diff --git a/metricbeat/mb/module/wrapper.go b/metricbeat/mb/module/wrapper.go
index 6883914c607d..803a8c92a98d 100644
--- a/metricbeat/mb/module/wrapper.go
+++ b/metricbeat/mb/module/wrapper.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package module
 
 import (
-	"expvar"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/monitoring"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/processors"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/metricbeat/mb"
 
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	debugf      = logp.MakeDebug("module")
+	debugf = logp.MakeDebug("module")
+
 	fetchesLock = sync.Mutex{}
-	fetches     = expvar.NewMap("fetches")
+	fetches     = map[string]*stats{}
 )
 
 // Wrapper contains the Module and the private data associated with
@@ -44,8 +45,17 @@ type Wrapper struct {
 // running the MetricSet. It contains a pointer to the parent Module.
 type metricSetWrapper struct {
 	mb.MetricSet
-	module *Wrapper    // Parent Module.
-	stats  *expvar.Map // expvar stats for this MetricSet.
+	module *Wrapper // Parent Module.
+	stats  *stats   // stats for this MetricSet.
+}
+
+// stats bundles common metricset stats
+type stats struct {
+	key      string // full stats key
+	ref      uint32 // number of modules/metricsets reusing stats instance
+	success  *monitoring.Int
+	failures *monitoring.Int
+	events   *monitoring.Int
 }
 
 // NewWrapper create a new Module and its associated MetricSets based
@@ -95,15 +105,10 @@ func NewWrappers(modulesConfig []*common.Config, r *mb.Register) ([]*Wrapper, er
 			debugf("Initializing MetricSet type '%s/%s' for host '%s': %T=%+v",
 				ms.Module().Name(), ms.Name(), ms.Host(), ms, ms)
 
-			expMap, err := getMetricSetExpvarMap(mw.Name(), ms.Name())
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
 			msw := &metricSetWrapper{
 				MetricSet: ms,
 				module:    mw,
-				stats:     expMap,
+				stats:     getMetricSetStats(mw.Name(), ms.Name()),
 			}
 			msws = append(msws, msw)
 		}
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ func (mw *Wrapper) Start(done <-chan struct{}) <-chan common.MapStr {
 	wg.Add(len(mw.metricSets))
 	for _, msw := range mw.metricSets {
 		go func(msw *metricSetWrapper) {
+			defer releaseStats(msw.stats)
 			defer wg.Done()
 			msw.startFetching(done, out)
 		}(msw)
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ func (msw *metricSetWrapper) fetch(done <-chan struct{}, out chan<- common.MapSt
 			return err
 		}
 		if event != nil {
-			msw.stats.Add(eventsKey, 1)
+			msw.stats.events.Add(1)
 			writeEvent(done, out, event)
 		}
 	case mb.EventsFetcher:
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ func (msw *metricSetWrapper) fetch(done <-chan struct{}, out chan<- common.MapSt
 			return err
 		}
 		for _, event := range events {
-			msw.stats.Add(eventsKey, 1)
+			msw.stats.events.Add(1)
 			if !writeEvent(done, out, event) {
 				break
 			}
@@ -250,9 +256,9 @@ func (msw *metricSetWrapper) singleEventFetch(fetcher mb.EventFetcher) (common.M
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 
 	if err == nil {
-		msw.stats.Add(successesKey, 1)
+		msw.stats.success.Add(1)
 	} else {
-		msw.stats.Add(failuresKey, 1)
+		msw.stats.failures.Add(1)
 	}
 
 	if event, err = createEvent(msw, event, err, start, elapsed); err != nil {
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ func (msw *metricSetWrapper) multiEventFetch(fetcher mb.EventsFetcher) ([]common
 
 	var rtnEvents []common.MapStr
 	if err == nil {
-		msw.stats.Add(successesKey, 1)
+		msw.stats.success.Add(1)
 
 		for _, event := range events {
 			if event, err = createEvent(msw, event, nil, start, elapsed); err != nil {
@@ -280,7 +286,7 @@ func (msw *metricSetWrapper) multiEventFetch(fetcher mb.EventsFetcher) ([]common
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		msw.stats.Add(failuresKey, 1)
+		msw.stats.failures.Add(1)
 
 		event, err := createEvent(msw, nil, err, start, elapsed)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -311,23 +317,39 @@ func writeEvent(done <-chan struct{}, out chan<- common.MapStr, event common.Map
 	}
 }
 
-func getMetricSetExpvarMap(module, name string) (*expvar.Map, error) {
-	key := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", module, name)
+func getMetricSetStats(module, name string) *stats {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("metricbeat.%s.%s", module, name)
+
 	fetchesLock.Lock()
 	defer fetchesLock.Unlock()
 
-	expVar := fetches.Get(key)
-	switch m := expVar.(type) {
-	case nil:
-		expMap := new(expvar.Map).Init()
-		fetches.Set(key, expMap)
-		expMap.Add(successesKey, 0)
-		expMap.Add(failuresKey, 0)
-		expMap.Add(eventsKey, 0)
-		return expMap, nil
-	case *expvar.Map:
-		return m, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected expvar.Var type (%T) found for key '%s'", m, key)
+	if s := fetches[key]; s != nil {
+		s.ref++
+		return s
+	}
+
+	reg := monitoring.Default.NewRegistry(key)
+	s := &stats{
+		key:      key,
+		ref:      1,
+		success:  monitoring.NewInt(reg, successesKey),
+		failures: monitoring.NewInt(reg, failuresKey),
+		events:   monitoring.NewInt(reg, eventsKey),
 	}
+
+	fetches[key] = s
+	return s
+}
+
+func releaseStats(s *stats) {
+	fetchesLock.Lock()
+	defer fetchesLock.Unlock()
+
+	s.ref--
+	if s.ref > 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	delete(fetches, s.key)
+	monitoring.Default.Remove(s.key)
 }