diff --git a/include/proto/stats.h b/include/proto/stats.h
index 01c96cb23..6144d2f00 100644
--- a/include/proto/stats.h
+++ b/include/proto/stats.h
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ static inline struct field mkf_str(uint32_t type, const char *value)
 	return f;
 }
 
+static inline struct field mkf_flt(uint32_t type, double value)
+{
+	struct field f = { .type = FF_FLT | type, .u.flt = value };
+	return f;
+}
+
 extern const char *stat_status_codes[];
 
 /* These two structs contains all field names according with
diff --git a/include/types/stats.h b/include/types/stats.h
index d99d51911..b3a69c61d 100644
--- a/include/types/stats.h
+++ b/include/types/stats.h
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ enum field_format {
 	FF_S64      = 0x00000003,
 	FF_U64      = 0x00000004,
 	FF_STR      = 0x00000005,
+	FF_FLT      = 0x00000006,
 	FF_MASK     = 0x000000FF,
 };
 
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ struct field {
 		uint32_t    u32; /* FF_U32 */
 		int64_t     s64; /* FF_S64 */
 		uint64_t    u64; /* FF_U64 */
+		double      flt; /* FF_FLT */
 		const char *str; /* FF_STR */
 	} u;
 };
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index f44f5eef7..f280e5a71 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ int stats_emit_raw_data_field(struct buffer *out, const struct field *f)
 	case FF_U32:   return chunk_appendf(out, "%u", f->u.u32);
 	case FF_S64:   return chunk_appendf(out, "%lld", (long long)f->u.s64);
 	case FF_U64:   return chunk_appendf(out, "%llu", (unsigned long long)f->u.u64);
+	case FF_FLT:   return chunk_appendf(out, "%f", f->u.flt);
 	case FF_STR:   return csv_enc_append(field_str(f, 0), 1, out) != NULL;
 	default:       return chunk_appendf(out, "[INCORRECT_FIELD_TYPE_%08x]", f->type);
 	}
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ int stats_emit_typed_data_field(struct buffer *out, const struct field *f)
 	case FF_U32:   return chunk_appendf(out, "u32:%u", f->u.u32);
 	case FF_S64:   return chunk_appendf(out, "s64:%lld", (long long)f->u.s64);
 	case FF_U64:   return chunk_appendf(out, "u64:%llu", (unsigned long long)f->u.u64);
+	case FF_FLT:   return chunk_appendf(out, "flt:%f", f->u.flt);
 	case FF_STR:   return chunk_appendf(out, "str:%s", field_str(f, 0));
 	default:       return chunk_appendf(out, "%08x:?", f->type);
 	}
@@ -389,6 +391,8 @@ int stats_emit_json_data_field(struct buffer *out, const struct field *f)
 		       type = "\"u64\"";
 		       snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%llu",
 				(unsigned long long) f->u.u64);
+	case FF_FLT:   type = "\"flt\"";
+		       snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%f", f->u.flt);
 		       break;
 	case FF_STR:   type = "\"str\"";
 		       value = field_str(f, 0);