diff --git a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
index 8323778ce..1078f90f9 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stats-t.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ enum stat_idx_info {
 	ST_I_INF_WARN_BLOCKED,
 	ST_I_INF_PATTERNS_ADDED,
 	ST_I_INF_PATTERNS_FREED,
+	ST_I_INF_NBTGROUPS,
 
 	/* must always be the last one */
 	ST_I_INF_MAX
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 4ce6d5e95..09c3b1a08 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ const struct stat_col stat_cols_info[ST_I_INF_MAX] = {
 	[ST_I_INF_WARN_BLOCKED]                   = { .name = "BlockedTrafficWarnings",      .alt_name = NULL,                            .desc = "Total number of warnings issued about traffic being blocked by too slow a task" },
 	[ST_I_INF_PATTERNS_ADDED]                 = { .name = "PatternsAdded",               .alt_name = "patterns_added_total",          .desc = "Total number of patterns added (acl/map entries)" },
 	[ST_I_INF_PATTERNS_FREED]                 = { .name = "PatternsFreed",               .alt_name = "patterns_freed_total",          .desc = "Total number of patterns freed (acl/map entries)" },
+	[ST_I_INF_NBTGROUPS]                      = { .name = "NbThreadGroups",              .alt_name = "nb_thread_groups",              .desc = "Number of started thread groups (global.thread-groups)" },
 };
 
 /* one line of info */
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ int stats_fill_info(struct field *line, int len, uint flags)
 	line[ST_I_INF_WARN_BLOCKED]                   = mkf_u32(0, warn_blocked_issued);
 	line[ST_I_INF_PATTERNS_ADDED]                 = mkf_u64(0, patterns_added);
 	line[ST_I_INF_PATTERNS_FREED]                 = mkf_u64(0, patterns_freed);
+	line[ST_I_INF_NBTGROUPS]                      = mkf_u32(FO_CONFIG|FS_SERVICE, global.nbtgroups);
 
 	return 1;
 }