diff --git a/include/types/counters.h b/include/types/counters.h
index e3e051ff1..391915acd 100644
--- a/include/types/counters.h
+++ b/include/types/counters.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct pxcounters {
 	long long srv_aborts;                   /* aborted responses during DATA phase caused by the server */
 	long long retries;                      /* retried and redispatched connections (BE only) */
 	long long redispatches;                 /* retried and redispatched connections (BE only) */
+	long long intercepted_req;              /* number of monitoring or stats requests intercepted by the frontend */
 
 	union {
 		struct {
diff --git a/src/dumpstats.c b/src/dumpstats.c
index 814a90cad..d976e07ac 100644
--- a/src/dumpstats.c
+++ b/src/dumpstats.c
@@ -2286,7 +2286,8 @@ static int stats_dump_proxy(struct stream_interface *si, struct proxy *px, struc
 					for (i = 1; i < 6; i++)
 						chunk_printf(&msg, " %dxx=%lld,", i, px->fe_counters.p.http.rsp[i]);
 
-					chunk_printf(&msg, " other=%lld\"", px->fe_counters.p.http.rsp[0]);
+					chunk_printf(&msg, " other=%lld,", px->fe_counters.p.http.rsp[0]);
+					chunk_printf(&msg, " intercepted=%lld\"", px->fe_counters.intercepted_req);
 				}
 
 				chunk_printf(&msg,
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 26b8f73ca..bf21ca9c8 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -2670,6 +2670,7 @@ int http_wait_for_request(struct session *s, struct buffer *req, int an_bit)
 		struct acl_cond *cond;
 
 		s->flags |= SN_MONITOR;
+		s->fe->fe_counters.intercepted_req++;
 
 		/* Check if we want to fail this monitor request or not */
 		list_for_each_entry(cond, &s->fe->mon_fail_cond, list) {
@@ -3275,6 +3276,8 @@ int http_process_req_common(struct session *s, struct buffer *req, int an_bit, s
 		s->rep->prod->applet.private = s;
 		s->rep->prod->applet.st0 = s->rep->prod->applet.st1 = 0;
 		req->analysers = 0;
+		if (s->fe == s->be) /* report it if the request was intercepted by the frontend */
+			s->fe->fe_counters.intercepted_req++;
 
 		return 0;