diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 2f20ecbe3..28f2b64f0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * RollbackToSavePoint() in WriteBatch/WriteBatchWithIndex
 * Add NewCompactOnDeletionCollectorFactory() in utilities/table_properties_collectors, which allows rocksdb to mark a SST file as need-compaction when it observes at least D deletion entries in any N consecutive entries in that SST file.  Note that this feature depends on an experimental NeedCompact() API --- the result of this API will not persist after DB restart.
 * Add DBOptions::delete_scheduler. Use NewDeleteScheduler() in include/rocksdb/delete_scheduler.h to create a DeleteScheduler that can be shared among multiple RocksDB instances to control the file deletion rate of SST files that exist in the first db_path.
+* Add statistics::getHistogramString() to print detailed distribution of a histogram metric.
 
 ### Public API Changes
 * Deprecated WriteOptions::timeout_hint_us. We no longer support write timeout. If you really need this option, talk to us and we might consider returning it.
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
index 61a9958ae..79c77766a 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class Statistics {
   virtual uint64_t getTickerCount(uint32_t tickerType) const = 0;
   virtual void histogramData(uint32_t type,
                              HistogramData* const data) const = 0;
-
+  virtual std::string getHistogramString(uint32_t type) const { return ""; }
   virtual void recordTick(uint32_t tickerType, uint64_t count = 0) = 0;
   virtual void setTickerCount(uint32_t tickerType, uint64_t count) = 0;
   virtual void measureTime(uint32_t histogramType, uint64_t time) = 0;
diff --git a/util/statistics.cc b/util/statistics.cc
index ba7670bb4..f06589a17 100644
--- a/util/statistics.cc
+++ b/util/statistics.cc
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ void StatisticsImpl::histogramData(uint32_t histogramType,
   histograms_[histogramType].Data(data);
 }
 
+std::string StatisticsImpl::getHistogramString(uint32_t histogramType) const {
+  assert(enable_internal_stats_ ? histogramType < INTERNAL_HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX
+                                : histogramType < HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX);
+  return histograms_[histogramType].ToString();
+}
+
 void StatisticsImpl::setTickerCount(uint32_t tickerType, uint64_t count) {
   assert(
     enable_internal_stats_ ?
diff --git a/util/statistics.h b/util/statistics.h
index c56900acc..55914f59e 100644
--- a/util/statistics.h
+++ b/util/statistics.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class StatisticsImpl : public Statistics {
   virtual uint64_t getTickerCount(uint32_t ticker_type) const override;
   virtual void histogramData(uint32_t histogram_type,
                              HistogramData* const data) const override;
+  std::string getHistogramString(uint32_t histogram_type) const override;
 
   virtual void setTickerCount(uint32_t ticker_type, uint64_t count) override;
   virtual void recordTick(uint32_t ticker_type, uint64_t count) override;