diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index f72a95b7b..149f330a4 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ option abortonclose         X          -         X         X
 option allbackups           X          -         X         X
 option checkcache           X          -         X         X
 option clitcpka             X          X         X         -
+option contstats            X          X         X         -
 option dontlognull          X          X         X         -
 option forceclose           X          -         X         X
 option forwardfor           X          X         X         X
@@ -324,6 +325,15 @@ usesrc                      X          -         X         X
 ----------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------
 keyword                 defaults   frontend   listen    backend
 
+option contstats
+  By default, counters used for statistics calculation are incremented
+  only when a session finishes. It works quite well when serving small
+  objects, but with big ones (for example large images or archives) or
+  with A/V streaming, a graph generated from haproxy counters looks like
+  a hedgehog. With this option enabled counters get incremented continuously,
+  during a whole session. Recounting touches a hotpath directly so
+  it is not enabled by default, as it has small performance impact (~0.5%).
+
 
 2.1) using ACLs
 ---------------
diff --git a/include/proto/session.h b/include/proto/session.h
index a18669e1d..4b86af28e 100644
--- a/include/proto/session.h
+++ b/include/proto/session.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ void session_free(struct session *s);
 /* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
 int init_session();
 
+void session_process_counters(struct session *s);
+
 #endif /* _PROTO_SESSION_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/types/backend.h b/include/types/backend.h
index 908946908..c0c0809a5 100644
--- a/include/types/backend.h
+++ b/include/types/backend.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #define	PR_O_TPXY_CIP	0x04000000	/* bind to the client's IP address when connect()ing */
 #define	PR_O_TPXY_CLI	0x06000000	/* bind to the client's IP+port when connect()ing */
 #define	PR_O_TPXY_MASK	0x06000000	/* bind to a non-local address when connect()ing */
+
 #define	PR_O_TCPSPLICE	0x08000000      /* delegate data transfer to linux kernel's tcp_splice */
 
 /* BALANCE: exclusive values */
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 #define PR_O_BALANCE_L7 0x40000000      /* mask to match layer7-based algorithms */
 #define PR_O_BALANCE    0x70000000      /* mask to extract BALANCE algorithm */
 
+#define PR_O_CONTSTATS	0x80000000	/* continous counters */
 
 #endif /* _TYPES_BACKEND_H */
 
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 9e895c489..cd8bdbb8a 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "httpclose",    PR_O_HTTP_CLOSE, PR_CAP_FE | PR_CAP_BE, 0 },
 	{ "nolinger",     PR_O_TCP_NOLING, PR_CAP_FE | PR_CAP_BE, 0 },
 	{ "logasap",      PR_O_LOGASAP,    PR_CAP_FE, 0 },
+	{ "contstats",    PR_O_CONTSTATS,  PR_CAP_FE, 0 },
 	{ "abortonclose", PR_O_ABRT_CLOSE, PR_CAP_BE, 0 },
 	{ "checkcache",   PR_O_CHK_CACHE,  PR_CAP_BE, 0 },
 	{ "dontlognull",  PR_O_NULLNOLOG,  PR_CAP_FE, 0 },
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index feed6ccf0..372743146 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ void process_session(struct task *t, struct timeval *next)
 	} while (fsm_resync);
 
 	if (likely(s->cli_state != CL_STCLOSE || s->srv_state != SV_STCLOSE)) {
+
+		if ((s->fe->options & PR_O_CONTSTATS) && (s->flags & SN_BE_ASSIGNED))
+			session_process_counters(s);
+
 		s->req->flags &= BF_CLEAR_READ & BF_CLEAR_WRITE;
 		s->rep->flags &= BF_CLEAR_READ & BF_CLEAR_WRITE;
 
