diff --git a/manifests/server/conf.pp b/manifests/server/conf.pp
index 7944be2ee..fc329c364 100644
--- a/manifests/server/conf.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/conf.pp
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
   $forward                = undef,
   $server_id              = undef,
   $version                = undef,
+  $statistics_address     = '127.0.0.1',
+  $statistics_port        = '8053',
+  $statistics_acls        = [],
   $dump_file              = '/var/named/data/cache_dump.db',
   $statistics_file        = '/var/named/data/named_stats.txt',
   $memstatistics_file     = '/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt',
diff --git a/templates/named.conf.erb b/templates/named.conf.erb
index 39cd72b8c..5f8579705 100644
--- a/templates/named.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/named.conf.erb
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ options {
     bindkeys-file "/etc/named.iscdlv.key";
 };
 
+<% if !@statistics_acls.empty? -%>
+statistics-channels {
+    inet <%= @statistics_address %> port <%= @statistics_port %> allow {
+<% @statistics_acls.each do |line| -%>
+        <%= line %>;
+<% end -%>
+    };
+};
+<% end -%>
+
 logging {
     channel main_log {
         file "/var/log/named/named.log" versions 3 size 5m;