diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/reddit_base.py b/r2/r2/controllers/reddit_base.py
index 964f6d1cd..ce2ca3b7f 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/reddit_base.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/reddit_base.py
@@ -641,12 +641,15 @@ class MinimalController(BaseController):
             log_text("unknown action", "no action for %r" % path_info,
                      "warning")
         if g.usage_sampling >= 1.0 or rand.random() < g.usage_sampling:
-
-            amqp.add_kw("usage_q",
-                        start_time = c.start_time,
-                        end_time = end_time,
-                        sampling_rate = g.usage_sampling,
-                        action = action)
+            amqp.add_kw(
+                "request_info",
+                ip=request.ip,
+                start_time=c.start_time,
+                end_time=end_time,
+                sampling_rate=g.usage_sampling,
+                action=action,
+                headers=dict(request.headers)
+            )
 
         # this thread is probably going to be reused, but it could be
         # a while before it is. So we might as well dump the cache in
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/queues.py b/r2/r2/lib/queues.py
index b88c7b2b9..9be0e4335 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/queues.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/queues.py
@@ -73,17 +73,19 @@ class RedditQueueMap(QueueMap):
         self._q('vote_link_q', self_refer=True)
         self._q('vote_comment_q', self_refer=True)
         self._q('log_q', self_refer=True)
-        self._q('usage_q', self_refer=True, durable=False)
 
         self._q('solrsearch_changes')
         self._q('indextank_changes', self_refer=True)
         self._bind('search_changes', 'solrsearch_changes')
         self._bind('search_changes', 'indextank_changes')
 
+        self._q('usage_q', durable=False)
+
     def bindings(self):
         self.newlink_bindings()
         self.newcomment_bindings()
         self.newsubreddit_bindings()
+        self.requestinfo_bindings()
 
     def newlink_bindings(self):
         self._bind('new_link', 'scraper_q')
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ class RedditQueueMap(QueueMap):
     def newsubreddit_bindings(self):
         pass
 
+    def requestinfo_bindings(self):
+        self._bind('request_info', 'usage_q')
+
 try:
     from r2admin.lib.adminqueues import *
 except ImportError: