diff --git a/src/emqttd_stats.erl b/src/emqttd_stats.erl
index 7135a2315..97d9b8027 100644
--- a/src/emqttd_stats.erl
+++ b/src/emqttd_stats.erl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 -define(SERVER, ?MODULE).
 
--export([start_link/0]).
+-export([start_link/0, stop/0]).
 
 %% statistics API.
 -export([statsfun/1, statsfun/2,
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
 start_link() ->
     gen_server:start_link({local, ?SERVER}, ?MODULE, [], []).
 
+stop() ->
+    gen_server:call(?SERVER, stop).
+
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% @doc Generate stats fun
 %% @end
@@ -149,6 +152,9 @@ init([]) ->
     % Tick to publish stats
     {ok, #state{tick_tref = emqttd_broker:start_tick(tick)}, hibernate}.
 
+handle_call(stop, _From, State) ->
+    {stop, normal, ok, State};
+
 handle_call(_Request, _From, State) ->
     {reply, error, State}.