diff --git a/lib/isc/include/isc/stats.h b/lib/isc/include/isc/stats.h
index 8f41bb95aa867b4c6a0af4b2c188c6d7a748ba8a..2c6f811785e297290e2f204db7873252e8d89fbb 100644
--- a/lib/isc/include/isc/stats.h
+++ b/lib/isc/include/isc/stats.h
@@ -132,6 +132,31 @@ isc_stats_set(isc_stats_t *stats, uint64_t val,
  *\li	'stats' is a valid isc_stats_t.
  */
 
+void isc_stats_update_if_greater(isc_stats_t *stats,
+				 isc_statscounter_t counter,
+				 isc_statscounter_t value);
+/*%<
+* Atomically assigns 'value' to 'counter' if value > counter.
+*
+* Requires:
+*\li	'stats' is a valid isc_stats_t.
+*
+*\li	counter is less than the maximum available ID for the stats specified
+*	on creation.
+*/
+
+isc_statscounter_t
+isc_stats_get_counter(isc_stats_t *stats, isc_statscounter_t counter);
+/*%<
+ * Returns value currently stored in counter.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ *\li	'stats' is a valid isc_stats_t.
+ *
+ *\li	counter is less than the maximum available ID for the stats specified
+ *	on creation.
+ */
+
 ISC_LANG_ENDDECLS
 
 #endif /* ISC_STATS_H */
diff --git a/lib/isc/stats.c b/lib/isc/stats.c
index 255216d138c649d996b5d1afe92c395b2c9ec86f..1df53498a95d1d499701b29e593052d7f4212d2e 100644
--- a/lib/isc/stats.c
+++ b/lib/isc/stats.c
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@
 #define ISC_STATS_VALID(x)		ISC_MAGIC_VALID(x, ISC_STATS_MAGIC)
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_WIN64)
-	typedef atomic_int_fast32_t isc__atomic_statcounter_t;
+typedef atomic_int_fast32_t isc_stat_t;
 #else
-	typedef atomic_int_fast64_t isc__atomic_statcounter_t;
+typedef atomic_int_fast64_t isc_stat_t;
 #endif
 
 struct isc_stats {
-	unsigned int			magic;
-	isc_mem_t			*mctx;
-	isc_refcount_t			references;
-	int				ncounters;
-	isc__atomic_statcounter_t	*counters;
+	unsigned int		magic;
+	isc_mem_t		*mctx;
+	isc_refcount_t		references;
+	int			ncounters;
+	isc_stat_t		*counters;
 };
 
 static isc_result_t
@@ -149,3 +149,34 @@ isc_stats_set(isc_stats_t *stats, uint64_t val,
 	atomic_store_explicit(&stats->counters[counter], val,
 			      memory_order_relaxed);
 }
+
+void isc_stats_update_if_greater(isc_stats_t *stats,
+				 isc_statscounter_t counter,
+				 isc_statscounter_t value)
+{
+	REQUIRE(ISC_STATS_VALID(stats));
+	REQUIRE(counter < stats->ncounters);
+
+	isc_statscounter_t curr_value;
+
+	do {
+		curr_value = atomic_load_explicit(&stats->counters[counter],
+						  memory_order_relaxed);
+		if (curr_value >= value) {
+			break;
+		}
+
+	} while (!atomic_compare_exchange_strong(&stats->counters[counter],
+						 &curr_value,
+						 value));
+}
+
+isc_statscounter_t
+isc_stats_get_counter(isc_stats_t *stats, isc_statscounter_t counter)
+{
+	REQUIRE(ISC_STATS_VALID(stats));
+	REQUIRE(counter < stats->ncounters);
+
+	return (atomic_load_explicit(&stats->counters[counter],
+				    memory_order_relaxed));
+}
diff --git a/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in b/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in
index 96097ff1bcb5ab520ad25584cc4dfa08fe6da94b..182a0217050f119df33c3faa72999695f1b0fa3f 100644
--- a/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in
+++ b/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in
@@ -532,9 +532,11 @@ isc_stats_create
 isc_stats_decrement
 isc_stats_detach
 isc_stats_dump
+isc_stats_get_counter
 isc_stats_increment
 isc_stats_ncounters
 isc_stats_set
+isc_stats_update_if_greater
 isc_stdio_close
 isc_stdio_flush
 isc_stdio_open
diff --git a/lib/ns/include/ns/stats.h b/lib/ns/include/ns/stats.h
index 4765cae2995e2b461c8a1b32771f0389c226cf2c..f456a971b0a2b112b329dc45071e98aea31c544a 100644
--- a/lib/ns/include/ns/stats.h
+++ b/lib/ns/include/ns/stats.h
@@ -123,4 +123,11 @@ ns_stats_decrement(ns_stats_t *stats, isc_statscounter_t counter);
 isc_stats_t *
 ns_stats_get(ns_stats_t *stats);
 
+void ns_stats_update_if_greater(ns_stats_t *stats,
+				isc_statscounter_t counter,
+				isc_statscounter_t value);
+
+isc_statscounter_t
+ns_stats_get_counter(ns_stats_t *stats, isc_statscounter_t counter);
+
 #endif /* NS_STATS_H */
diff --git a/lib/ns/stats.c b/lib/ns/stats.c
index b3769aece5b5c0c7e1498be4174e1cb6ad729f3c..745c3d73104dc754a82104a79f3a5440bae3da40 100644
--- a/lib/ns/stats.c
+++ b/lib/ns/stats.c
@@ -109,3 +109,20 @@ ns_stats_get(ns_stats_t *stats) {
 
 	return (stats->counters);
 }
+
+void ns_stats_update_if_greater(ns_stats_t *stats,
+			     isc_statscounter_t counter,
+			     isc_statscounter_t value)
+{
+	REQUIRE(NS_STATS_VALID(stats));
+
+	isc_stats_update_if_greater(stats->counters, counter, value);
+}
+
+isc_statscounter_t
+ns_stats_get_counter(ns_stats_t *stats, isc_statscounter_t counter)
+{
+	REQUIRE(NS_STATS_VALID(stats));
+
+	return (isc_stats_get_counter(stats->counters, counter));
+}
diff --git a/lib/ns/win32/libns.def b/lib/ns/win32/libns.def
index d47deaa6d5318cc3784ba1c870b58a805a4c4b40..d221b0d5b2e16763681ee572bb3b8bac664bd496 100644
--- a/lib/ns/win32/libns.def
+++ b/lib/ns/win32/libns.def
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ ns_stats_create
 ns_stats_decrement
 ns_stats_detach
 ns_stats_get
+ns_stats_get_counter
 ns_stats_increment
+ns_stats_update_if_greater
 ns_update_start
 ns_xfr_start