diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c81ead1375..0b446606b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /book/src/img/
 /book/src/tests.ok
 /farf/
+/metrics/scripts/lib/
 /solana-release/
 solana-release.tar.bz2
 /target/
diff --git a/metrics/scripts/.gitignore b/metrics/scripts/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 502167fa0b..0000000000
--- a/metrics/scripts/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/lib
diff --git a/metrics/scripts/README.md b/metrics/scripts/README.md
index 419340bcde..adf84944f6 100644
--- a/metrics/scripts/README.md
+++ b/metrics/scripts/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Start the local metric services:
 
 `$ ./start.sh`
 
-Metrics are enabled on a per-shell basis which means you must `source` the following scripts in each shell in which you start an application you wish to collect metrics from.  For example, if running a Solana fullnode you must call `source ./enable.sh` before starting the node.
+Metrics are enabled on a per-shell basis which means you must `source` the following scripts in each shell in which you start an application you wish to collect metrics from.  For example, if running a Solana fullnode you must call `source ./enable.sh` before starting the node:
 
 `$ source ./enable.sh`
 
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Once metrics have been started and you have an application running you can view
 
 http://localhost:3000/d/local/local-monitor
 
+To test that things are working correctly you can send a test airdrop data point and then check the 
+metrics dashboard:
+
+`$ ./test.sh`
+
 Stop metric services:
 
 `$ ./stop.sh`
@@ -26,11 +31,10 @@ adhoc metrics collection/viewing
 * Linux - `sudo apt-get install influxdb-client`
 * macOS - `brew install influxdb`
 
+Simple example of pulling all airdrop measurements out of the `testnet` database:
 
-Simple example of pulling all `thinclient` measurements out
-of the `local` database:
 ```sh
-$ influx -database local -username admin -password admin -execute 'select * from thinclient'
+$ influx -database testnet -username admin -password admin -execute 'SELECT * FROM "drone-airdrop"'
 ```
 
 Reference: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.5/query_language/
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ Reference: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.5/query_language/
 
 To monitor activity, run one of:
 
-```
+```sh
 $ docker logs -f influxdb
 $ docker logs -f grafana
 ```
diff --git a/metrics/scripts/test.sh b/metrics/scripts/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..99f169732b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/scripts/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Test local metrics by sending a airdrop datapoint
+#
+
+set -e
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+# shellcheck source=metrics/scripts/enable.sh
+source ./enable.sh
+
+if [[ -z $INFLUX_DATABASE || -z $INFLUX_USERNAME || -z $INFLUX_PASSWORD ]]; then
+  echo Influx user credentials not found
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+host="https://localhost:8086"
+if [[ -n $INFLUX_HOST ]]; then
+  host="$INFLUX_HOST"
+fi
+
+set -x
+
+point="drone-airdrop,localmetrics=test request_amount=1i,request_current=1i"
+echo "${host}/write?db=${INFLUX_DATABASE}&u=${INFLUX_USERNAME}&p={$INFLUX_PASSWORD}" \
+  | xargs curl -XPOST --data-binary "$point"