diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index eab0489..a234014 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
                        osmocom/core/process.h \
                        osmocom/core/rate_ctr.h \
                        osmocom/core/stat_item.h \
+                       osmocom/core/stats_tcp.h \
                        osmocom/core/select.h \
                        osmocom/core/sercomm.h \
                        osmocom/core/signal.h \
diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/stats_tcp.h b/include/osmocom/core/stats_tcp.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b9657a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/stats_tcp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#define TCP_STATS_DEFAULT_INTERVAL 0	/* secs */
+#define TCP_STATS_DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE 1	/* sockets per interval */
+
+struct osmo_tcp_stats_config {
+	/* poll interval in seconds, use osmo_stats_tcp_set_interval() to manipulate this value */
+	int interval;
+	/* specify how many sockets are processed when the interval timer expires */
+	int batch_size;
+};
+extern struct osmo_tcp_stats_config *osmo_tcp_stats_config;
+
+int osmo_stats_tcp_osmo_fd_register(const struct osmo_fd *fd, const char *name);
+int osmo_stats_tcp_osmo_fd_unregister(const struct osmo_fd *fd);
+int osmo_stats_tcp_set_interval(int interval);