diff --git a/core/od_config.c b/core/od_config.c
index 3e18374f..b0808e78 100644
--- a/core/od_config.c
+++ b/core/od_config.c
@@ -597,6 +597,12 @@ od_configparse(od_config_t *config)
 				return -1;
 			config->scheme->syslog_facility = tk->v.string;
 			continue;
+		/* stats_period */
+		case OD_LSTATS_PERIOD:
+			if (od_confignext(config, OD_LNUMBER, &tk) == -1)
+				return -1;
+			config->scheme->stats_period = rc;
+			continue;
 		/* pooling */
 		case OD_LPOOLING:
 			if (od_confignext(config, OD_LSTRING, &tk) == -1)
diff --git a/core/od_scheme.c b/core/od_scheme.c
index ba53ddeb..132a2448 100644
--- a/core/od_scheme.c
+++ b/core/od_scheme.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ void od_schemeinit(od_scheme_t *scheme)
 	scheme->syslog = 0;
 	scheme->syslog_ident = NULL;
 	scheme->syslog_facility = NULL;
+	scheme->stats_period = 0;
 	scheme->host = NULL;
 	scheme->port = 6432;
 	scheme->backlog = 128;
@@ -314,6 +315,8 @@ void od_schemeprint(od_scheme_t *scheme, od_log_t *log)
 		od_log(log, NULL, "syslog_ident '%s'", scheme->syslog_ident);
 	if (scheme->syslog_facility)
 		od_log(log, NULL, "syslog_facility '%s'", scheme->syslog_facility);
+	if (scheme->stats_period)
+		od_log(log, NULL, "stats_period %d", scheme->stats_period);
 	if (scheme->daemonize)
 		od_log(log, NULL, "daemonize %s",
 		       scheme->daemonize ? "yes" : "no");
diff --git a/core/od_scheme.h b/core/od_scheme.h
index 088d0af0..112cdcbc 100644
--- a/core/od_scheme.h
+++ b/core/od_scheme.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct od_scheme_t {
 	int               syslog;
 	char             *syslog_ident;
 	char             *syslog_facility;
+	int               stats_period;
 	char             *pooling;
 	od_pooling_t      pooling_mode;
 	/* listen */