diff --git a/include/proto/log.h b/include/proto/log.h
index b994470dd..30d4dce7f 100644
--- a/include/proto/log.h
+++ b/include/proto/log.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ extern char clf_http_log_format[];
 
 extern char default_rfc5424_sd_log_format[];
 
+extern unsigned int dropped_logs;
+
 extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logheader;
 extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logheader_rfc5424;
 extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logline;
diff --git a/include/types/stats.h b/include/types/stats.h
index 2cb23bfdc..75250447e 100644
--- a/include/types/stats.h
+++ b/include/types/stats.h
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ enum info_field {
 	INF_LISTENERS,
 	INF_ACTIVE_PEERS,
 	INF_CONNECTED_PEERS,
+	INF_DROPPED_LOGS,
 
 	/* must always be the last one */
 	INF_TOTAL_FIELDS
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 24e4c3ff0..3434550a3 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ char *log_format = NULL;
  */
 char default_rfc5424_sd_log_format[] = "- ";
 
+/* total number of dropped logs */
+unsigned int dropped_logs = 0;
+
 /* This is a global syslog header, common to all outgoing messages in
  * RFC3164 format. It begins with time-based part and is updated by
  * update_log_hdr().
@@ -1478,7 +1481,9 @@ send:
 		if (sent < 0) {
 			static char once;
 
-			if (!once) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN)
+				HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&dropped_logs, 1);
+			else if (!once) {
 				once = 1; /* note: no need for atomic ops here */
 				ha_alert("sendmsg() failed in logger #%d: %s (errno=%d)\n",
 				         nblogger, strerror(errno), errno);
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 78342cde7..07a5ef74e 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ const char *info_field_names[INF_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
 	[INF_LISTENERS]                      = "Listeners",
 	[INF_ACTIVE_PEERS]                   = "ActivePeers",
 	[INF_CONNECTED_PEERS]                = "ConnectedPeers",
+	[INF_DROPPED_LOGS]                   = "DroppedLogs",
 };
 
 const char *stat_field_names[ST_F_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
@@ -3302,6 +3303,7 @@ int stats_fill_info(struct field *info, int len)
 	info[INF_LISTENERS]                      = mkf_u32(0, listeners);
 	info[INF_ACTIVE_PEERS]                   = mkf_u32(0, active_peers);
 	info[INF_CONNECTED_PEERS]                = mkf_u32(0, connected_peers);
+	info[INF_DROPPED_LOGS]                   = mkf_u32(0, dropped_logs);
 
 	return 1;
 }