diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b26b1a39eb..1b1719de57 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ set(TESTS
         db/db_properties_test.cc
         db/db_range_del_test.cc
         db/db_sst_test.cc
+        db/db_statistics_test.cc
         db/db_table_properties_test.cc
         db/db_tailing_iter_test.cc
         db/db_test.cc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74bef99001..989d1a4523 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	db_io_failure_test \
 	db_properties_test \
 	db_table_properties_test \
+	db_statistics_test \
 	autovector_test \
 	cleanable_test \
 	column_family_test \
@@ -1054,6 +1055,9 @@ db_range_del_test: db/db_range_del_test.o db/db_test_util.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TEST
 db_sst_test: db/db_sst_test.o db/db_test_util.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS)
 	$(AM_LINK)
 
+db_statistics_test: db/db_statistics_test.o db/db_test_util.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS)
+	$(AM_LINK)
+
 external_sst_file_basic_test: db/external_sst_file_basic_test.o db/db_test_util.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS)
 	$(AM_LINK)
 
diff --git a/TARGETS b/TARGETS
index 715110ba54..0008f86a02 100644
--- a/TARGETS
+++ b/TARGETS
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ ROCKS_TESTS = [['merger_test', 'table/merger_test.cc', 'serial'],
  ['version_edit_test', 'db/version_edit_test.cc', 'serial'],
  ['skiplist_test', 'memtable/skiplist_test.cc', 'serial'],
  ['lru_cache_test', 'cache/lru_cache_test.cc', 'serial'],
- ['plain_table_db_test', 'db/plain_table_db_test.cc', 'serial']]
+ ['plain_table_db_test', 'db/plain_table_db_test.cc', 'serial'],
+ ['db_statistics_test', 'db/db_statistics_test.cc', 'serial']]
 
