diff --git a/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/composite.py b/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/composite.py
index 21092760f..58d6cb65e 100644
--- a/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/composite.py
+++ b/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/composite.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class CompositeRule(wtypes.UserType):
     threshold_plugins = None
 
     def __init__(self):
-        threshold_rules = ('gnocchi_resources_threshold',
+        threshold_rules = ('ceilometer',
+                           'gnocchi_resources_threshold',
                            'gnocchi_aggregation_by_metrics_threshold',
                            'gnocchi_aggregation_by_resources_threshold')
         CompositeRule.threshold_plugins = named.NamedExtensionManager(
diff --git a/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/threshold.py b/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/threshold.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f7ba39d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aodh/api/controllers/v2/alarm_rules/threshold.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Catalyst Cloud Ltd.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+import wsme
+from wsme import types as wtypes
+
+from aodh.api.controllers.v2 import base
+from aodh.api.controllers.v2 import utils as v2_utils
+from aodh.i18n import _
+from aodh import storage
+
+
+class AlarmThresholdRule(base.AlarmRule):
+    """Alarm Threshold Rule
+
+    Describe when to trigger the alarm based on computed statistics
+    """
+
+    meter_name = wsme.wsattr(wtypes.text, mandatory=True)
+    "The name of the meter"
+
+    query = wsme.wsattr([base.Query], default=[])
+    """The query to find the data for computing statistics.
+    Ownership settings are automatically included based on the Alarm owner.
+    """
+
+    period = wsme.wsattr(wtypes.IntegerType(minimum=1), default=60)
+    "The time range in seconds over which query"
+
+    comparison_operator = base.AdvEnum('comparison_operator', str,
+                                       'lt', 'le', 'eq', 'ne', 'ge', 'gt',
+                                       default='eq')
+    "The comparison against the alarm threshold"
+
+    threshold = wsme.wsattr(float, mandatory=True)
+    "The threshold of the alarm"
+
+    statistic = base.AdvEnum('statistic', str, 'max', 'min', 'avg', 'sum',
+                             'count', default='avg')
+    "The statistic to compare to the threshold"
+
+    evaluation_periods = wsme.wsattr(wtypes.IntegerType(minimum=1), default=1)
+    "The number of historical periods to evaluate the threshold"
+
+    exclude_outliers = wsme.wsattr(bool, default=False)
+    "Whether datapoints with anomalously low sample counts are excluded"
+
+    ceilometer_sample_api_is_supported = None
+
+    def __init__(self, query=None, **kwargs):
+        query = [base.Query(**q) for q in query] if query else []
+        super(AlarmThresholdRule, self).__init__(query=query, **kwargs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate(threshold_rule):
+        # note(sileht): wsme default doesn't work in some case
+        # workaround for https://bugs.launchpad.net/wsme/+bug/1227039
+        if not threshold_rule.query:
+            threshold_rule.query = []
+
+        # Timestamp is not allowed for AlarmThresholdRule query, as the alarm
+        # evaluator will construct timestamp bounds for the sequence of
+        # statistics queries as the sliding evaluation window advances
+        # over time.
+        v2_utils.validate_query(threshold_rule.query,
+                                storage.SampleFilter.__init__,
+                                allow_timestamps=False)
+        return threshold_rule
+
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_alarm(cls, alarm):
+        # ensure an implicit constraint on project_id is added to
+        # the query if not already present
+        alarm.threshold_rule.query = v2_utils.sanitize_query(
+            alarm.threshold_rule.query,
+            storage.SampleFilter.__init__,
+            on_behalf_of=alarm.project_id
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def default_description(self):
+        return (_('Alarm when %(meter_name)s is %(comparison_operator)s a '
+                  '%(statistic)s of %(threshold)s over %(period)s seconds') %
+                dict(comparison_operator=self.comparison_operator,
+                     statistic=self.statistic,
+                     threshold=self.threshold,
+                     meter_name=self.meter_name,
+                     period=self.period))
+
+    def as_dict(self):
+        rule = self.as_dict_from_keys(['period', 'comparison_operator',
+                                       'threshold', 'statistic',
+                                       'evaluation_periods', 'meter_name',
+                                       'exclude_outliers'])
+        rule['query'] = [q.as_dict() for q in self.query]
+        return rule
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sample(cls):
+        return cls(meter_name='cpu_util',
+                   period=60,
+                   evaluation_periods=1,
+                   statistic='avg',
+                   comparison_operator='gt',
+                   threshold=50.0,
+                   query=[{'field': 'resource_id',
+                           'value': '2a4d689b-f0b8-49c1-9eef-87cae58d80db',
+                           'op': 'eq',
+                           'type': 'string'}])
diff --git a/aodh/evaluator/ceilometer.py b/aodh/evaluator/ceilometer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01ac698bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aodh/evaluator/ceilometer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Catalyst Cloud Ltd.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+import copy
+import datetime
+import operator
+import six
+
+from ceilometerclient import client as ceiloclient
+from oslo_log import log
+from oslo_utils import timeutils
+
+from aodh import evaluator
+from aodh.evaluator import utils
+from aodh.i18n import _
+from aodh import keystone_client
+
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+COMPARATORS = {
+    'gt': operator.gt,
+    'lt': operator.lt,
+    'ge': operator.ge,
+    'le': operator.le,
+    'eq': operator.eq,
+    'ne': operator.ne,
+}
+TYPE = "threshold"
+
+
+class InsufficientDataError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, reason, statistics):
+        self.reason = reason
+        self.statistics = statistics
+        super(InsufficientDataError, self).__init__(reason)
+
+
+class ThresholdEvaluator(evaluator.Evaluator):
+    # the sliding evaluation window is extended to allow
+    # the reporting/ingestion lag.
