diff --git a/openbsc/src/statistics.c b/openbsc/src/statistics.c
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+/* utility routines for keeping some statistics */
+
+/* (C) 2009 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <openbsc/signal.h>
+#include <openbsc/linuxlist.h>
+#include <openbsc/talloc.h>
+#include <openbsc/statistics.h>
+#include <openbsc/db.h>
+#include <openbsc/timer.h>
+
+static LLIST_HEAD(counters);
+
+static struct timer_list db_sync_timer;
+
+#define DB_SYNC_INTERVAL	60, 0
+
+struct counter *counter_alloc(const char *name)
+{
+	struct counter *ctr = talloc_zero(tall_bsc_ctx, struct counter);
+
+	if (!ctr)
+		return NULL;
+
+	ctr->name = name;
+	llist_add_tail(&ctr->list, &counters);
+
+	return ctr;
+}
+
+void counter_free(struct counter *ctr)
+{
+	llist_del(&ctr->list);
+	talloc_free(ctr);
+}
+
+int counters_store_db(void)
+{
+	struct counter *ctr;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(ctr, &counters, list) {
+		rc = db_store_counter(ctr);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void db_sync_timer_cb(void *data)
+{
+	/* store counters to database and re-schedule */
+	counters_store_db();
+	bsc_schedule_timer(&db_sync_timer, DB_SYNC_INTERVAL);
+}
+
+static __attribute__((constructor)) void on_dso_load_stat(void)
+{
+	db_sync_timer.cb = db_sync_timer_cb;
+	db_sync_timer.data = NULL;
+	bsc_schedule_timer(&db_sync_timer, DB_SYNC_INTERVAL);
+}