diff --git a/include/haproxy/log.h b/include/haproxy/log.h
index d8b95a82bd..981086906c 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/log.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/log.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ extern struct proxy *cfg_log_forward;
 extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logline;
 extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logline_rfc5424;
 
+/* global syslog message counter */
+extern int cum_log_messages;
+
 /* syslog UDP message handler */
 void syslog_fd_handler(int fd);
 
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ static inline int build_logline(struct stream *s, char *dst, size_t maxsize, str
 }
 
 struct ist *build_log_header(enum log_fmt format, int level, int facility, struct ist *metadata, size_t *nbelem);
+
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_LOG_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
index baf2fac5d0..139b5468b1 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ enum info_field {
 	INF_TOTAL_SPLICED_BYTES_OUT,
 	INF_BYTES_OUT_RATE,
 	INF_DEBUG_COMMANDS_ISSUED,
+	INF_CUM_LOG_MSGS,
 
 	/* must always be the last one */
 	INF_TOTAL_FIELDS
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index f8ac522010..495a672d24 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include <haproxy/tools.h>
 #include <haproxy/version.h>
 
+/* global recv logs counter */
+int cum_log_messages;
 
 /* log forward proxy list */
 struct proxy *cfg_log_forward;
@@ -3538,6 +3540,10 @@ void syslog_fd_handler(int fd)
 			}
 			buf->data = ret;
 
+			/* update counters */
+			_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&cum_log_messages, 1);
+			proxy_inc_fe_conn_ctr(l, l->bind_conf->frontend);
+
 			parse_log_message(buf->area, buf->data, &level, &facility, metadata, &message, &size);
 
 			process_send_log(&l->bind_conf->frontend->logsrvs, level, facility, metadata, message, size);
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index e8ea831a7e..d69c76462c 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ const struct name_desc info_fields[INF_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
 	[INF_TOTAL_SPLICED_BYTES_OUT]        = { .name = "TotalSplicdedBytesOut",       .desc = "Total number of bytes emitted by current worker process through a kernel pipe since started" },
 	[INF_BYTES_OUT_RATE]                 = { .name = "BytesOutRate",                .desc = "Number of bytes emitted by current worker process over the last second" },
 	[INF_DEBUG_COMMANDS_ISSUED]          = { .name = "DebugCommandsIssued",         .desc = "Number of debug commands issued on this process (anything > 0 is unsafe)" },
+	[INF_CUM_LOG_MSGS]                   = { .name = "CumRecvLogs",                 .desc = "Total number of log messages received by log-forwarding listeners on this worker process since started" },
 };
 
 const struct name_desc stat_fields[ST_F_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
@@ -3523,6 +3524,7 @@ int stats_fill_info(struct field *info, int len)
 	info[INF_TOTAL_SPLICED_BYTES_OUT]        = mkf_u64(0, global.spliced_out_bytes);
 	info[INF_BYTES_OUT_RATE]                 = mkf_u64(FN_RATE, (unsigned long long)read_freq_ctr(&global.out_32bps) * 32);
 	info[INF_DEBUG_COMMANDS_ISSUED]          = mkf_u32(0, debug_commands_issued);
+	info[INF_CUM_LOG_MSGS]                   = mkf_u32(FN_COUNTER, cum_log_messages);
 
 	return 1;
 }