diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0990c9..55f4c56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.urbanairship</groupId>
   <artifactId>datacube</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>datacube</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/idservices/CachingIdService.java b/src/main/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/idservices/CachingIdService.java
index 7530b5e..5ee3221 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/idservices/CachingIdService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/idservices/CachingIdService.java
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@
 import com.urbanairship.datacube.IdService;
 import com.yammer.metrics.Metrics;
 import com.yammer.metrics.core.Gauge;
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.Meter;
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.Timer;
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.TimerContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * An IdService that wraps around another IdService and caches its results. Calls to getOrCreateId() are
@@ -25,7 +29,16 @@ public class CachingIdService implements IdService {
     private final Cache<Key, byte[]> cache;
     private final IdService wrappedIdService;
 
+    private final Timer idGetTime;
+    private final boolean cacheMisses;
+    private static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY = new byte[0];
+    private final Meter cachedNullResult;
+
     public CachingIdService(int numCached, final IdService wrappedIdService, final String cacheName) {
+        this(numCached, wrappedIdService, cacheName, false);
+    }
+
+    public CachingIdService(int numCached, final IdService wrappedIdService, final String cacheName, boolean cacheMisses) {
         this.wrappedIdService = wrappedIdService;
         this.cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
                 .maximumSize(numCached)
@@ -46,6 +59,11 @@ public Double value() {
                 return cache.stats().hitRate();
             }
         });
+
+        this.idGetTime = Metrics.newTimer(CachingIdService.class,
+                "id_get", cacheName, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        cachedNullResult = Metrics.newMeter(CachingIdService.class, cacheName, "cache null", TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        this.cacheMisses = cacheMisses;
     }
 
 
@@ -64,17 +82,27 @@ public byte[] getOrCreateId(int dimensionNum, byte[] bytes, int numIdBytes) thro
 
     @Override
     public Optional<byte[]> getId(int dimensionNum, byte[] bytes, int numIdBytes) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        final Key key = new Key(dimensionNum, new BoxedByteArray(bytes), numIdBytes);
-        final byte[] cachedVal = cache.getIfPresent(key);
-
-        if (cachedVal == null) {
-            final Optional<byte[]> id = wrappedIdService.getId(dimensionNum, bytes, numIdBytes);
-            if (id.isPresent()) {
-                cache.put(key, id.get());
+        final TimerContext time = idGetTime.time();
+        try {
+            final Key key = new Key(dimensionNum, new BoxedByteArray(bytes), numIdBytes);
+            final byte[] cachedVal = cache.getIfPresent(key);
+
+            if (cachedVal == null) {
+                final Optional<byte[]> id = wrappedIdService.getId(dimensionNum, bytes, numIdBytes);
+                if (id.isPresent()) {
+                    cache.put(key, id.get());
+                } else if (cacheMisses) {
+                    cachedNullResult.mark();
+                    cache.put(key, EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);
+                }
+                return id;
+            } else if (cachedVal == EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY) {
+                return Optional.absent();
+            } else {
+                return Optional.of(cachedVal);
             }
-            return id;
-        } else {
-            return Optional.of(cachedVal);
+        } finally {
+            time.stop();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/IdServiceTests.java b/src/test/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/IdServiceTests.java
index 74d17e1..f1c1a5a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/IdServiceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/urbanairship/datacube/IdServiceTests.java
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@
 
