diff --git a/etc/namedb/named.conf b/etc/namedb/named.conf
index 3f64e113866d..32d1d3a08780 100644
--- a/etc/namedb/named.conf
+++ b/etc/namedb/named.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ options {
 	directory	"/etc/namedb";
 	pid-file	"/var/run/named/pid";
 	dump-file	"/var/dump/named_dump.db";
+	statistics-file	"/var/stats/named.stats";
 
 // In addition to the "forwarders" clause, you can force your name
 // server to never initiate queries of its own, but always ask its