--- a/services/sync/modules/service.js
+++ b/services/sync/modules/service.js
@@ -1503,55 +1503,61 @@ Sync11Service.prototype = {
    * @param collections [optional]
    *        Array of collections to wipe. If not given, all collections are
    *        wiped by issuing a DELETE request for `storageURL`.
    *
    * @return the server's timestamp of the (last) DELETE.
    */
   wipeServer: function wipeServer(collections) {
     let response;
+    let histogram = Services.telemetry.getHistogramById("WEAVE_WIPE_SERVER_SUCCEEDED");
     if (!collections) {
       // Strip the trailing slash.
       let res = this.resource(this.storageURL.slice(0, -1));
       res.setHeader("X-Confirm-Delete", "1");
       try {
         response = res.delete();
       } catch (ex) {
         this._log.debug("Failed to wipe server", ex);
+        histogram.add(false);
         throw ex;
       }
       if (response.status != 200 && response.status != 404) {
         this._log.debug("Aborting wipeServer. Server responded with " +
                         response.status + " response for " + this.storageURL);
+        histogram.add(false);
         throw response;
       }
+      histogram.add(true);
       return response.headers["x-weave-timestamp"];
     }
 
     let timestamp;
     for (let name of collections) {
       let url = this.storageURL + name;
       try {
         response = this.resource(url).delete();
       } catch (ex) {
         this._log.debug("Failed to wipe '" + name + "' collection", ex);
+        histogram.add(false);
         throw ex;
       }
 
       if (response.status != 200 && response.status != 404) {
         this._log.debug("Aborting wipeServer. Server responded with " +
                         response.status + " response for " + url);
+        histogram.add(false);
         throw response;
       }
 
       if ("x-weave-timestamp" in response.headers) {
         timestamp = response.headers["x-weave-timestamp"];
       }
     }
-
+    histogram.add(true);
     return timestamp;
   },
 
   /**
    * Wipe all local user data.
    *
    * @param engines [optional]
    *        Array of engine names to wipe. If not given, all engines are used.

--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/Histograms.json
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Histograms.json
@@ -7834,16 +7834,23 @@
   },
   "WEAVE_COMPLETE_SUCCESS_COUNT": {
     "expires_in_version": "default",
     "kind": "exponential",
     "high": 1000,
     "n_buckets": 10,
     "description": "The number of times a sync successfully completed in this session"
   },
+  "WEAVE_WIPE_SERVER_SUCCEEDED": {
+    "expires_in_version": "55",
+    "alert_emails": ["fx-team@mozilla.com"],
+    "kind": "boolean",
+    "bug_numbers": [1241699],
+    "description": "Stores 1 if a wipeServer call succeeded, and 0 if it failed."
+  },
   "WEBCRYPTO_EXTRACTABLE_IMPORT": {
     "expires_in_version": "never",
     "kind": "boolean",
     "description": "Whether an imported key was marked as extractable"
   },
   "WEBCRYPTO_EXTRACTABLE_GENERATE": {
     "expires_in_version": "never",
     "kind": "boolean",