 package com.urbanairship.datacube;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.math.LongMath;
+import com.urbanairship.datacube.idservices.CachingIdService;
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 public class IdServiceTests {
     public static void basicTest(IdService idService) throws Exception {
         final int numFieldBytes = 5;
-        
+
         // Different inputs should always produce different outputs (non-repeating ids)
         Set<BoxedByteArray> idsSeen = new HashSet<BoxedByteArray>();
         for(int i=0; i<500; i++) {
@@ -23,46 +28,102 @@ public static void basicTest(IdService idService) throws Exception {
             BoxedByteArray newBox = new BoxedByteArray(newId);
             Assert.assertTrue("ID was repeated: " + newBox, idsSeen.add(newBox));
         }
-        
+
         // The same input should produce the same output
         byte[] id1 = idService.getOrCreateId(1, Util.longToBytes(10), numFieldBytes);
         byte[] id2 = idService.getOrCreateId(1, Util.longToBytes(10), numFieldBytes);
         Assert.assertEquals(numFieldBytes, id1.length);
         Assert.assertArrayEquals(id1, id2);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Generating 2^(fieldbits) unique IDs should work, then generating one more should raise an
      * exception because no more IDs were available.
-     *  
+     *
      */
-    public static void testExhaustion(IdService idService, int numFieldBytes, int dimensionNum) 
+    public static void testExhaustion(IdService idService, int numFieldBytes, int dimensionNum)
             throws Exception {
         int numFieldBits = numFieldBytes * 8;
-        
+
         long numToGenerate = LongMath.pow(2, numFieldBits);
         long i=0;
         for(; i<numToGenerate; i++) {
             byte[] id = idService.getOrCreateId(dimensionNum, Util.longToBytes(i), numFieldBytes);
             Assert.assertEquals(numFieldBytes, id.length);
         }
-        
+
         try {
             idService.getOrCreateId(dimensionNum, Util.longToBytes(i), numFieldBytes);
             Assert.fail("getOrCreateId call should have thrown an exception");
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             // Happy success
         }
-        
+
         // Subsequent calls for the same input should fail quickly (and not block for long)
         long startTimeNanos = System.nanoTime();
         try {
             idService.getOrCreateId(dimensionNum, Util.longToBytes(i), numFieldBytes);
             Assert.fail("ID allocation should have failed");
-        } catch(RuntimeException e) {
-            if(System.nanoTime() - startTimeNanos > TimeUnit.SECONDS.toNanos(5)) {
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            if (System.nanoTime() - startTimeNanos > TimeUnit.SECONDS.toNanos(5)) {
                 Assert.fail("Took too long to fail");
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCacheMissingOff() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        final CountingIdService wrappedIdService = new CountingIdService();
+        final CachingIdService lol = new CachingIdService(2, wrappedIdService, "lol", false);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.unknown, 0);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.unknown, 0);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.known, 0);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.known, 0);
+        // should not have been cached, so accessed backing store twice
+        Assert.assertEquals(2, wrappedIdService.unKnownCount.get());
+        // should have been cached, so accessed backing store once
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, wrappedIdService.knownCount.get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCacheMissingOn() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        final CountingIdService wrappedIdService = new CountingIdService();
+        final CachingIdService lol = new CachingIdService(2, wrappedIdService, "lol", true);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.unknown, 0);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.unknown, 0);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.known, 0);
+        lol.getId(-1, CountingIdService.known, 0);
+        // should have been cached, so accessed backing store once
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, wrappedIdService.unKnownCount.get());
+        // should have been cached, so accessed backing store once
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, wrappedIdService.knownCount.get());
+    }
+
+    private static final class CountingIdService implements IdService {
+
+        public static final byte[] known = "known".getBytes();
+        public static final byte[] unknown = "unknown".getBytes();
+
+        public final AtomicInteger knownCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        public final AtomicInteger unKnownCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+        @Override
+        public byte[] getOrCreateId(int dimensionNum, byte[] input, int numIdBytes) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            throw new RuntimeException("the feature this class tests doesn't make sense with getOrCreateId");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Optional<byte[]> getId(int dimensionNum, byte[] input, int numIdBytes) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            if (input == known) {
+                knownCount.incrementAndGet();
+                return Optional.of(known);
+            } else if (input == unknown) {
+                unKnownCount.incrementAndGet();
+                return Optional.absent();
+            } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("only use the two values for testing plz");
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
 }