diff --git a/eland/ndframe.py b/eland/ndframe.py
index 3d8b646..d1c9372 100644
--- a/eland/ndframe.py
+++ b/eland/ndframe.py
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ class NDFrame(ABC):
         """
         return self._query_compiler.min(numeric_only=numeric_only)
 
+    def var(self, numeric_only=True):
+        return self._query_compiler.var(numeric_only=numeric_only)
+
+    def std(self, numeric_only=True):
+        return self._query_compiler.std(numeric_only=numeric_only)
+
     def max(self, numeric_only=True):
         """
         Return the maximum value for each numeric column
diff --git a/eland/operations.py b/eland/operations.py
index 63f4563..a650d46 100644
--- a/eland/operations.py
+++ b/eland/operations.py
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ class Operations:
     def mean(self, query_compiler, numeric_only=True):
         return self._metric_aggs(query_compiler, "avg", numeric_only=numeric_only)
 
+    def var(self, query_compiler, numeric_only=True):
+        return self._metric_aggs(
+            query_compiler, ("extended_stats", "variance"), numeric_only=numeric_only
+        )
+
+    def std(self, query_compiler, numeric_only=True):
+        return self._metric_aggs(
+            query_compiler,
+            ("extended_stats", "std_deviation"),
+            numeric_only=numeric_only,
+        )
+
     def sum(self, query_compiler, numeric_only=True):
         return self._metric_aggs(query_compiler, "sum", numeric_only=numeric_only)
 
@@ -226,7 +238,10 @@ class Operations:
                 )
 
             for field in source_fields:
-                body.metric_aggs(field, func, field)
+                if isinstance(func, tuple):
+                    body.metric_aggs(func[0] + "_" + field, func[0], field)
+                else:
+                    body.metric_aggs(field, func, field)
 
             response = query_compiler._client.search(
                 index=query_compiler._index_pattern, size=0, body=body.to_search_body()
@@ -250,11 +265,21 @@ class Operations:
                         response["aggregations"][field]["value_as_string"], date_format
                     )
                 elif keep_original_dtype:
-                    results[field] = pd_dtype.type(
-                        response["aggregations"][field]["value"]
-                    )
+                    if isinstance(func, tuple):
+                        results = pd_dtype.type(
+                            response["aggregations"][func[0] + "_" + field][func[1]]
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        results[field] = pd_dtype.type(
+                            response["aggregations"][field]["value"]
+                        )
                 else:
-                    results[field] = response["aggregations"][field]["value"]
+                    if isinstance(func, tuple):
+                        results[field] = response["aggregations"][
+                            func[0] + "_" + field
+                        ][func[1]]
+                    else:
+                        results[field] = response["aggregations"][field]["value"]
 
         # Return single value if this is a series
         # if len(numeric_source_fields) == 1:
diff --git a/eland/query_compiler.py b/eland/query_compiler.py
index b32c4e6..011d5dc 100644
--- a/eland/query_compiler.py
+++ b/eland/query_compiler.py
@@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ class QueryCompiler:
     def mean(self, numeric_only=None):
         return self._operations.mean(self, numeric_only=numeric_only)
 
+    def var(self, numeric_only=None):
+        return self._operations.var(self, numeric_only=numeric_only)
+
+    def std(self, numeric_only=None):
+        return self._operations.std(self, numeric_only=numeric_only)
+
     def sum(self, numeric_only=None):
         return self._operations.sum(self, numeric_only=numeric_only)
 
diff --git a/eland/tests/dataframe/test_metrics_pytest.py b/eland/tests/dataframe/test_metrics_pytest.py
index 1551b75..bb55cc1 100644
--- a/eland/tests/dataframe/test_metrics_pytest.py
+++ b/eland/tests/dataframe/test_metrics_pytest.py
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
 
 # File called _pytest for PyCharm compatability
 
-from pandas.util.testing import assert_series_equal
+from pandas.util.testing import assert_series_equal, assert_almost_equal
 
 from eland.tests.common import TestData
 
 
 class TestDataFrameMetrics(TestData):
     funcs = ["max", "min", "mean", "sum"]
+    extended_funcs = ["var", "std"]
 
     def test_flights_metrics(self):
         pd_flights = self.pd_flights()
@@ -32,6 +33,16 @@ class TestDataFrameMetrics(TestData):
 
             assert_series_equal(pd_metric, ed_metric)
 
+    def test_flights_extended_metrics(self):
+        pd_flights = self.pd_flights()
+        ed_flights = self.ed_flights()
+
+        for func in self.extended_funcs:
+            pd_metric = getattr(pd_flights, func)(numeric_only=True)
+            ed_metric = getattr(ed_flights, func)(numeric_only=True)
+
+            assert_almost_equal(pd_metric, ed_metric, check_less_precise=True)
+
     def test_ecommerce_selected_non_numeric_source_fields(self):
         # None of these are numeric
         columns = [