diff --git a/sys/net/route.c b/sys/net/route.c
index 650da826d89..7a50bcc43e0 100644
--- a/sys/net/route.c
+++ b/sys/net/route.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ VNET_PCPUSTAT_SYSINIT(rtstat);
 VNET_PCPUSTAT_SYSUNINIT(rtstat);
 #endif
 
+SYSCTL_DECL(_net_route);
+SYSCTL_VNET_PCPUSTAT(_net_route, OID_AUTO, stats, struct rtstat,
+    rtstat, "route statistics");
+
 EVENTHANDLER_LIST_DEFINE(rt_addrmsg);
 
 static int rt_ifdelroute(const struct rtentry *rt, const struct nhop_object *,
diff --git a/sys/net/route.h b/sys/net/route.h
index 6d28f21e918..603e4fac535 100644
--- a/sys/net/route.h
+++ b/sys/net/route.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ struct rtstat {
 	uint64_t rts_add_retry;		/* # of route addition retries */
 	uint64_t rts_del_failure;	/* # of route deletion failure */
 	uint64_t rts_del_retry;		/* # of route deletion retries */
+	uint64_t rts_spare[5];
 };
 
 /*