scope.vis = averageVis;
+      $scope.esResponse = {hits: {total: 4826}, aggregations: {agg: {value: 1234}}};
+      $scope.$digest();
+
+      expect($scope.metric.label).to.be('Average bytes');
+      expect($scope.metric.value).to.be($scope.esResponse.aggregations.agg.value);
+    });
+  });
+});
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