diff --git a/include/haproxy/debug.h b/include/haproxy/debug.h
index 4bdec78da6..9feed8a99d 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/debug.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/debug.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 struct task;
 struct buffer;
 extern unsigned int debug_commands_issued;
+extern unsigned int warn_blocked_issued;
+
 void ha_task_dump(struct buffer *buf, const struct task *task, const char *pfx);
 void ha_thread_dump_one(int thr, int from_signal);
 void ha_dump_backtrace(struct buffer *buf, const char *prefix, int dump);
diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
index 3af6719d48..c58f1aa65e 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ enum stat_idx_info {
 	ST_I_INF_NICED_TASKS,
 	ST_I_INF_CURR_STRM,
 	ST_I_INF_CUM_STRM,
+	ST_I_INF_WARN_BLOCKED,
 
 	/* must always be the last one */
 	ST_I_INF_MAX
diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index 75307dd7be..37f5c8d3cc 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ struct post_mortem {
 } post_mortem ALIGNED(256) HA_SECTION("_post_mortem") = { };
 
 unsigned int debug_commands_issued = 0;
+unsigned int warn_blocked_issued = 0;
 
 /* dumps a backtrace of the current thread that is appended to buffer <buf>.
  * Lines are prefixed with the string <prefix> which may be empty (used for
@@ -747,6 +748,8 @@ void ha_stuck_warning(int thr)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	HA_ATOMIC_INC(&warn_blocked_issued);
+
 	buf = b_make(msg_buf, sizeof(msg_buf), 0, 0);
 
 	p = HA_ATOMIC_LOAD(&ha_thread_ctx[thr].prev_cpu_time);
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index e54141cc00..c3f26b085d 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ const struct name_desc stat_cols_info[ST_I_INF_MAX] = {
 	[ST_I_INF_NICED_TASKS]                    = { .name = "Niced_tasks",                 .desc = "Total number of active tasks+tasklets in the current worker process (Run_queue) that are niced" },
 	[ST_I_INF_CURR_STRM]                      = { .name = "CurrStreams",                 .desc = "Current number of streams on this worker process" },
 	[ST_I_INF_CUM_STRM]                       = { .name = "CumStreams",                  .desc = "Total number of streams created on this worker process since started" },
+	[ST_I_INF_WARN_BLOCKED]                   = { .name = "BlockedTrafficWarnings",      .desc = "Total number of warnings issued about traffic being blocked by too slow a task" },
 };
 
 /* one line of info */
@@ -823,6 +824,7 @@ int stats_fill_info(struct field *line, int len, uint flags)
 	line[ST_I_INF_NICED_TASKS]                    = mkf_u32(0, total_niced_running_tasks());
 	line[ST_I_INF_CURR_STRM]                      = mkf_u64(0, glob_curr_strms);
 	line[ST_I_INF_CUM_STRM]                       = mkf_u64(0, glob_cum_strms);
+	line[ST_I_INF_WARN_BLOCKED]                   = mkf_u32(0, warn_blocked_issued);
 
 	return 1;
 }