@@ -651,21 +655,7 @@ void process_session(struct task *t, struct timeval *next)
 	}
 
 	s->logs.t_close = tv_ms_elapsed(&s->logs.tv_accept, &now);
-	if (s->req != NULL)
-		s->logs.bytes_in = s->req->total;
-	if (s->rep != NULL)
-		s->logs.bytes_out = s->rep->total;
-
-	s->fe->bytes_in  += s->logs.bytes_in;
-	s->fe->bytes_out += s->logs.bytes_out;
-	if (s->be != s->fe) {
-		s->be->bytes_in  += s->logs.bytes_in;
-		s->be->bytes_out += s->logs.bytes_out;
-	}
-	if (s->srv) {
-		s->srv->bytes_in  += s->logs.bytes_in;
-		s->srv->bytes_out += s->logs.bytes_out;
-	}
+	session_process_counters(s);
 
 	/* let's do a final log if we need it */
 	if (s->logs.logwait && 
@@ -3096,6 +3086,7 @@ int process_srv(struct session *t)
 				http_sess_log(t);
 			else
 				tcp_sess_log(t);
+			t->logs.bytes_in = 0;
 		}
 
 		/* Note: we must not try to cheat by jumping directly to DATA,
diff --git a/src/proto_uxst.c b/src/proto_uxst.c
index 0b3f317fc..ca7e1e3c1 100644
--- a/src/proto_uxst.c
+++ b/src/proto_uxst.c
@@ -1300,6 +1300,10 @@ void process_uxst_session(struct task *t, struct timeval *next)
 	} while (fsm_resync);
 
 	if (likely(s->cli_state != CL_STCLOSE || s->srv_state != SV_STCLOSE)) {
+
+		if ((s->fe->options & PR_O_CONTSTATS) && (s->flags & SN_BE_ASSIGNED))
+			session_process_counters(s);
+
 		s->req->flags &= BF_CLEAR_READ & BF_CLEAR_WRITE;
 		s->rep->flags &= BF_CLEAR_READ & BF_CLEAR_WRITE;
 
@@ -1332,23 +1336,7 @@ void process_uxst_session(struct task *t, struct timeval *next)
 	}
 
 	s->logs.t_close = tv_ms_elapsed(&s->logs.tv_accept, &now);
-	if (s->req != NULL)
-		s->logs.bytes_in = s->req->total;
-	if (s->rep != NULL)
-		s->logs.bytes_out = s->rep->total;
-
-	if (s->fe) {
-		s->fe->bytes_in  += s->logs.bytes_in;
-		s->fe->bytes_out += s->logs.bytes_out;
-	}
-	if (s->be && (s->be != s->fe)) {
-		s->be->bytes_in  += s->logs.bytes_in;
-		s->be->bytes_out += s->logs.bytes_out;
-	}
-	if (s->srv) {
-		s->srv->bytes_in  += s->logs.bytes_in;
-		s->srv->bytes_out += s->logs.bytes_out;
-	}
+	session_process_counters(s);
 
 	/* let's do a final log if we need it */
 	if (s->logs.logwait && 
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 86696f4a6..e7fd8bd76 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -102,6 +102,38 @@ int init_session()
 	return pool2_session != NULL;
 }
 
+void session_process_counters(struct session *s) {
+
+	unsigned long long bytes;
+
+	if (s->req && s->req->total != s->logs.bytes_in) {
+		bytes = s->req->total - s->logs.bytes_in;
+
+		s->fe->bytes_in		+= bytes;
+
+		if (s->be != s->fe)
+			s->be->bytes_in += bytes;
+
+		if (s->srv)
+			s->srv->bytes_in += bytes;
+
+		s->logs.bytes_in = s->req->total;
+	}
+
+	if (s->rep && s->rep->total != s->logs.bytes_out) {
+		bytes = s->rep->total - s->logs.bytes_out;
+
+		s->fe->bytes_out	+= bytes;
+
+		if (s->be != s->fe)
+			s->be->bytes_out += bytes;
+
+		if (s->srv)
+			s->srv->bytes_out += bytes;
+
+		s->logs.bytes_out = s->rep->total;
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * Local variables: