diff --git a/td/telegram/Td.cpp b/td/telegram/Td.cpp
index 4e90f99d5..5a5850e67 100644
--- a/td/telegram/Td.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/Td.cpp
@@ -5200,6 +5200,9 @@ void Td::on_request(uint64 id, td_api::optimizeStorage &request) {
 
 void Td::on_request(uint64 id, td_api::getNetworkStatistics &request) {
   CREATE_REQUEST_PROMISE();
+  if (!request.only_current_ && G()->shared_config().get_option_boolean("disable_persistent_network_statistics")) {
+    return send_error_raw(id, 400, "Persistent network statistics is disabled");
+  }
   auto query_promise = PromiseCreator::lambda([promise = std::move(promise)](Result<NetworkStats> result) mutable {
     if (result.is_error()) {
       promise.set_error(result.move_as_error());
@@ -7001,6 +7004,9 @@ void Td::on_request(uint64 id, td_api::setOption &request) {
       if (!is_bot && set_boolean_option("disable_top_chats")) {
         return;
       }
+      if (set_boolean_option("disable_persistent_network_statistics")) {
+        return;
+      }
       if (request.name_ == "drop_notification_ids") {
         G()->td_db()->get_binlog_pmc()->erase("notification_id_current");
         G()->td_db()->get_binlog_pmc()->erase("notification_group_id_current");
diff --git a/td/telegram/net/NetStatsManager.cpp b/td/telegram/net/NetStatsManager.cpp
index 2c4dadff3..931e1c5f1 100644
--- a/td/telegram/net/NetStatsManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/net/NetStatsManager.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ void NetStatsManager::update(NetStatsInfo &info, bool force_save) {
 }
 
 void NetStatsManager::save_stats(NetStatsInfo &info, NetType net_type) {
+  if (G()->shared_config().get_option_boolean("disable_persistent_network_statistics")) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   auto net_type_i = static_cast<size_t>(net_type);
   auto &type_stats = info.stats_by_type[net_type_i];