diff --git a/bin/named/statschannel.c b/bin/named/statschannel.c
index f6ce425445..2c4760ca20 100644
--- a/bin/named/statschannel.c
+++ b/bin/named/statschannel.c
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ init_desc(void) {
 	SET_RESSTATDESC(zonequota, "spilled due to zone quota", "ZoneQuota");
 	SET_RESSTATDESC(serverquota, "spilled due to server quota",
 			"ServerQuota");
+	SET_RESSTATDESC(clientquota, "spilled due to clients per query quota",
+			"ClientQuota");
 	SET_RESSTATDESC(nextitem, "waited for next item", "NextItem");
 	SET_RESSTATDESC(priming, "priming queries", "Priming");
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/stats.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/stats.h
index 1f57810e73..683f870552 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/stats.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/stats.h
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ enum {
 	dns_resstatscounter_badcookie = 40,
 	dns_resstatscounter_zonequota = 41,
 	dns_resstatscounter_serverquota = 42,
-	dns_resstatscounter_nextitem = 43,
-	dns_resstatscounter_priming = 44,
-	dns_resstatscounter_max = 45,
+	dns_resstatscounter_clientquota = 43,
+	dns_resstatscounter_nextitem = 44,
+	dns_resstatscounter_priming = 45,
+	dns_resstatscounter_max = 46,
 
 	/*
 	 * DNSSEC stats.
diff --git a/lib/dns/resolver.c b/lib/dns/resolver.c
index b09813d444..cba590ae62 100644
--- a/lib/dns/resolver.c
+++ b/lib/dns/resolver.c
@@ -10918,6 +10918,7 @@ dns_resolver_createfetch(dns_resolver_t *res, const dns_name_t *name,
 			fctx->spilled = true;
 		}
 		if (fctx->spilled) {
+			inc_stats(res, dns_resstatscounter_clientquota);
 			result = DNS_R_DROP;
 			goto unlock;
 		}