diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 77e3e6930..734211720 100755
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ type CGRConfig struct {
 	UserServerEnabled        bool                     // Starts User as server: <true|false>
 	UserServerIndexes        []string                 // List of user profile field indexes
 	resourceLimiterCfg       *ResourceLimiterConfig   // Configuration for resource limiter
+	statsCfg                 *StatSCfg                // Configuration for StatS
 	MailerServer             string                   // The server to use when sending emails out
 	MailerAuthUser           string                   // Authenticate to email server using this user
 	MailerAuthPass           string                   // Authenticate to email server with this password
@@ -1109,6 +1110,10 @@ func (self *CGRConfig) ResourceLimiterCfg() *ResourceLimiterConfig {
 	return self.resourceLimiterCfg
 }
 
+func (cfg *CGRConfig) StatSCfg() *StatSCfg {
+	return cfg.statsCfg
+}
+
 // ToDo: fix locking here
 func (self *CGRConfig) SMAsteriskCfg() *SMAsteriskCfg {
 	cfgChan := <-self.ConfigReloads[utils.SMAsterisk] // Lock config for read or reloads
diff --git a/config/config_defaults.go b/config/config_defaults.go
index c6eeb3ce6..7f07b6c54 100755
--- a/config/config_defaults.go
+++ b/config/config_defaults.go
@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ const CGRATES_CFG_JSON = `
 },
 
 
+"stats": {
+	"enabled": false,						// starts ResourceLimiter service: <true|false>.
+	"cache_dump_interval": "0s",			// dump cache regularly to dataDB, 0 - dump at start/shutdown: <""|*never|$dur>
+},
+
+
 "mailer": {
 	"server": "localhost",								// the server to use when sending emails out
 	"auth_user": "cgrates",								// authenticate to email server using this user
diff --git a/config/config_json.go b/config/config_json.go
index ec954e707..a76225638 100644
--- a/config/config_json.go
+++ b/config/config_json.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/DisposaBoy/JsonConfigReader"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -358,6 +359,18 @@ func (self CgrJsonCfg) ResourceLimiterJsonCfg() (*ResourceLimiterServJsonCfg, er
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
+func (self CgrJsonCfg) StatSJsonCfg() (*StatServJsonCfg, error) {
+	rawCfg, hasKey := self[utils.StatS]
+	if !hasKey {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	cfg := new(StatServJsonCfg)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(*rawCfg, cfg); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
 func (self CgrJsonCfg) MailerJsonCfg() (*MailerJsonCfg, error) {
 	rawCfg, hasKey := self[MAILER_JSN]
 	if !hasKey {
diff --git a/config/config_json_test.go b/config/config_json_test.go
index e66f4fcc8..bb50134a2 100755
--- a/config/config_json_test.go
+++ b/config/config_json_test.go
@@ -676,6 +676,18 @@ func TestDfResourceLimiterSJsonCfg(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDfStatServiceJsonCfg(t *testing.T) {
+	eCfg := &StatServJsonCfg{
+		Enabled:             utils.BoolPointer(false),
+		Cache_dump_interval: utils.StringPointer("0s"),
+	}
+	if cfg, err := dfCgrJsonCfg.StatSJsonCfg(); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(eCfg, cfg) {
+		t.Error("Received: ", cfg)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDfMailerJsonCfg(t *testing.T) {
 	eCfg := &MailerJsonCfg{
 		Server:        utils.StringPointer("localhost"),
diff --git a/config/libconfig_json.go b/config/libconfig_json.go
index f78a0c0ba..6af793245 100755
--- a/config/libconfig_json.go
+++ b/config/libconfig_json.go
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ type ResourceLimiterServJsonCfg struct {
 	Cache_dump_interval *string
 }
 
+// Stat service config section
+type StatServJsonCfg struct {
+	Enabled             *bool
+	Cache_dump_interval *string
+}
+
 // Mailer config section
 type MailerJsonCfg struct {
 	Server        *string
diff --git a/config/statscfg.go b/config/statscfg.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..851d4776b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/statscfg.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+package config
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
+)
+
+type StatSCfg struct {
+	Enabled           bool
+	CacheDumpInterval time.Duration // Dump regularly from cache into dataDB
+}
+
+func (st *StatSCfg) loadFromJsonCfg(jsnCfg *StatServJsonCfg) (err error) {
+	if jsnCfg == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if jsnCfg.Enabled != nil {
+		st.Enabled = *jsnCfg.Enabled
+	}
+	if jsnCfg.Cache_dump_interval != nil {
+		if st.CacheDumpInterval, err = utils.ParseDurationWithSecs(*jsnCfg.Cache_dump_interval); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index d4fbb42c8..6a8d19e26 100755
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ const (
 	CacheDerivedChargers         = "derived_chargers"
 	CacheResourceLimits          = "resource_limits"
 	CacheTimings                 = "timings"
+	StatS                        = "stats"
 )
 
 func buildCacheInstRevPrefixes() {