diff --git a/manifests/server/conf.pp b/manifests/server/conf.pp
index 7944be2ee..140a7a95a 100644
--- a/manifests/server/conf.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/conf.pp
@@ -62,11 +62,15 @@
 #   and the value is an array of config lines. Default: empty
 #  $includes:
 #   Array of absolute paths to named.conf include files. Default: empty
+#  $statistics_channels:
+#   Array of hashes, where each represents a statistics channel with the values 'ip',
+#   'port' and 'acl' to apply for a channel.
 #
 # Sample Usage :
 #  bind::server::conf { '/etc/named.conf':
 #    acls => {
 #      'rfc1918' => [ '10/8', '172.16/12', '192.168/16' ],
+#      'stats'   => [ '10/8', 'localhost' ],
 #    },
 #    masters => {
 #      'mymasters' => [ '192.0.2.1', '198.51.100.1' ],
@@ -87,7 +91,16 @@
 #        'algorithm hmac-md5',
 #        'secret "aaabbbcccddd"',
 #      ],
-#    }
+#    },
+#    statistics_channels  => [{
+#        'ip'   => '127.0.0.1',
+#        'port' => '80',
+#        'acl'  => 'stats',
+#    }, {
+#        'ip'   => '10.0.0.1',
+#        'port' => '8081',
+#        'acl'  => 'stats',
+#    }],
 #  }
 #
 define bind::server::conf (
@@ -121,6 +134,7 @@
   $keys                   = {},
   $includes               = [],
   $views                  = {},
+  $statistics_channels    = [],
 ) {
 
   # OS Defaults
diff --git a/templates/named.conf.erb b/templates/named.conf.erb
index 39cd72b8c..c793d8fa8 100644
--- a/templates/named.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/named.conf.erb
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ zone "<%= key %>" IN {
 
 <% end -%>
 <% end -%>
+<% if !@statistics_channels.empty? -%>
+statistics-channels {
+<% @statistics_channels.each do |channel| -%>
+    inet <%= channel['ip'] %> port <%= channel['port'] %> allow {<%= channel['acl'] %>;};
+<% end -%>
+};
+<% end -%>
+
 <% if @recursion == 'yes' -%>
 include "<%= @file_rfc1912 %>";
 <% end -%>