diff --git a/core/dcb.c b/core/dcb.c
index e52540e33..071604fac 100644
--- a/core/dcb.c
+++ b/core/dcb.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <dcb.h>
 #include <spinlock.h>
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ DCB	*rval;
 	spinlock_init(&rval->writeqlock);
 	rval->writeq = NULL;
 	rval->state = DCB_STATE_ALLOC;
+	memset(&rval->stats, 0, sizeof(DCBSTATS));	// Zero the statistics
 
 	spinlock_acquire(dcbspin);
 	if (allDCBs == NULL)
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ printDCB(DCB *dcb)
 	(void)printf("DCB: 0x%x\n", (void *)dcb);
 	(void)printf("\tDCB state: %s\n", gw_dcb_state2string(dcb->state));
 	(void)printf("\tQueued write data: %d\n", gwbuf_length(dcb->writeq));
+	(void)printf("\tStatistics:\n");
+	(void)printf("\t\tNo. of Reads: %d\n", dcb->stats.n_reads);
+	(void)printf("\t\tNo. of Writes: %d\n", dcb->stats.n_writes);
+	(void)printf("\t\tNo. of Accepts: %d\n", dcb->stats.n_accepts);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/core/utils.c b/core/utils.c
index 65e0c1805..af7735adf 100644
--- a/core/utils.c
+++ b/core/utils.c
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ int gw_read_backend_event(DCB *dcb, int epfd) {
 	if ((client_protocol->state == MYSQL_WAITING_RESULT) || (client_protocol->state == MYSQL_IDLE)) {
 		struct epoll_event new_event;
 		int w;
-		int count_reads = 0;
-		int count_writes = 0;
 		int b = -1;
 		int tot_b = -1;
 		uint8_t *ptr_buffer;
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ int gw_read_backend_event(DCB *dcb, int epfd) {
 				/* Bad news, we have run out of memory */
 				return 0;
 			}
-			GW_NOINTR_CALL(n = read(dcb->fd, GWBUF_DATA(buffer), bufsize); count_reads++);
+			GW_NOINTR_CALL(n = read(dcb->fd, GWBUF_DATA(buffer), bufsize); dcb->stats.n_reads++);
 			head = gwbuf_append(head, buffer);
 		}
 
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ int gw_read_backend_event(DCB *dcb, int epfd) {
 int
 MySQLWrite(DCB *dcb, GWBUF *queue)
 {
-int	w, count_writes = 0, saved_errno = 0;
+int	w, saved_errno = 0;
 
 	spinlock_acquire(&dcb->writeqlock);
 	if (dcb->writeq)
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ int	w, count_writes = 0, saved_errno = 0;
 		while (queue != NULL)
 		{
 			len = GWBUF_LENGTH(queue);
-			GW_NOINTR_CALL(w = write(dcb->fd, GWBUF_DATA(queue), len); count_writes++);
+			GW_NOINTR_CALL(w = write(dcb->fd, GWBUF_DATA(queue), len); dcb->stats.n_writes++);
 			saved_errno = errno;
 			if (w < 0)
 			{
@@ -536,7 +534,6 @@ void MySQLListener(int epfd, char *config_bind) {
 
 
 int MySQLAccept(DCB *listener, int efd) {
-	int accept_counter = 0;
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "MySQL Listener socket is: %i\n", listener->fd);
 
@@ -569,9 +566,9 @@ int MySQLAccept(DCB *listener, int efd) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		accept_counter++;
+		listener->stats.n_accepts++;
 
-		fprintf(stderr, "Processing %i connection fd %i for listener %i\n", accept_counter, c_sock, listener->fd);
+		fprintf(stderr, "Processing %i connection fd %i for listener %i\n", listener->stats.n_accepts, c_sock, listener->fd);
 		// set nonblocking 
 
 		setsockopt(c_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &sendbuf, optlen);
diff --git a/include/dcb.h b/include/dcb.h
index 222aff49a..18dcf19e9 100644
--- a/include/dcb.h
+++ b/include/dcb.h
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ typedef struct gw_protocol {
 	int		(*close)(struct dcb *, int);
 } GWPROTOCOL;
 
+typedef struct dcbstats {
+	int		n_reads;	/* Number of reads on this descriptor */
+	int		n_writes;	/* Number of writes on this descriptor */
+	int		n_accepts;	/* Number of accepts on this descriptor */
+} DCBSTATS;
 /*
  * Descriptor Control Block
  */
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ typedef struct dcb {
 	SPINLOCK	writeqlock;	/* Write Queue spinlock */
 	GWBUF		*writeq;	/* Write Data Queue */
 
-
+	DCBSTATS	stats;		/* DCB related statistics */
 
 	struct dcb	*next;		/* Next DCB in the chain of allocated DCB's */
 } DCB;