diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/stats.h b/include/osmocom/core/stats.h
index e01016d..b9edac2 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/stats.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/stats.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 	char *bind_addr_str;	/*!< local bind IP address */
 	int dest_port;		/*!< destination (UDP) port */
 	int mtu;		/*!< Maximum Transmission Unit */
+	unsigned int flush_period;	/*!< period between regular flushes */
 
 	/*! Maximum class/index to report. FIXME: More details! */
 	enum osmo_stats_class max_class;
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@
 	int fd;				/*!< file descriptor of socket */
 	struct msgb *buffer;		/*!< message buffer for log output */
 	int agg_enabled;		/*!< is aggregation enabled? */
-	int force_single_flush;
+	int force_single_flush;		/*!< set to 1 to force a flush (send even unchanged stats values) */
+	unsigned int flush_period_counter;	/*!< count sends between forced flushes */
 
 	struct llist_head list;
 	int (*open)(struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep);
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@
 int osmo_stats_reporter_set_name_prefix(struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep, const char *prefix);
 int osmo_stats_reporter_enable(struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep);
 int osmo_stats_reporter_disable(struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep);
+int osmo_stats_reporter_set_flush_period(struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep, unsigned int period);
 
 /* reporter creation */
 struct osmo_stats_reporter *osmo_stats_reporter_create_log(const char *name);
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 61b7df8..5954167 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -341,6 +341,25 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*! Set the regular flush period for a given stats_reporter
+ *
+ * Send all stats even if they have not changed (i.e. force the flush)
+ * every N-th reporting interval. Set to 0 to disable regular flush,
+ * set to 1 to flush every time, set to 2 to flush every 2nd time, etc.
+ *  \param[in] srep stats_reporter to set flush period for
+ *  \param[in] period Reporting interval in seconds
+ *  \returns 0 on success; negative on error */
+int osmo_stats_reporter_set_flush_period(struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep, unsigned int period)
+{
+	srep->flush_period = period;
+	srep->flush_period_counter = 0;
+	/* force the flush now if it's not disabled by period=0 */
+	if (period > 0)
+		srep->force_single_flush = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*! Set the name prefix of a given stats_reporter.
  *  \param[in] srep stats_reporter whose name prefix is to be set
  *  \param[in] prefix NAme perfix to pre-pend for any reported value
@@ -706,7 +725,17 @@
 			continue;
 
 		osmo_stats_reporter_send_buffer(srep);
+
+		/* reset force_single_flush first */
 		srep->force_single_flush = 0;
+		/* and schedule a new flush if it's time for it */
+		if (srep->flush_period > 0) {
+			srep->flush_period_counter++;
+			if (srep->flush_period_counter >= srep->flush_period) {
+				srep->force_single_flush = 1;
+				srep->flush_period_counter = 0;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vty/stats_vty.c b/src/vty/stats_vty.c
index a512703..4628281 100644
--- a/src/vty/stats_vty.c
+++ b/src/vty/stats_vty.c
@@ -245,6 +245,27 @@
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+DEFUN(cfg_stats_reporter_flush_period, cfg_stats_reporter_flush_period_cmd,
+	"flush-period <0-65535>",
+	CFG_STATS_STR "Send all stats even if they have not changed (i.e. force the flush)"
+	              "every N-th reporting interval. Set to 0 to disable regular flush (default).\n"
+	"0 to disable regular flush (default), 1 to flush every time, 2 to flush every 2nd time, etc\n")
+{
+	int rc;
+	unsigned int period = atoi(argv[0]);
+	struct osmo_stats_reporter *srep = osmo_stats_vty2srep(vty);
+	OSMO_ASSERT(srep);
+
+	rc = osmo_stats_reporter_set_flush_period(srep, period);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		vty_out(vty, "%% Unable to set force flush period: %s%s",
+			strerror(-rc), VTY_NEWLINE);
+		return CMD_WARNING;
+	}
+
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 DEFUN(cfg_stats_reporter_statsd, cfg_stats_reporter_statsd_cmd,
 	"stats reporter statsd",
 	CFG_STATS_STR CFG_REPORTER_STR "Report to a STATSD server\n")
@@ -588,6 +609,10 @@
 	else
 		vty_out(vty, "  no prefix%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
 
+	if (srep->flush_period > 0)
+		vty_out(vty, "  flush-period %d%s",
+			srep->flush_period, VTY_NEWLINE);
+
 	if (srep->enabled)
 		vty_out(vty, "  enable%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
 
@@ -637,6 +662,7 @@
 	install_element(CFG_STATS_NODE, &cfg_stats_reporter_level_cmd);
 	install_element(CFG_STATS_NODE, &cfg_stats_reporter_enable_cmd);
 	install_element(CFG_STATS_NODE, &cfg_stats_reporter_disable_cmd);
+	install_element(CFG_STATS_NODE, &cfg_stats_reporter_flush_period_cmd);
 
 	install_element_ve(&show_stats_asciidoc_table_cmd);
 	install_element_ve(&show_rate_counters_cmd);