diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java
index bc880a13e..80efe199f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants.OBJ_BLOB;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack.PackConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack.PackStatistics;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.test.resources.SampleDataRepositoryTestCase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PackParser;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -437,6 +439,38 @@ public void testWritePack4SizeThinVsNoThin() throws Exception {
 		assertTrue(sizePack4 > sizePack4Thin);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testDeltaStatistics() throws Exception {
+		config.setDeltaCompress(true);
+		FileRepository repo = createBareRepository();
+		TestRepository<FileRepository> testRepo = new TestRepository<FileRepository>(repo);
+		ArrayList<RevObject> blobs = new ArrayList<>();
+		blobs.add(testRepo.blob(genDeltableData(1000)));
+		blobs.add(testRepo.blob(genDeltableData(1005)));
+
+		try (PackWriter pw = new PackWriter(repo)) {
+			NullProgressMonitor m = NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE;
+			pw.preparePack(blobs.iterator());
+			pw.writePack(m, m, os);
+			PackStatistics stats = pw.getStatistics();
+			assertEquals(1, stats.getTotalDeltas());
+			assertTrue("Delta bytes not set.",
+					stats.byObjectType(OBJ_BLOB).getDeltaBytes() > 0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Generate consistent junk data for building files that delta well
+	private String genDeltableData(int length) {
+		assertTrue("Generated data must have a length > 0", length > 0);
+		char[] data = {'a', 'b', 'c', '\n'};
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(length);
+		for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+			builder.append(data[i % 4]);
+		}
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+
+
 	@Test
 	public void testWriteIndex() throws Exception {
 		config.setIndexVersion(2);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
index 19b6b080d..f3f77c449 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackWriter.java
@@ -1551,6 +1551,8 @@ private void writeDeltaObjectDeflate(PackOutputStream out,
 			if (zbuf != null) {
 				out.writeHeader(otp, otp.getCachedSize());
 				out.write(zbuf);
+				typeStats.cntDeltas++;
+				typeStats.deltaBytes += out.length() - otp.getOffset();
 				return;
 			}
 		}