diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 3fb482b306..e0e3739b08 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -609,11 +609,14 @@ typedef enum {
      */
     VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_USABLE          = 8,
 
+    /* Timestamp of the last update of statistics */
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_LAST_UPDATE     = 9,
+
     /*
      * The number of statistics supported by this version of the interface.
      * To add new statistics, add them to the enum and increase this value.
      */
-    VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_NR              = 9,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_NR              = 10,
 
 # ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS
     VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_LAST = VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_NR
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 1467030db7..413f8af5a4 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -5991,6 +5991,8 @@ virDomainGetInterfaceParameters(virDomainPtr domain,
  *     to swap, corresponds to 'Available' in /proc/meminfo
  * VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_ACTUAL_BALLOON:
  *     Current balloon value (in kb).
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_LAST_UPDATE
+ *     Timestamp of the last statistic
  *
  * Returns: The number of stats provided or -1 in case of failure.
  */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 7fa984741b..37bab949a1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -1633,10 +1633,10 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetBalloonInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
  * rates and/or whether data has been collected since a previous cycle.
  * It's currently unused.
  */
-#define GET_BALLOON_STATS(FIELD, TAG, DIVISOR)                                \
-    if (virJSONValueObjectHasKey(statsdata, FIELD) &&                         \
+#define GET_BALLOON_STATS(OBJECT, FIELD, TAG, DIVISOR)                        \
+    if (virJSONValueObjectHasKey(OBJECT, FIELD) &&                            \
        (got < nr_stats)) {                                                    \
-        if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUlong(statsdata, FIELD, &mem) < 0) {   \
+        if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUlong(OBJECT, FIELD, &mem) < 0) {      \
             VIR_DEBUG("Failed to get '%s' value", FIELD);                     \
         } else {                                                              \
             /* Not being collected? No point in providing bad data */         \
@@ -1707,20 +1707,22 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-swap-in",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-swap-in",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_SWAP_IN, 1024);
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-swap-out",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-swap-out",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_SWAP_OUT, 1024);
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-major-faults",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-major-faults",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_MAJOR_FAULT, 1);
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-minor-faults",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-minor-faults",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_MINOR_FAULT, 1);
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-free-memory",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-free-memory",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_UNUSED, 1024);
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-total-memory",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-total-memory",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_AVAILABLE, 1024);
-    GET_BALLOON_STATS("stat-available-memory",
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(statsdata, "stat-available-memory",
                       VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_USABLE, 1024);
+    GET_BALLOON_STATS(data, "last-update",
+                      VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_LAST_UPDATE, 1);
     ret = got;
  cleanup:
     virJSONValueFree(cmd);
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
index 7f30da2188..77aa272265 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ cmdDomMemStat(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
             vshPrint(ctl, "actual %llu\n", stats[i].val);
         if (stats[i].tag == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_RSS)
             vshPrint(ctl, "rss %llu\n", stats[i].val);
+        if (stats[i].tag == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMORY_STAT_LAST_UPDATE)
+            vshPrint(ctl, "last_update %llu\n", stats[i].val);
     }
 
     ret = true;