diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index cac2abbd1..ccc5c0158 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+12 April 2017: Wouter
+	- subnet mem value is available in shm, also when not enabled,
+	  to make the struct easier to memmap by other applications,
+	  independent of the configuration of unbound.
+
 12 April 2017: Ralph
 	- Fix #1247: unbound does not shorten source prefix length when
 	  forwarding ECS.
diff --git a/util/shm_side/shm_main.c b/util/shm_side/shm_main.c
index bfe14f3d6..cab9aed56 100644
--- a/util/shm_side/shm_main.c
+++ b/util/shm_side/shm_main.c
@@ -262,8 +262,11 @@ void shm_main_run(struct worker *worker)
 			fptr_ok(fptr_whitelist_mod_get_mem(worker->env.mesh->mods.mod[modstack]->get_mem));
 			shm_stat->mem.iter = (*worker->env.mesh->mods.mod[modstack]->get_mem)(&worker->env, modstack);
 		}
-#ifdef CLIENT_SUBNET
+		/* subnet mem value is available in shm, also when not enabled,
+		 * to make the struct easier to memmap by other applications,
+		 * independent of the configuration of unbound */
 		shm_stat->mem.subnet = 0;
+#ifdef CLIENT_SUBNET
 		modstack = modstack_find(&worker->env.mesh->mods, "subnet");
 		if(modstack != -1) {
 			fptr_ok(fptr_whitelist_mod_get_mem(worker->env.mesh->mods.mod[modstack]->get_mem));
diff --git a/util/shm_side/shm_main.h b/util/shm_side/shm_main.h
index 1ecac5560..8e4f4d051 100644
--- a/util/shm_side/shm_main.h
+++ b/util/shm_side/shm_main.h
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ struct shm_stat_info {
 		size_t rrset;
 		size_t val;
 		size_t iter;
-#ifdef CLIENT_SUBNET
 		size_t subnet;
-#endif
 	} mem;
 };