diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
index ca2b78d03..b6feabd15 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ enum info_field {
 	INF_WARNINGS,
 	INF_MAXCONN_REACHED,
 	INF_BOOTTIME_MS,
+	INF_NICED_TASKS,
 
 	/* must always be the last one */
 	INF_TOTAL_FIELDS
diff --git a/include/haproxy/task.h b/include/haproxy/task.h
index 390db0f8c..1f544be17 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/task.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/task.h
@@ -155,6 +155,20 @@ static inline int total_allocated_tasks()
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* returns the number of running niced tasks+tasklets on the whole process.
+ * Note that this *is* racy since a task may move from the global to a local
+ * queue for example and be counted twice. This is only for statistics
+ * reporting.
+ */
+static inline int total_niced_running_tasks()
+{
+	int tgrp, ret = 0;
+
+	for (tgrp = 0; tgrp < global.nbtgroups; tgrp++)
+		ret += _HA_ATOMIC_LOAD(&ha_tgroup_ctx[tgrp].niced_tasks);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* return 0 if task is in run queue, otherwise non-zero */
 static inline int task_in_rq(struct task *t)
 {
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 1d071e2c1..acd3e7e16 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ const struct name_desc info_fields[INF_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
 	[INF_WARNINGS]                       = { .name = "TotalWarnings",               .desc = "Total warnings issued" },
 	[INF_MAXCONN_REACHED]                = { .name = "MaxconnReached",              .desc = "Number of times an accepted connection resulted in Maxconn being reached" },
 	[INF_BOOTTIME_MS]                    = { .name = "BootTime_ms",                 .desc = "How long ago it took to parse and process the config before being ready (milliseconds)" },
+	[INF_NICED_TASKS]                    = { .name = "Niced_tasks",                 .desc = "Total number of active tasks+tasklets in the current worker process (Run_queue) that are niced" },
 };
 
 const struct name_desc stat_fields[ST_F_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
@@ -3613,7 +3614,7 @@ static void stats_dump_html_info(struct stconn *sc, struct uri_auth *uri)
 	              "<b>system limits:</b> memmax = %s%s; ulimit-n = %d<br>\n"
 	              "<b>maxsock = </b> %d; <b>maxconn = </b> %d; <b>reached = </b> %llu; <b>maxpipes = </b> %d<br>\n"
 	              "current conns = %d; current pipes = %d/%d; conn rate = %d/sec; bit rate = %.3f %cbps<br>\n"
-	              "Running tasks: %d/%d; idle = %d %%<br>\n"
+	              "Running tasks: %d/%d (%d niced); idle = %d %%<br>\n"
 	              "</td><td align=\"center\" nowrap>\n"
 	              "<table class=\"lgd\"><tr>\n"
 	              "<td class=\"active_up\">&nbsp;</td><td class=\"noborder\">active UP </td>"
@@ -3653,8 +3654,7 @@ static void stats_dump_html_info(struct stconn *sc, struct uri_auth *uri)
 	              actconn, pipes_used, pipes_used+pipes_free, read_freq_ctr(&global.conn_per_sec),
 		      bps >= 1000000000UL ? (bps / 1000000000.0) : bps >= 1000000UL ? (bps / 1000000.0) : (bps / 1000.0),
 		      bps >= 1000000000UL ? 'G' : bps >= 1000000UL ? 'M' : 'k',
-	              total_run_queues(), total_allocated_tasks(), clock_report_idle()
-	              );
+	              total_run_queues(), total_allocated_tasks(), total_niced_running_tasks(), clock_report_idle());
 
 	/* scope_txt = search query, ctx->scope_len is always <= STAT_SCOPE_TXT_MAXLEN */
 	memcpy(scope_txt, scope_ptr, ctx->scope_len);
@@ -4754,6 +4754,7 @@ int stats_fill_info(struct field *info, int len, uint flags)
 	info[INF_WARNINGS]                       = mkf_u32(FN_COUNTER, HA_ATOMIC_LOAD(&tot_warnings));
 	info[INF_MAXCONN_REACHED]                = mkf_u32(FN_COUNTER, HA_ATOMIC_LOAD(&maxconn_reached));
 	info[INF_BOOTTIME_MS]                    = mkf_u32(FN_DURATION, boot);
+	info[INF_NICED_TASKS]                    = mkf_u32(0, total_niced_running_tasks());
 
 	return 1;
 }