diff --git a/src/chttpd_db.erl b/src/chttpd_db.erl
index 9347c1a..cc113ab 100644
--- a/src/chttpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd_db.erl
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ db_req(#httpd{method='POST', path_parts=[_, <<"_bulk_get">>]}=Req, Db) ->
         undefined ->
             throw({bad_request, <<"Missing JSON list of 'docs'.">>});
         Docs ->
+            couch_stats:update_histogram([couchdb, httpd, bulk_reads], length(Docs)),
             #doc_query_args{
                 options = Options
             } = bulk_get_parse_doc_query(Req),