diff --git a/doc/management.txt b/doc/management.txt
index f42c07120..04b0d40f5 100644
--- a/doc/management.txt
+++ b/doc/management.txt
@@ -1957,12 +1957,14 @@ show sess <id>
   The special id "all" dumps the states of all sessions, which must be avoided
   as much as possible as it is highly CPU intensive and can take a lot of time.
 
-show stat [<iid> <type> <sid>] [typed]
+show stat [{<iid>|<proxy>} <type> <sid>] [typed]
   Dump statistics using the CSV format, or using the extended typed output
   format described in the section above if "typed" is passed after the other
   arguments. By passing <id>, <type> and <sid>, it is possible to dump only
   selected items :
-    - <iid> is a proxy ID, -1 to dump everything
+    - <iid> is a proxy ID, -1 to dump everything. Alternatively, a proxy name
+      <proxy> may be specified. In this case, this proxy's ID will be used as
+      the ID selector.
     - <type> selects the type of dumpable objects : 1 for frontends, 2 for
        backends, 4 for servers, -1 for everything. These values can be ORed,
        for example:
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 1d5b39c27..bfd16994d 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -3103,8 +3103,21 @@ static int cli_parse_show_info(char **args, struct appctx *appctx, void *private
 static int cli_parse_show_stat(char **args, struct appctx *appctx, void *private)
 {
 	if (*args[2] && *args[3] && *args[4]) {
+		struct proxy *px;
+
+		px = proxy_find_by_name(args[2], 0, 0);
+		if (px)
+			appctx->ctx.stats.iid = px->uuid;
+		else
+			appctx->ctx.stats.iid = atoi(args[2]);
+
+		if (!appctx->ctx.stats.iid) {
+			appctx->ctx.cli.msg = "No such proxy.\n";
+			appctx->st0 = CLI_ST_PRINT;
+			return 1;
+		}
+
 		appctx->ctx.stats.flags |= STAT_BOUND;
-		appctx->ctx.stats.iid = atoi(args[2]);
 		appctx->ctx.stats.type = atoi(args[3]);
 		appctx->ctx.stats.sid = atoi(args[4]);
 		if (strcmp(args[5], "typed") == 0)