diff --git a/guidance/models/_guidance_engine_metrics.py b/guidance/models/_guidance_engine_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc2c36cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guidance/models/_guidance_engine_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel, NonNegativeInt
+
+
+class GuidanceEngineMetrics(BaseModel):
+    engine_input_tokens: NonNegativeInt = 0
+    engine_output_tokens: NonNegativeInt = 0
diff --git a/guidance/models/_model.py b/guidance/models/_model.py
index 9213d2f92..fdabaf80e 100644
--- a/guidance/models/_model.py
+++ b/guidance/models/_model.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
         "Failed to load guidance.cpp, falling back to Python mirror implementations..."
     )
     from .. import _cpp as cpp
+
+from ._guidance_engine_metrics import GuidanceEngineMetrics
 from .._rust.guidancerust import engine_start
 from .._utils import softmax, CaptureEvents
 from .._parser import EarleyCommitParser, Parser
@@ -203,6 +205,11 @@ def __init__(self, tokenizer, compute_log_probs=False):
         self._token_trie.match = True
         self._token_trie.match_version = 0
 
+        self.metrics = GuidanceEngineMetrics()
+
+    def reset_metrics(self):
+        self.metrics = GuidanceEngineMetrics()
+
     def start(self, parser, grammar, ensure_bos_token=True):
         """Start processing parser state executed through the grammar.
 
@@ -1626,4 +1633,4 @@ def _check_dominated(node, parser, match_version, next_byte_mask):
             parser.pos = curr_pos
             if not child_dominate:
                 return False
-    return True
+    return True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guidance/models/llama_cpp/_llama_cpp.py b/guidance/models/llama_cpp/_llama_cpp.py
index dba6f0738..34231aae1 100644
--- a/guidance/models/llama_cpp/_llama_cpp.py
+++ b/guidance/models/llama_cpp/_llama_cpp.py
@@ -193,9 +193,12 @@ def get_logits(self, token_ids, forced_bytes, current_temp):
                 batch.logits[n_tokens - 1] = True
 
             ret = llama_cpp.llama_decode(self.model_obj.ctx, batch)
+            self.metrics.engine_input_tokens += n_tokens
             if ret != 0:
                 raise Exception(f"Call to llama_cpp.llama_decode returned {ret}.")
 
+        self.metrics.engine_output_tokens += 1
+
         # get the logits
         logits = llama_cpp.llama_get_logits(self.model_obj.ctx)
         if llama_cpp.__version__ < "0.2.58":
diff --git a/guidance/models/transformers/_transformers.py b/guidance/models/transformers/_transformers.py
index e570614e5..5f395db61 100644
--- a/guidance/models/transformers/_transformers.py
+++ b/guidance/models/transformers/_transformers.py
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ def _tokenizer(self, model, **kwargs):
 
         return tokenizer
 
+    def __call__(self, byte_string):
+        tokenisation = self._orig_tokenizer(byte_string)
+        return tokenisation["input_ids"]
+
 
 class TransformersEngine(Engine):
     def __init__(self, model, tokenizer, compute_log_probs, **kwargs):
@@ -265,6 +269,8 @@ def get_logits(self, token_ids, forced_bytes, current_temp):
             self._cached_logits = (
                 model_out.logits[0, -1, : len(self.tokenizer.tokens)].cpu().numpy()
             )
+            self.metrics.engine_input_tokens += len(new_token_ids)
+            self.metrics.engine_output_tokens += 1
 
         return self._cached_logits
 
diff --git a/tests/library/test_gen.py b/tests/library/test_gen.py
index d89806b12..61b0296fb 100644
--- a/tests/library/test_gen.py
+++ b/tests/library/test_gen.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from guidance import gen, models
+from guidance import gen, models, select
 
 
 def test_basic():
@@ -73,6 +73,56 @@ def test_stop_quote(selected_model):
     assert not lm["title"].endswith('"')
 
 
+def test_metrics_smoke(selected_model: models.Model):
+    lm = selected_model
+    lm.engine.reset_metrics()
+
+    lm += "abcd"
+    print(f"{lm.engine.metrics=}")
+    lm += gen("first", max_tokens=1)
+    print(f"{lm.engine.metrics=}")
+    # Can't be sure of exact count due to token healing
+    assert (
+        lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens == 1
+        or lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens == 2
+    )
+    assert lm.engine.metrics.engine_input_tokens >= 1
+    last_input_tokens = lm.engine.metrics.engine_input_tokens
+
+    lm += "fg"
+    lm += gen("second", max_tokens=1)
+    # Again, trouble with healing
+    assert (
+        lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens >= 2
+        or lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens <= 4
+    )
+    assert lm.engine.metrics.engine_input_tokens > last_input_tokens
+
+
+def test_metrics_select(selected_model: models.Model):
+    lm = selected_model
+    lm.engine.reset_metrics()
+
+    lm += "I will "
+    lm += select(
+        [
+            "ride a bicycle down the road",
+            "row in a boat along the river",
+            "go for a swim in the ocean",
+        ]
+    )
+    print(f"lm={str(lm)}")
+    print(f"{lm.engine.metrics=}")
+    assert lm.engine.metrics.engine_input_tokens > 1
+    assert lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens > 0
+    # Guidance should be able to force the generation after only a couple of tokens
+    # so even though the options are long, relatively few output tokens should be
+    # needed
+    assert (
+        lm.engine.metrics.engine_input_tokens > lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens
+    )
+
+
 def test_unicode(selected_model):
     # black makes this test ugly -- easier to read with fmt: off
     # fmt: off
@@ -85,11 +135,18 @@ def test_unicode(selected_model):
     # fmt: on
 
 
-def test_unicode2(selected_model):
+def test_unicode2(selected_model: models.Model):
     lm = selected_model
+    lm.engine.reset_metrics()
     prompt = "Janet’s ducks lay 16 eggs per day"
     lm += prompt + gen(max_tokens=10)
-    assert True
+    assert lm.engine.metrics.engine_input_tokens > 1
+    # Due to token healing, we can't be sure of the
+    # precise output count
+    assert (
+        lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens == 10
+        or lm.engine.metrics.engine_output_tokens == 11
+    )
 
 
 def test_gsm8k():