diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 123afd24..fa7479cd 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   tbb::global_control tbb_cont(tbb::global_control::max_allowed_parallelism,
                                get_thread_count(args));
 
+  Counter::enabled = args.hasArg(OPT_stat);
+
   if (auto *arg = args.getLastArg(OPT_o))
     config.output = arg->getValue();
   else
diff --git a/options.td b/options.td
index 0fa2b700..3c825fd7 100644
--- a/options.td
+++ b/options.td
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ def print_map: F<"print-map">,
   HelpText<"Print a link map to the standard output">;
 
 defm thread_count: Eq<"thread-count", "Number of threads to use">;
+
+def stat: F<"stat">;