diff --git a/openbsc/src/db.c b/openbsc/src/db.c
index 707d877..916527d 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/db.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/db.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <openbsc/db.h>
 #include <openbsc/talloc.h>
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
+#include <openbsc/statistics.h>
 
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@
 		"subscriber_id INTEGER NOT NULL, "
 		"apdu BLOB "
 		")",
+	"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Counters ("
+		"id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, "
+		"timestamp TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, "
+		"value INTEGER NOT NULL "
+		"name TEXT NOT NULL, "
+		")",
 };
 
 void db_error_func(dbi_conn conn, void* data) {
@@ -902,3 +909,24 @@
 	dbi_result_free(result);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int db_store_counter(struct counter *ctr)
+{
+	dbi_result result;
+	char *q_name;
+
+	dbi_conn_quote_string_copy(conn, ctr->name, &q_name);
+
+	result = dbi_conn_queryf(conn,
+		"INSERT INTO Counters "
+		"(timestamp,name,value) VALUES "
+		"(datetime('now'),%s,%lu)", q_name, ctr->value);
+
+	free(q_name);
+
+	if (!result)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	dbi_result_free(result);
+	return 0;
+}