diff --git a/db/db_statistics_test.cc b/db/db_statistics_test.cc
index c99af22d6f..d4e4c628b1 100644
--- a/db/db_statistics_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_statistics_test.cc
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ TEST_F(DBStatisticsTest, ResetStats) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST_F(DBStatisticsTest, ExcludeTickers) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.statistics = ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::CreateDBStatistics();
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+  options.statistics->set_stats_level(StatsLevel::kExceptTickers);
+  ASSERT_OK(Put("foo", "value"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, options.statistics->getTickerCount(BYTES_WRITTEN));
+  options.statistics->set_stats_level(StatsLevel::kExceptHistogramOrTimers);
+  Reopen(options);
+  ASSERT_EQ("value", Get("foo"));
+  ASSERT_GT(options.statistics->getTickerCount(BYTES_READ), 0);
+}
+
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
index cc99f67638..74ee6bd29b 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ struct HistogramData {
 // Usage:
 //   options.statistics->set_stats_level(StatsLevel::kExceptTimeForMutex);
 enum StatsLevel : uint8_t {
+  // Disable all metrics
+  kDisableAll,
+  // Disable tickers
+  kExceptTickers = kDisableAll,
   // Disable timer stats, and skip histogram stats
   kExceptHistogramOrTimers,
   // Skip timer stats
diff --git a/monitoring/statistics.cc b/monitoring/statistics.cc
index 181065c439..b0f8bb30ef 100644
--- a/monitoring/statistics.cc
+++ b/monitoring/statistics.cc
@@ -329,11 +329,17 @@ uint64_t StatisticsImpl::getAndResetTickerCount(uint32_t tickerType) {
 }
 
 void StatisticsImpl::recordTick(uint32_t tickerType, uint64_t count) {
-  assert(tickerType < TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
-  per_core_stats_.Access()->tickers_[tickerType].fetch_add(
-      count, std::memory_order_relaxed);
-  if (stats_ && tickerType < TICKER_ENUM_MAX) {
-    stats_->recordTick(tickerType, count);
+  if (get_stats_level() <= StatsLevel::kExceptTickers) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (tickerType < TICKER_ENUM_MAX) {
+    per_core_stats_.Access()->tickers_[tickerType].fetch_add(
+        count, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    if (stats_) {
+      stats_->recordTick(tickerType, count);
+    }
+  } else {
+    assert(false);
   }
 }