diff --git a/package/connman/Config.in b/package/connman/Config.in
index 72b76bf19d..af3e1f69f6 100644
--- a/package/connman/Config.in
+++ b/package/connman/Config.in
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ comment "ofono support needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 4.12"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_DEBUG
 	bool "enable compiling with debugging information"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_STATS
+	bool "enable statistics round robin file generation"
+	help
+	  Enable generation of statistics in a round robin file.
+
+	  This is enabled by default upstream but is marked as
+	  experimental.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_CLIENT
 	bool "enable command line client"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
diff --git a/package/connman/connman.mk b/package/connman/connman.mk
index 1b6fd611f5..a76a339e6f 100644
--- a/package/connman/connman.mk
+++ b/package/connman/connman.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ else
 CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-ofono
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_STATS),y)
+CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-stats
+else
+CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-stats
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_WIFI),y)
 CONNMAN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-wifi
 else