diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb
index 4fbf40c8..35e44766 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/base.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class Travis::Api::App
 
     configure :production do
       require 'newrelic_rpm'
+      ::NewRelic::Agent.manual_start()
+      ::NewRelic::Agent.after_fork(:force_reconnect => true)
     end
 
     error NotImplementedError do