diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8714c13..f7207b6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.6.6"
diff --git a/src/cmd/stats.rs b/src/cmd/stats.rs
index 64572a7b..557be0f7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/stats.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/stats.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stats options:
                            This requires storing all CSV data in memory.
     --median               Show the median.
                            This requires storing all CSV data in memory.
+    --nullcount            Show the number of NULLs.
     --nulls                Include NULLs in the population size for computing
                            mean and standard deviation.
     -j, --jobs <arg>       The number of jobs to run in parallel.
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ struct Args {
     flag_cardinality: bool,
     flag_median: bool,
     flag_nulls: bool,
+    flag_nullcount: bool,
     flag_jobs: usize,
     flag_output: Option<String>,
     flag_no_headers: bool,
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ impl Args {
             range: true,
             dist: true,
             cardinality: self.flag_cardinality || self.flag_everything,
+            nullcount: self.flag_nullcount || self.flag_everything,
             median: self.flag_median || self.flag_everything,
             mode: self.flag_mode || self.flag_everything,
         })).take(record_len).collect()
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ impl Args {
         if self.flag_median || all { fields.push("median"); }
         if self.flag_mode || all { fields.push("mode"); }
         if self.flag_cardinality || all { fields.push("cardinality"); }
+        if self.flag_nullcount || all { fields.push("nullcount"); }
         csv::StringRecord::from(fields)
     }
 }
@@ -234,6 +238,7 @@ struct WhichStats {
     range: bool,
     dist: bool,
     cardinality: bool,
+    nullcount: bool,
     median: bool,
     mode: bool,
 }
@@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ struct Stats {
     online: Option<OnlineStats>,
     mode: Option<Unsorted<Vec<u8>>>,
     median: Option<Unsorted<f64>>,
+    nullcount: u64,
     which: WhichStats,
 }
 
@@ -271,6 +277,7 @@ impl Stats {
             online: online,
             mode: mode,
             median: median,
+            nullcount: 0,
             which: which,
         }
     }
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ impl Stats {
         self.sum.as_mut().map(|v| v.add(t, sample));
         self.minmax.as_mut().map(|v| v.add(t, sample));
         self.mode.as_mut().map(|v| v.add(sample.to_vec()));
+        if sample_type.is_null() { self.nullcount += 1; }
         match self.typ {
             TUnknown => {}
             TNull => {
@@ -365,6 +373,9 @@ impl Stats {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if self.which.nullcount {
+            pieces.push(self.nullcount.to_string());
+        }
         csv::StringRecord::from(pieces)
     }
 }
@@ -377,6 +388,7 @@ impl Commute for Stats {
         self.online.merge(other.online);
         self.mode.merge(other.mode);
         self.median.merge(other.median);
+        self.nullcount += other.nullcount;
         self.which.merge(other.which);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_stats.rs b/tests/test_stats.rs
index b63b396e..714eb2b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_stats.rs
+++ b/tests/test_stats.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ fn setup<S>(name: S, rows: &[&str], headers: bool,
 
 fn get_field_value(wrk: &Workdir, cmd: &mut process::Command, field: &str)
                   -> String {
+    if field == "nullcount" { cmd.arg("--nullcount"); }
     if field == "median" { cmd.arg("--median"); }
     if field == "cardinality" { cmd.arg("--cardinality"); }
     if field == "mode" { cmd.arg("--mode"); }
@@ -181,6 +182,11 @@ stats_tests!(stats_median_even_null, "median",
              &["", "1", "2", "3", "4"], "2.5");
 stats_tests!(stats_median_mix, "median", &["1", "2.5", "3"], "2.5");
 
+stats_tests!(stats_nullcount, "nullcount", &["", "1", "2"], "1");
+stats_tests!(stats_nullcount_none, "nullcount", &["a", "1", "2"], "0");
+stats_tests!(stats_nullcount_spacenotnull, "nullcount", &[" ", "1", "2"], "0");
+stats_tests!(stats_nullcount_all, "nullcount", &["", "", ""], "3");
+
 mod stats_infer_nothing {
     // Only test CSV data with headers.
     // Empty CSV data with no headers won't produce any statistical analysis.