diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
index be4c6865c..d60cc2487 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #define STATS_TYPE_SO  3
 
 #define STATS_DOMAIN  (0)               /* used for bitshifting, type of statistics, for now only proxy is available */
+#define STATS_PX_CAP  (8)               /* used for bitshifting, differentiate obj1 type for proxy statistics */
 
 /* HTTP stats : applet.st0 */
 enum {
@@ -460,4 +461,14 @@ enum stats_domain {
 	STATS_DOMAIN_MASK  = 0xff
 };
 
+/* used in a flag as a 1 byte field */
+enum stats_domain_px_cap {
+	STATS_PX_CAP_FE   = 0x01,
+	STATS_PX_CAP_BE   = 0x02,
+	STATS_PX_CAP_SRV  = 0x04,
+	STATS_PX_CAP_LI   = 0x08,
+
+	STATS_PX_CAP_MASK = 0xff
+};
+
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_STATS_T_H */
diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats.h b/include/haproxy/stats.h
index 4fe96b592..e376b284f 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ static inline struct field mkf_flt(uint32_t type, double value)
 	return f;
 }
 
+#define MK_STATS_PROXY_DOMAIN(px_cap) \
+	((px_cap) << STATS_PX_CAP | STATS_DOMAIN_PROXY)
+
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_STATS_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 16e0c10fd..6ab1c06c5 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ static inline uint8_t stats_get_domain(uint32_t domain)
 	return domain >> STATS_DOMAIN & STATS_DOMAIN_MASK;
 }
 
+static inline enum stats_domain_px_cap stats_px_get_cap(uint32_t domain)
+{
+	return domain >> STATS_PX_CAP & STATS_PX_CAP_MASK;
+}
+
 static void stats_dump_json_schema(struct buffer *out);
 
 int stats_putchk(struct channel *chn, struct htx *htx, struct buffer *chk)