+    look_back = 1
+
+    def __init__(self, conf):
+        super(ThresholdEvaluator, self).__init__(conf)
+        self._cm_client = None
+
+    @property
+    def cm_client(self):
+        if self._cm_client is None:
+            auth_config = self.conf.service_credentials
+            self._cm_client = ceiloclient.get_client(
+                version=2,
+                session=keystone_client.get_session(self.conf),
+                region_name=auth_config.region_name,
+                interface=auth_config.interface,
+            )
+
+        return self._cm_client
+
+    def _bound_duration(self, rule):
+        """Bound the duration of the statistics query."""
+        now = timeutils.utcnow()
+
+        # when exclusion of weak datapoints is enabled, we extend
+        # the look-back period so as to allow a clearer sample count
+        # trend to be established
+        if rule.get('exclude_outliers'):
+            look_back = rule['evaluation_periods']
+        else:
+            look_back = self.look_back
+
+        window = rule['period'] * (rule['evaluation_periods'] + look_back)
+        start = now - datetime.timedelta(seconds=window)
+
+        return start.isoformat(), now.isoformat()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _sanitize(rule, statistics):
+        """Sanitize statistics."""
+        orig_count = len(statistics)
+
+        if rule.get('exclude_outliers'):
+            key = operator.attrgetter('count')
+            mean = utils.mean(statistics, key)
+            stddev = utils.stddev(statistics, key, mean)
+            lower = mean - 2 * stddev
+            upper = mean + 2 * stddev
+            inliers, outliers = utils.anomalies(statistics, key, lower, upper)
+            if outliers:
+                LOG.debug('excluded weak datapoints with sample counts %s',
+                          [s.count for s in outliers])
+                statistics = inliers
+            else:
+                LOG.debug('no excluded weak datapoints')
+
+        # in practice statistics are always sorted by period start, not
+        # strictly required by the API though
+        statistics = statistics[-rule['evaluation_periods']:]
+        result_statistics = [getattr(stat, rule['statistic'])
+                             for stat in statistics]
+
+        LOG.debug('pruned statistics from %d to %d',
+                  orig_count, len(statistics))
+
+        return result_statistics
+
+    def _statistics(self, rule, start, end):
+        """Retrieve statistics over the current window."""
+        after = dict(field='timestamp', op='ge', value=start)
+        before = dict(field='timestamp', op='le', value=end)
+        query = copy.copy(rule['query'])
+        query.extend([before, after])
+
+        LOG.info('statistics query for meter: %s, period: %s, query: %s',
+                 rule['meter_name'], rule['period'], query)
+
+        try:
+            return self.cm_client.statistics.list(
+                meter_name=rule['meter_name'], q=query,
+                period=rule['period'])
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception(_('alarm stats retrieval failed'))
+            return []
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _reason_data(disposition, count, most_recent):
+        """Create a reason data dictionary for this evaluator type."""
+        return {'type': TYPE, 'disposition': disposition,
+                'count': count, 'most_recent': most_recent}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _reason(cls, alarm, statistics, state, count):
+        """Fabricate reason string."""
+        if state == evaluator.OK:
+            disposition = 'inside'
+            count = len(statistics) - count
+        else:
+            disposition = 'outside'
+
+        last = statistics[-1] if statistics else None
+        reason_data = cls._reason_data(disposition, count, last)
+
+        transition = alarm.state != state
+        if transition:
+            return ('Transition to %(state)s due to %(count)d samples'
+                    ' %(disposition)s threshold, most recent:'
+                    ' %(most_recent)s' % dict(reason_data, state=state),
+                    reason_data)
+        return ('Remaining as %(state)s due to %(count)d samples'
+                ' %(disposition)s threshold, most recent: %(most_recent)s'
+                % dict(reason_data, state=state), reason_data)
+
+    def evaluate_rule(self, alarm_rule):
+        """Evaluate alarm rule.
+
+        :returns: state, trending state and statistics.
