diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index f6228bd60..fbb31d3e9 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import uuid
 import os
-from flask import request, url_for
+from flask import request, url_for, g
 from flask import Flask, _request_ctx_stack
 from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_marshmallow import Marshmallow
+from monotonic import monotonic
 from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
 from notifications_utils import logging
 from app.celery.celery import NotifyCelery
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ from app.clients import Clients
 from app.clients.sms.mmg import MMGClient
 from app.clients.sms.twilio import TwilioClient
 from app.clients.sms.firetext import FiretextClient
+from app.clients.sms.loadtesting import LoadtestingClient
 from app.clients.email.aws_ses import AwsSesClient
 from app.encryption import Encryption
 
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ ma = Marshmallow()
 notify_celery = NotifyCelery()
 twilio_client = TwilioClient()
 firetext_client = FiretextClient()
+loadtest_client = LoadtestingClient()
 mmg_client = MMGClient()
 aws_ses_client = AwsSesClient()
 encryption = Encryption()
@@ -46,11 +49,12 @@ def create_app(app_name=None):
     logging.init_app(application)
     twilio_client.init_app(application)
     firetext_client.init_app(application)
+    loadtest_client.init_app(application)
     mmg_client.init_app(application.config)
     aws_ses_client.init_app(application.config['AWS_REGION'])
     notify_celery.init_app(application)
     encryption.init_app(application)
-    clients.init_app(sms_clients=[firetext_client, mmg_client], email_clients=[aws_ses_client])
+    clients.init_app(sms_clients=[firetext_client, mmg_client, loadtest_client], email_clients=[aws_ses_client])
 
     from app.service.rest import service as service_blueprint
     from app.user.rest import user as user_blueprint
@@ -99,6 +103,10 @@ def init_app(app):
             if error:
                 return error
 
+    @app.before_request
+    def record_start_time():
+        g.start = monotonic()
+
     @app.after_request
     def after_request(response):
         response.headers.add('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
diff --git a/app/clients/sms/loadtesting.py b/app/clients/sms/loadtesting.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..755578a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/clients/sms/loadtesting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import logging
+from app.clients.sms.firetext import (
+    FiretextClient
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class LoadtestingClient(FiretextClient):
+    '''
+    Loadtest sms client.
+    '''
+
+    def init_app(self, config, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(FiretextClient, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.api_key = config.config.get('LOADTESTING_API_KEY')
+        self.from_number = config.config.get('LOADTESTING_NUMBER')
+        self.name = 'loadtesting'
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 938887e9a..6ebed4c64 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class Config(object):
     TWILIO_NUMBER = os.getenv('TWILIO_NUMBER')
     FIRETEXT_NUMBER = os.getenv('FIRETEXT_NUMBER')
     FIRETEXT_API_KEY = os.getenv("FIRETEXT_API_KEY")
+    LOADTESTING_NUMBER = os.getenv('LOADTESTING_NUMBER')
+    LOADTESTING_API_KEY = os.getenv("LOADTESTING_API_KEY")
     CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'local-notifications-csv-upload'
     NOTIFICATIONS_ALERT = 5  # five mins
 
diff --git a/environment_test.sh b/environment_test.sh
index a4276d4c4..f07f9bccf 100644
--- a/environment_test.sh
+++ b/environment_test.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ export FIRETEXT_API_KEY="Firetext"
 export FIRETEXT_NUMBER="Firetext"
 export NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN="test.notify.com"
 export MMG_API_KEY='mmg-secret-key'
-export MMG_FROM_NUMBER='test'
\ No newline at end of file
+export MMG_FROM_NUMBER='test'
+export LOADTESTING_API_KEY="loadtesting"
+export LOADTESTING_NUMBER="loadtesting"
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0013_add_loadtest_client.py b/migrations/versions/0013_add_loadtest_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..669b6e286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/0013_add_loadtest_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 0013_add_loadtest_client
+Revises: 0012_complete_provider_details
+Create Date: 2016-05-05 09:14:29.328841
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '0013_add_loadtest_client'
+down_revision = '0012_complete_provider_details'
+
+import uuid
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+def upgrade():
+
+    op.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO provider_details (id, display_name, identifier, priority, notification_type, active) values ('{}', 'Loadtesting', 'loadtesting', 30, 'sms', true)".format(str(uuid.uuid4()))
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_table('provider_details')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 971ad3cd4..50ded66b5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ monotonic==0.3
 git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-python-client.git@1.0.0#egg=notifications-python-client==1.0.0
 
 
-git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@5.2.0#egg=notifications-utils==5.2.0
+git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@5.2.3#egg=notifications-utils==5.2.3
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_provider_details_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_provider_details_dao.py
index cb63fa400..471632ebf 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_provider_details_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_provider_details_dao.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ from app.dao.provider_details_dao import (
 
 
 def test_can_get_all_providers(notify_db, notify_db_session):
-    assert len(get_provider_details()) == 3
+    assert len(get_provider_details()) == 4
 
 
 def test_can_get_sms_providers(notify_db, notify_db_session):
-    assert len(get_provider_details_by_notification_type('sms')) == 2
+    assert len(get_provider_details_by_notification_type('sms')) == 3
     types = [provider.notification_type for provider in get_provider_details_by_notification_type('sms')]
     assert all('sms' == notification_type for notification_type in types)
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def test_can_get_sms_providers_in_order(notify_db, notify_db_session):
 
     assert providers[0].identifier == "mmg"
     assert providers[1].identifier == "firetext"
+    assert providers[2].identifier == "loadtesting"
 
 
 def test_can_get_email_providers_in_order(notify_db, notify_db_session):
diff --git a/tests/app/provider_details/test_rest.py b/tests/app/provider_details/test_rest.py
index 2cfcf3979..13aa8a03f 100644
--- a/tests/app/provider_details/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/provider_details/test_rest.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ def test_get_provider_details_in_type_and_identifier_order(notify_db, notify_db_
             )
             assert response.status_code == 200
             json_resp = json.loads(response.get_data(as_text=True))['provider_details']
-            assert len(json_resp) == 3
+            assert len(json_resp) == 4
 
             assert json_resp[0]['identifier'] == 'ses'
             assert json_resp[1]['identifier'] == 'mmg'
             assert json_resp[2]['identifier'] == 'firetext'
+            assert json_resp[3]['identifier'] == 'loadtesting'
 
 
 def test_get_provider_details_by_id(notify_db, notify_db_session, notify_api):