diff --git a/bind.changes b/bind.changes
index be7b768..c897243 100644
--- a/bind.changes
+++ b/bind.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  1 12:59:39 UTC 2017 - jcnengel@gmail.com
+
+- Enable JSON statistics
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 14 12:01:43 UTC 2017 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/bind.spec b/bind.spec
index 744bdd3..3ba7eec 100644
--- a/bind.spec
+++ b/bind.spec
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Patch103:       bind-CVE-2017-3135.patch
 Patch104:       bind-CVE-2017-3142-and-3143.patch
 BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
+BuildRequires:  libjson-c-devel
 BuildRequires:  libmysqlclient-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="\
 	--with-libtool \
 	--enable-runidn \
 	--with-libxml2 \
+	--with-libjson \
 	--with-dlz-mysql \
 	--with-dlz-ldap \
 	--enable-rrl \