+        """
+        start, end = self._bound_duration(alarm_rule)
+        statistics = self._statistics(alarm_rule, start, end)
+        statistics = self._sanitize(alarm_rule, statistics)
+
+        sufficient = len(statistics) >= alarm_rule['evaluation_periods']
+        if not sufficient:
+            raise InsufficientDataError(
+                '%d datapoints are unknown' % alarm_rule['evaluation_periods'],
+                statistics)
+
+        def _compare(value):
+            op = COMPARATORS[alarm_rule['comparison_operator']]
+            limit = alarm_rule['threshold']
+            LOG.debug('comparing value %(value)s against threshold'
+                      ' %(limit)s', {'value': value, 'limit': limit})
+            return op(value, limit)
+
+        compared = list(six.moves.map(_compare, statistics))
+        distilled = all(compared)
+        unequivocal = distilled or not any(compared)
+        number_outside = len([c for c in compared if c])
+
+        if unequivocal:
+            state = evaluator.ALARM if distilled else evaluator.OK
+            return state, None, statistics, number_outside, None
+        else:
+            trending_state = evaluator.ALARM if compared[-1] else evaluator.OK
+            return None, trending_state, statistics, number_outside, None
+
+    def _transition_alarm(self, alarm, state, trending_state, statistics,
+                          outside_count, unknown_reason):
+        unknown = alarm.state == evaluator.UNKNOWN
+        continuous = alarm.repeat_actions
+
+        if trending_state:
+            if unknown or continuous:
+                state = trending_state if unknown else alarm.state
+                reason, reason_data = self._reason(alarm, statistics, state,
+                                                   outside_count)
+                self._refresh(alarm, state, reason, reason_data)
+                return
+
+        if state == evaluator.UNKNOWN and not unknown:
+            LOG.warning('Expecting %(expected)d datapoints but only get '
+                        '%(actual)d'
+                        % {'expected': alarm.rule['evaluation_periods'],
+                           'actual': len(statistics)})
+            # Reason is not same as log message because we want to keep
+            # consistent since thirdparty software may depend on old format.
+            last = None if not statistics else statistics[-1]
+            reason_data = self._reason_data('unknown',
+                                            alarm.rule['evaluation_periods'],
+                                            last)
+            self._refresh(alarm, state, unknown_reason, reason_data)
+
+        elif state and (alarm.state != state or continuous):
+            reason, reason_data = self._reason(alarm, statistics, state,
+                                               outside_count)
+            self._refresh(alarm, state, reason, reason_data)
+
+    def evaluate(self, alarm):
+        if not self.within_time_constraint(alarm):
+            LOG.debug('Attempted to evaluate alarm %s, but it is not '
+                      'within its time constraint.', alarm.alarm_id)
+            return
+
+        try:
+            evaluation = self.evaluate_rule(alarm.rule)
+        except InsufficientDataError as e:
+            evaluation = (evaluator.UNKNOWN, None, e.statistics, 0,
+                          e.reason)
+        self._transition_alarm(alarm, *evaluation)
diff --git a/aodh/evaluator/composite.py b/aodh/evaluator/composite.py
index a780c8dd0..3e530117f 100644
--- a/aodh/evaluator/composite.py
+++ b/aodh/evaluator/composite.py
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ class CompositeEvaluator(evaluator.Evaluator):
     @property
     def threshold_evaluators(self):
         if not self._threshold_evaluators:
-            threshold_types = ('gnocchi_resources_threshold',
+            threshold_types = ('ceilometer',
+                               'gnocchi_resources_threshold',
                                'gnocchi_aggregation_by_metrics_threshold',
                                'gnocchi_aggregation_by_resources_threshold')
             self._threshold_evaluators = stevedore.NamedExtensionManager(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d8df3118b..74fd63cfc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ debtcollector>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 python-octaviaclient>=1.8.0
 python-dateutil  # BSD
 python-heatclient>=1.17.0
+python-ceilometerclient>=1.5.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8e77f85d4..da277faab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ aodh.alarm.rule =
     event = aodh.api.controllers.v2.alarm_rules.event:AlarmEventRule
     composite = aodh.api.controllers.v2.alarm_rules.composite:composite_rule
     loadbalancer_member_health = aodh.api.controllers.v2.alarm_rules.loadbalancer:LoadBalancerMemberHealthRule
+    threshold = aodh.api.controllers.v2.alarm_rules.threshold:AlarmThresholdRule
 
 aodh.evaluator =
     gnocchi_resources_threshold = aodh.evaluator.gnocchi:GnocchiResourceThresholdEvaluator
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ aodh.evaluator =
     gnocchi_aggregation_by_resources_threshold = aodh.evaluator.gnocchi:GnocchiAggregationResourcesThresholdEvaluator
     composite = aodh.evaluator.composite:CompositeEvaluator
     loadbalancer_member_health = aodh.evaluator.loadbalancer:LoadBalancerMemberHealthEvaluator
+    threshold = aodh.evaluator.ceilometer:ThresholdEvaluator
 
 aodh.notifier =
     log = aodh.notifier.log:LogAlarmNotifier