diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/XMLLanguageServer.java b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/XMLLanguageServer.java
index fdf7a3ab3b..068ccebba3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/XMLLanguageServer.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/XMLLanguageServer.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<InitializeResult> initialize(InitializeParams params) {
 
 		this.parentProcessId = params.getProcessId();
 
+		xmlLanguageService.setTelemetryManager(getTelemetryManager());
 		// Update XML language service extensions with InitializeParams
 		xmlLanguageService.initializeParams(params);
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/ContentModelPlugin.java b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/ContentModelPlugin.java
index be4a8d0d85..da2d83c8ce 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/ContentModelPlugin.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/ContentModelPlugin.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.participants.ContentModelHoverParticipant;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.participants.ContentModelSymbolsProviderParticipant;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.participants.ContentModelTypeDefinitionParticipant;
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.participants.DocumentTelemetryParticipant;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.participants.diagnostics.ContentModelDiagnosticsParticipant;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.settings.ContentModelSettings;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.settings.XMLValidationSettings;
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ public class ContentModelPlugin implements IXMLExtension {
 
 	private XMLValidationSettings currentValidationSettings;
 
+	private DocumentTelemetryParticipant documentTelemetryParticipant;
+
 	public ContentModelPlugin() {
 		completionParticipant = new ContentModelCompletionParticipant();
 		hoverParticipant = new ContentModelHoverParticipant();
@@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ public void start(InitializeParams params, XMLExtensionsRegistry registry) {
 		symbolsProviderParticipant = new ContentModelSymbolsProviderParticipant(contentModelManager);
 		registry.registerSymbolsProviderParticipant(symbolsProviderParticipant);
 		registry.registerCodeLensParticipant(codeLensParticipant);
+		documentTelemetryParticipant = new DocumentTelemetryParticipant(registry.getTelemetryManager());
+		registry.registerDocumentLifecycleParticipant(documentTelemetryParticipant);
 
 		// Register custom commands to re-validate XML files
 		IXMLCommandService commandService = registry.getCommandService();
@@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ public void stop(XMLExtensionsRegistry registry) {
 		registry.unregisterTypeDefinitionParticipant(typeDefinitionParticipant);
 		registry.unregisterSymbolsProviderParticipant(symbolsProviderParticipant);
 		registry.unregisterCodeLensParticipant(codeLensParticipant);
+		registry.unregisterDocumentLifecycleParticipant(documentTelemetryParticipant);
 
 		// Un-register custom commands to re-validate XML files
 		IXMLCommandService commandService = registry.getCommandService();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/participants/DocumentTelemetryParticipant.java b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/participants/DocumentTelemetryParticipant.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a268480cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/contentmodel/participants/DocumentTelemetryParticipant.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat Inc. and others.
+* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+*
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+*
+* Contributors:
+*     Red Hat Inc. - initial API and implementation
+*******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.contentmodel.participants;
+
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.dom.DOMDocument;
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.services.extensions.IDocumentLifecycleParticipant;
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.telemetry.TelemetryManager;
+
+public class DocumentTelemetryParticipant implements IDocumentLifecycleParticipant {
+
+	private TelemetryManager telemetryManager;
+
+	public DocumentTelemetryParticipant(TelemetryManager telemetryManager) {
+		this.telemetryManager = telemetryManager;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void didOpen(DOMDocument document) {
+		telemetryManager.onDidOpen(document);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void didChange(DOMDocument document) {}
+
+	@Override
+	public void didSave(DOMDocument document) {}
+
+	@Override
+	public void didClose(DOMDocument document) {
+		telemetryManager.onDidClose(document);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/extensions/XMLExtensionsRegistry.java b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/extensions/XMLExtensionsRegistry.java
index 80369fca62..6cf516f3d6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/extensions/XMLExtensionsRegistry.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/extensions/XMLExtensionsRegistry.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.services.extensions.format.IFormatterParticipant;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.services.extensions.save.ISaveContext;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.services.extensions.save.ISaveContext.SaveContextType;
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.telemetry.TelemetryManager;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.uriresolver.URIResolverExtensionManager;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.InitializeParams;
 
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ public class XMLExtensionsRegistry implements IComponentProvider {
 
 	private final Map<Class<?>, Object> components;
 
+	private TelemetryManager telemetryManager;
+
 	public XMLExtensionsRegistry() {
 		extensions = new ArrayList<>();
 		completionParticipants = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ public XMLExtensionsRegistry() {
 		documentLifecycleParticipants = new ArrayList<>();
 		resolverExtensionManager = new URIResolverExtensionManager();
 		components = new HashMap<>();
+		telemetryManager = new TelemetryManager(null);
 		registerComponent(resolverExtensionManager);
 	}
 
@@ -505,4 +509,12 @@ public void setCommandService(IXMLCommandService commandService) {
 		this.commandService = commandService;
 	}
 
+	public TelemetryManager getTelemetryManager() {
+		return telemetryManager;
+	}
+
+	public void setTelemetryManager(TelemetryManager telemetryManager) {
+		this.telemetryManager = telemetryManager;
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/DocumentTelemetryInfo.java b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/DocumentTelemetryInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43549f5c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/DocumentTelemetryInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat Inc. and others.
+* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+*
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+*
+* Contributors:
+*     Red Hat Inc. - initial API and implementation
+*******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.lemminx.telemetry;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.dom.DOMDocument;
+
+public class DocumentTelemetryInfo {
+
+	private static final String DOC_PROP_EXT = "extension";
+
+	public static Map<String, Object> getDocumentTelemetryInfo (DOMDocument doc) {
+		String uri = doc.getDocumentURI();
+		int index = uri.lastIndexOf('.');
+		String fileExtension = uri.substring(index + 1, uri.length());
+		HashMap<String, Object> props = new HashMap<>();
+		props.put(DOC_PROP_EXT, fileExtension);
+		return props;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java
index 5fe039d428..956239adf9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.lemminx.telemetry;
 
+import org.eclipse.lemminx.dom.DOMDocument;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.InitializedParams;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.services.LanguageClient;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ public class TelemetryManager {
 	 */
 	private static final String STARTUP_EVENT_NAME = "server.initialized";
 
+	private static final String DOC_OPEN_EVENT_NAME = "server.document.open";
+	private static final String DOC_CLOSE_EVENT_NAME = "server.document.close";
+
 	private final LanguageClient languageClient;
 
 	private boolean enabled;
@@ -51,6 +55,14 @@ public void onInitialized(InitializedParams params) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void onDidOpen(DOMDocument document) {
+		telemetryEvent(DOC_OPEN_EVENT_NAME, DocumentTelemetryInfo.getDocumentTelemetryInfo(document));
+	}
+
+	public void onDidClose(DOMDocument document) {
+		telemetryEvent(DOC_CLOSE_EVENT_NAME, DocumentTelemetryInfo.getDocumentTelemetryInfo(document));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * The telemetry notification is sent from the server to the client to ask the
 	 * client to log a telemetry event.