diff --git a/include/common/debug.h b/include/common/debug.h
index f43258e923..df85522291 100644
--- a/include/common/debug.h
+++ b/include/common/debug.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 struct task;
 struct buffer;
 extern volatile unsigned long threads_to_dump;
+extern unsigned int debug_commands_issued;
 void ha_task_dump(struct buffer *buf, const struct task *task, const char *pfx);
 void ha_thread_dump(struct buffer *buf, int thr, int calling_tid);
 void ha_thread_dump_all_to_trash();
diff --git a/include/types/stats.h b/include/types/stats.h
index 8817746b36..52ea18db4a 100644
--- a/include/types/stats.h
+++ b/include/types/stats.h
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ enum info_field {
 	INF_FAILED_RESOLUTIONS,
 	INF_TOTAL_BYTES_OUT,
 	INF_BYTES_OUT_RATE,
+	INF_DEBUG_COMMANDS_ISSUED,
 
 	/* must always be the last one */
 	INF_TOTAL_FIELDS
diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index ae788e12ff..8df2993492 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  * when USE_THREAD_DUMP is set.
  */
 volatile unsigned long threads_to_dump = 0;
+unsigned int debug_commands_issued = 0;
 
 /* Dumps to the buffer some known information for the desired thread, and
  * optionally extra info for the current thread. The dump will be appended to
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_exit(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appct
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_ADMIN))
 		return 1;
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	exit(code);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_close(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appc
 	if (!fdtab[fd].owner)
 		return cli_msg(appctx, LOG_INFO, "File descriptor was already closed.\n");
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	fd_delete(fd);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -248,6 +251,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_delay(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appc
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_ADMIN))
 		return 1;
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	usleep((long)delay * 1000);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_log(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_ADMIN))
 		return 1;
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	chunk_reset(&trash);
 	for (arg = 3; *args[arg]; arg++) {
 		if (arg > 3)
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_loop(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appct
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_ADMIN))
 		return 1;
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	gettimeofday(&curr, NULL);
 	tv_ms_add(&deadline, &curr, loop);
 
@@ -295,6 +301,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_panic(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appc
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_ADMIN))
 		return 1;
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	ha_panic();
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -309,6 +316,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_exec(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appct
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_ADMIN))
 		return 1;
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	chunk_reset(&trash);
 	for (arg = 3; *args[arg]; arg++) {
 		if (arg > 3)
@@ -353,6 +361,8 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_hex(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx
 	if (!start)
 		return cli_err(appctx, "Will not dump from NULL address.\n");
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
+
 	/* by default, dump ~128 till next block of 16 */
 	len = strtoul(args[4], NULL, 0);
 	if (!len)
@@ -382,6 +392,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_tkill(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appc
 	if (*args[4])
 		sig = atoi(args[4]);
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	if (thr)
 		ha_tkill(thr - 1, sig);
 	else
@@ -424,6 +435,7 @@ static int debug_parse_cli_stream(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *app
 			       );
 	}
 
+	_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&debug_commands_issued, 1);
 	for (arg = 3; *args[arg]; arg++) {
 		old = 0;
 		end = word = args[arg];
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index c152a7a337..7ebf2e567c 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ const struct name_desc info_fields[INF_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
 	[INF_FAILED_RESOLUTIONS]             = { .name = "FailedResolutions",           .desc = "Total number of failed DNS resolutions in current worker process since started" },
 	[INF_TOTAL_BYTES_OUT]                = { .name = "TotalBytesOut",               .desc = "Total number of bytes emitted by current worker process 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)" },
 };
 
 const struct name_desc stat_fields[ST_F_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
@@ -3463,6 +3464,7 @@ int stats_fill_info(struct field *info, int len)
 	info[INF_FAILED_RESOLUTIONS]             = mkf_u32(0, dns_failed_resolutions);
 	info[INF_TOTAL_BYTES_OUT]                = mkf_u64(0, global.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);
 
 	return 1;
 }