diff --git a/support/scripts/pkg-stats b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
index 0d4bb13196..0e7d60bdbb 100755
--- a/support/scripts/pkg-stats
+++ b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ def check_package_cves(nvd_path, packages):
 
 def calculate_stats(packages):
     stats = defaultdict(int)
+    stats['packages'] = len(packages)
     for pkg in packages:
         # If packages have multiple infra, take the first one. For the
         # vast majority of packages, the target and host infra are the