diff --git a/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/ingest/carbon/ingest.go b/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/ingest/carbon/ingest.go
index 779caacd07..f88a8ef11d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/ingest/carbon/ingest.go
+++ b/src/cmd/services/m3coordinator/ingest/carbon/ingest.go
@@ -214,6 +214,24 @@ func (i *ingester) write(
 		WriteOverride:      true,
 	}
 
+	matched := 0
+	defer func() {
+		if matched == 0 {
+			// No policies matched.
+			debugLog := i.logger.Check(zapcore.DebugLevel, "no rules matched carbon metric, skipping")
+			if debugLog != nil {
+				debugLog.Write(zap.ByteString("name", resources.name))
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		debugLog := i.logger.Check(zapcore.DebugLevel, "successfully wrote carbon metric")
+		if debugLog != nil {
+			debugLog.Write(zap.ByteString("name", resources.name),
+				zap.Int("matchedRules", matched))
+		}
+	}()
+
 	for _, rule := range i.rules {
 		if rule.rule.Pattern == graphite.MatchAllPattern || rule.regexp.Match(resources.name) {
 			// Each rule should only have either mapping rules or storage policies so
@@ -228,47 +246,55 @@ func (i *ingester) write(
 					zap.Any("mappingRules", rule.mappingRules),
 					zap.Any("storagePolicies", rule.storagePolicies))
 			}
+
 			// Break because we only want to apply one rule per metric based on which
 			// ever one matches first.
-			break
-		}
-	}
+			err := i.writeWithOptions(ctx, resources, timestamp, value,
+				downsampleAndStoragePolicies)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false
+			}
 
-	if len(downsampleAndStoragePolicies.DownsampleMappingRules) == 0 &&
-		len(downsampleAndStoragePolicies.WriteStoragePolicies) == 0 {
-		// Nothing to do if none of the policies matched.
-		debugLog := i.logger.Check(zapcore.DebugLevel, "no rules matched carbon metric, skipping")
-		if debugLog != nil {
-			debugLog.Write(zap.ByteString("name", resources.name))
+			matched++
+
+			// If continue is not specified then we matched the current set of rules.
+			if !rule.rule.Continue {
+				break
+			}
 		}
-		return false
 	}
 
+	return matched > 0
+}
+
+func (i *ingester) writeWithOptions(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	resources *lineResources,
+	timestamp time.Time,
+	value float64,
+	opts ingest.WriteOptions,
+) error {
 	resources.datapoints[0] = ts.Datapoint{Timestamp: timestamp, Value: value}
 	tags, err := GenerateTagsFromNameIntoSlice(resources.name, i.tagOpts, resources.tags)
 	if err != nil {
 		i.logger.Error("err generating tags from carbon",
 			zap.String("name", string(resources.name)), zap.Error(err))
 		i.metrics.malformed.Inc(1)
-		return false
+		return err
 	}
 
 	err = i.downsamplerAndWriter.Write(
-		ctx, tags, resources.datapoints, xtime.Second, nil, downsampleAndStoragePolicies,
+		ctx, tags, resources.datapoints, xtime.Second, nil, opts,
 	)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		i.logger.Error("err writing carbon metric",
 			zap.String("name", string(resources.name)), zap.Error(err))
 		i.metrics.err.Inc(1)
-		return false
+		return err
 	}
 
-	debugLog := i.logger.Check(zapcore.DebugLevel, "successfully wrote carbon metric")
-	if debugLog != nil {
-		debugLog.Write(zap.ByteString("name", resources.name))
-	}
-	return true
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (i *ingester) Close() {
diff --git a/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go b/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go
index 68cbeddb6a..ca176eb976 100644
--- a/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go
+++ b/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ func (c *CarbonIngesterConfiguration) RulesOrDefault(namespaces m3.ClusterNamesp
 // ingestion rule.
 type CarbonIngesterRuleConfiguration struct {
 	Pattern     string                                     `yaml:"pattern"`
+	Continue    bool                                       `yaml:"continue"`
 	Aggregation CarbonIngesterAggregationConfiguration     `yaml:"aggregation"`
 	Policies    []CarbonIngesterStoragePolicyConfiguration `yaml:"policies"`
 }