 
 # Generate a test rule for each entry in ROCKS_TESTS
diff --git a/db/db_statistics_test.cc b/db/db_statistics_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbfeea357f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/db_statistics_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2011-present, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//  This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+//  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+//  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "db/db_test_util.h"
+#include "monitoring/thread_status_util.h"
+#include "port/stack_trace.h"
+#include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
+
+namespace rocksdb {
+
+class DBStatisticsTest : public DBTestBase {
+ public:
+  DBStatisticsTest() : DBTestBase("/db_statistics_test") {}
+};
+
+TEST_F(DBStatisticsTest, CompressionStatsTest) {
+  CompressionType type;
+
+  if (Snappy_Supported()) {
+    type = kSnappyCompression;
+    fprintf(stderr, "using snappy\n");
+  } else if (Zlib_Supported()) {
+    type = kZlibCompression;
+    fprintf(stderr, "using zlib\n");
+  } else if (BZip2_Supported()) {
+    type = kBZip2Compression;
+    fprintf(stderr, "using bzip2\n");
+  } else if (LZ4_Supported()) {
+    type = kLZ4Compression;
+    fprintf(stderr, "using lz4\n");
+  } else if (XPRESS_Supported()) {
+    type = kXpressCompression;
+    fprintf(stderr, "using xpress\n");
+  } else if (ZSTD_Supported()) {
+    type = kZSTD;
+    fprintf(stderr, "using ZSTD\n");
+  } else {
+    fprintf(stderr, "skipping test, compression disabled\n");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.compression = type;
+  options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
+  options.statistics->stats_level_ = StatsLevel::kExceptTimeForMutex;
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+
+  int kNumKeysWritten = 100000;
+
+  // Check that compressions occur and are counted when compression is turned on
+  Random rnd(301);
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
+    // compressible string
+    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(i), RandomString(&rnd, 128) + std::string(128, 'a')));
+  }
+  ASSERT_OK(Flush());
+  ASSERT_GT(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_COMPRESSED), 0);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
+    auto r = Get(Key(i));
+  }
+  ASSERT_GT(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_DECOMPRESSED), 0);
+
+  options.compression = kNoCompression;
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+  uint64_t currentCompressions =
+            options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_COMPRESSED);
+  uint64_t currentDecompressions =
+            options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_DECOMPRESSED);
+
+  // Check that compressions do not occur when turned off
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
+    // compressible string
+    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(i), RandomString(&rnd, 128) + std::string(128, 'a')));
+  }
+  ASSERT_OK(Flush());
+  ASSERT_EQ(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_COMPRESSED)
+            - currentCompressions, 0);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
+    auto r = Get(Key(i));
+  }
+  ASSERT_EQ(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_DECOMPRESSED)
+            - currentDecompressions, 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F(DBStatisticsTest, MutexWaitStatsDisabledByDefault) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.create_if_missing = true;
+  options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
+  CreateAndReopenWithCF({"pikachu"}, options);
+  const uint64_t kMutexWaitDelay = 100;
+  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT,
+                                       kMutexWaitDelay);
+  ASSERT_OK(Put("hello", "rocksdb"));
+  ASSERT_EQ(TestGetTickerCount(options, DB_MUTEX_WAIT_MICROS), 0);
+  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT, 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F(DBStatisticsTest, MutexWaitStats) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.create_if_missing = true;
+  options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
+  options.statistics->stats_level_ = StatsLevel::kAll;
+  CreateAndReopenWithCF({"pikachu"}, options);
+  const uint64_t kMutexWaitDelay = 100;
+  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT,
+                                       kMutexWaitDelay);
+  ASSERT_OK(Put("hello", "rocksdb"));
+  ASSERT_GE(TestGetTickerCount(options, DB_MUTEX_WAIT_MICROS), kMutexWaitDelay);
+  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT, 0);
+}
+
+}  // namespace rocksdb
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  rocksdb::port::InstallStackTraceHandler();
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index dfe552e3c0..e3b93280d8 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -4193,104 +4193,6 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, EncodeDecompressedBlockSizeTest) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_F(DBTest, CompressionStatsTest) {
-  CompressionType type;
-
-  if (Snappy_Supported()) {
-    type = kSnappyCompression;
-    fprintf(stderr, "using snappy\n");
-  } else if (Zlib_Supported()) {
-    type = kZlibCompression;
-    fprintf(stderr, "using zlib\n");
-  } else if (BZip2_Supported()) {
-    type = kBZip2Compression;
-    fprintf(stderr, "using bzip2\n");
-  } else if (LZ4_Supported()) {
-    type = kLZ4Compression;
-    fprintf(stderr, "using lz4\n");
-  } else if (XPRESS_Supported()) {
-    type = kXpressCompression;
-    fprintf(stderr, "using xpress\n");
-  } else if (ZSTD_Supported()) {
-    type = kZSTD;
-    fprintf(stderr, "using ZSTD\n");
-  } else {
-    fprintf(stderr, "skipping test, compression disabled\n");
-    return;
-  }
-
-  Options options = CurrentOptions();
-  options.compression = type;
-  options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
-  options.statistics->stats_level_ = StatsLevel::kExceptTimeForMutex;
-  DestroyAndReopen(options);
-
-  int kNumKeysWritten = 100000;
-
-  // Check that compressions occur and are counted when compression is turned on
-  Random rnd(301);
-  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
-    // compressible string
-    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(i), RandomString(&rnd, 128) + std::string(128, 'a')));
-  }
-  ASSERT_OK(Flush());
-  ASSERT_GT(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_COMPRESSED), 0);
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
-    auto r = Get(Key(i));
-  }
-  ASSERT_GT(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_DECOMPRESSED), 0);
-
-  options.compression = kNoCompression;
-  DestroyAndReopen(options);
-  uint64_t currentCompressions =
-            options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_COMPRESSED);
-  uint64_t currentDecompressions =
-            options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_DECOMPRESSED);
-
-  // Check that compressions do not occur when turned off
-  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
-    // compressible string
-    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(i), RandomString(&rnd, 128) + std::string(128, 'a')));
-  }
-  ASSERT_OK(Flush());
-  ASSERT_EQ(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_COMPRESSED)
-            - currentCompressions, 0);
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < kNumKeysWritten; ++i) {
-    auto r = Get(Key(i));
-  }
-  ASSERT_EQ(options.statistics->getTickerCount(NUMBER_BLOCK_DECOMPRESSED)
-            - currentDecompressions, 0);
-}
-
-TEST_F(DBTest, MutexWaitStatsDisabledByDefault) {
-  Options options = CurrentOptions();
-  options.create_if_missing = true;
-  options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
-  CreateAndReopenWithCF({"pikachu"}, options);
-  const uint64_t kMutexWaitDelay = 100;
-  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT,
-                                       kMutexWaitDelay);
-  ASSERT_OK(Put("hello", "rocksdb"));
-  ASSERT_EQ(TestGetTickerCount(options, DB_MUTEX_WAIT_MICROS), 0);
-  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT, 0);
-}
-
-TEST_F(DBTest, MutexWaitStats) {
-  Options options = CurrentOptions();
-  options.create_if_missing = true;
-  options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
-  options.statistics->stats_level_ = StatsLevel::kAll;
-  CreateAndReopenWithCF({"pikachu"}, options);
-  const uint64_t kMutexWaitDelay = 100;
-  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT,
-                                       kMutexWaitDelay);
-  ASSERT_OK(Put("hello", "rocksdb"));
-  ASSERT_GE(TestGetTickerCount(options, DB_MUTEX_WAIT_MICROS), kMutexWaitDelay);
-  ThreadStatusUtil::TEST_SetStateDelay(ThreadStatus::STATE_MUTEX_WAIT, 0);
-}
-
 TEST_F(DBTest, CloseSpeedup) {
   Options options = CurrentOptions();
   options.compaction_style = kCompactionStyleLevel;
diff --git a/src.mk b/src.mk
index 39f4218d05..4a570d1bd6 100644
--- a/src.mk
+++ b/src.mk
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ MAIN_SOURCES =                                                    \
   db/db_options_test.cc                                                 \
   db/db_range_del_test.cc                                               \
   db/db_sst_test.cc                                                     \
+  db/db_statistics_test.cc                                              \
   db/db_table_properties_test.cc                                        \
   db/db_tailing_iter_test.cc                                            \
   db/db_test.cc                                                         \