diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4476b397be1..10cf3b671c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ webpack-stats.json
 
 # .tfvars files
 *.tfvars
+
+*.prof
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ea480f5deed..7d6bd0d5dc0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM python:3.6-slim-jessie
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 RUN mkdir /code && \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget git dos2unix gcc libc6-dev libc-dev libssl-dev make automake libtool autoconf pkg-config libffi-dev && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends graphviz wget git dos2unix gcc libc6-dev libc-dev libssl-dev make automake libtool autoconf pkg-config libffi-dev && \
     pip3 install dumb-init && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index 007c0e3e18f..3d88c1f5dfe 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -343,3 +343,19 @@
 # COLO Coin
 COLO_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS = env('COLO_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS', default='')
 COLO_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY = env('COLO_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY', default='')
+
+# Silk Profiling and Performance Monitoring
+ENABLE_SILK = env.bool('ENABLE_SILK', default=DEBUG)
+if ENABLE_SILK:
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ['silk']
+    MIDDLEWARE += ('silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware', )
+    SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER = env.bool('SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER', default=True)
+    SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER_BINARY = env.bool('SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER_BINARY', default=False)
+    SILKY_AUTHENTICATION = env.bool('SILKY_AUTHENTICATION', default=False)
+    SILKY_AUTHORISATION = env.bool('SILKY_AUTHORISATION', default=False)
+    SILKY_META = env.bool('SILKY_META', default=True)
+    SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT = env.int('SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT', default=50)
+    SILKY_MAX_RECORDED_REQUESTS = env.int('SILKY_MAX_RECORDED_REQUESTS', default=10000)
+    SILKY_DYNAMIC_PROFILING = env.dict('SILKY_DYNAMIC_PROFILING', default={})
+    SILKY_MAX_RECORDED_REQUESTS_CHECK_PERCENT = env.int(
+        'SILKY_MAX_RECORDED_REQUESTS_CHECK_PERCENT', default=10)
diff --git a/app/app/urls.py b/app/app/urls.py
index 33f6170bd6e..fb32a914dc6 100644
--- a/app/app/urls.py
+++ b/app/app/urls.py
@@ -197,9 +197,11 @@
     path(settings.SENDGRID_EVENT_HOOK_URL, marketing.webhookviews.process, name='sendgrid_event_process'),
     # gitcoinbot
     url(settings.GITHUB_EVENT_HOOK_URL, gitcoinbot.views.payload, name='payload'),
-
 ]
 
+if settings.ENABLE_SILK:
+    urlpatterns += [url(r'^silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))]
+
 handler403 = 'retail.views.handler403'
 handler404 = 'retail.views.handler404'
 handler500 = 'retail.views.handler500'
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index caabbe3a9d0..b5092b74cc9 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ eth-utils==1.0.0b2
 jsondiff==1.1.1
 django-ipware==2.0.1
 geoip2==2.7.0
+django-silk==2.0.0