diff --git a/lib/classes/Utils.js b/lib/classes/Utils.js
index f6f8249fe..01dbc1566 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Utils.js
+++ b/lib/classes/Utils.js
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ class Utils {
     return servicePath;
   }
 
-  logStat(serverless) {
+  logStat(serverless, context) {
+    // the context in which serverless was executed (e.g. "install", "usage", "uninstall", ...)
+    context = context || 'usage'; //eslint-disable-line
+
     const log = (data) => {
       const writeKey = 'XXXX'; // TODO: Replace me before release
       const auth = `${writeKey}:`;
@@ -326,6 +329,7 @@ class Utils {
           },
           general: {
             userId,
+            context,
             timestamp: (new Date()).getTime(),
             timezone: (new Date()).toString().match(/([A-Z]+[+-][0-9]+)/)[1],
             operatingSystem: process.platform,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 214315ac4..b13be78a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "docs": "node scripts/generate-readme.js",
     "simple-integration-test": "jest --maxWorkers=5 simple-suite",
-    "complex-integration-test": "jest --maxWorkers=5 integration"
+    "complex-integration-test": "jest --maxWorkers=5 integration",
+    "postinstall": "node ./scripts/postinstall.js",
+    "postuninstall": "node ./scripts/postuninstall.js"
   },
   "jest": {
     "testRegex": "(\\.|/)(tests)\\.js$",
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.js b/scripts/postinstall.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fde4a3cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
+const Serverless = require('../lib/Serverless');
+
+const serverless = new Serverless();
+
+(() => {
+  serverless.init().then(() => {
+    serverless.utils.logStat(serverless, 'install').catch(() => BbPromise.resolve());
+  });
+})();
diff --git a/scripts/postuninstall.js b/scripts/postuninstall.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..085d6c2b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/postuninstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
+const Serverless = require('../lib/Serverless');
+
+const serverless = new Serverless();
+
+(() => {
+  serverless.init().then(() => {
+    serverless.utils.logStat(serverless, 'uninstall').catch(() => BbPromise.resolve());
+  });
+})();