diff --git a/bin/daily b/bin/daily
index 436e02458..b69e823b3 100755
--- a/bin/daily
+++ b/bin/daily
@@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ $DTDIR/ietf/manage.py fetch_meeting_attendance --latest 2
 # Send reminders originating from the review app
 $DTDIR/ietf/bin/send-review-reminders
 
+# Purge old request_profiler records
+$DTDIR/ietf/manage.py purge_request_profiler_records
diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 3352fc7de..e702def73 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ if DEBUG:
 
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    # Must be first to measure correct request timing
+    'request_profiler.middleware.ProfilingMiddleware',
+    #
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware', # see docs on CORS_REPLACE_HTTPS_REFERER before using it
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -405,6 +408,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django_password_strength',
     'djangobwr',
     'form_utils',
+    'request_profiler',
     'simple_history',
     'tastypie',
     'widget_tweaks',
@@ -1118,9 +1122,10 @@ if SERVER_MODE != 'production':
 
     CACHES = {
         'default': {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache',
             #'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
             #'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
-            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache',
+            #'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
             'VERSION': __version__,
             'KEY_PREFIX': 'ietf:dt',
         },
diff --git a/ietf/settings_releasetest.py b/ietf/settings_releasetest.py
index 99c275d1b..aea0b0f9a 100644
--- a/ietf/settings_releasetest.py
+++ b/ietf/settings_releasetest.py
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ DATABASES = {
 
 if TEST_CODE_COVERAGE_CHECKER and not TEST_CODE_COVERAGE_CHECKER._started: # pyflakes:ignore
     TEST_CODE_COVERAGE_CHECKER.start()                          # pyflakes:ignore
+
+REQUEST_PROFILE_STORE_ANONYMOUS_SESSIONS = False
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py b/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py
index bc678ab18..2fbfcf862 100644
--- a/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py
+++ b/ietf/settings_sqlitetest.py
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@ PHOTOS_DIR = MEDIA_ROOT + PHOTOS_DIRNAME                            # pyflakes:i
 MIDDLEWARE = [ c for c in MIDDLEWARE if not c in DEV_MIDDLEWARE ] # pyflakes:ignore
 
 TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors'] = [ p for p in TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors'] if not p in DEV_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS ] # pyflakes:ignore
+
+REQUEST_PROFILE_STORE_ANONYMOUS_SESSIONS = False
diff --git a/ietf/utils/management/commands/purge_request_profiler_records.py b/ietf/utils/management/commands/purge_request_profiler_records.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29e1d6547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/utils/management/commands/purge_request_profiler_records.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright The IETF Trust 2020, All Rights Reserved
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import datetime
+
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+import debug                            # pyflakes:ignore
+
+from request_profiler.models import ProfilingRecord
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Purge information older than a given number of days (default 30) from the
+    profiling records table
+    """
+
+    help = dedent(__doc__).strip()
+            
+            
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('-d', '--days', dest='days', type=int, default=30,
+            help='Purge records older than this (default %(default)s days).')
+
+    def handle(self, *filenames, **options):
+        start = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=int(options['days']))
+        deleted = ProfilingRecord.objects.filter(start_ts__lt=start).delete()
+        self.stdout.write('deleted: %s' % str(deleted))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5705be35d..d63b0651d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ django-formtools>=1.0		# instead of django.contrib.formtools in 1.8
 django-markup>=1.1
 django-password-strength>=1.2.1
 django-referrer-policy>=1.0
+django-request-profiler==0.14   # 0.15 and above requires Django 2.x
 django-simple-history>=2.3.0
 django-stubs==1.3.0
 django-tastypie>=0.13.2