diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index 216d249858..86bc557a74 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -603,6 +603,11 @@ void DomainServer::readAvailableDatagrams() {
                 if (noisyMessage) {
                     lastNoisyMessage = timeNow;
                 }
+            } else if (requestType == PacketTypeNodeJsonStats) {
+                SharedNodePointer matchingNode = nodeList->sendingNodeForPacket(receivedPacket);
+                if (matchingNode) {
+                    reinterpret_cast<DomainServerNodeData*>(matchingNode->getLinkedData())->parseJSONStatsPacket(receivedPacket);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp
index 2e32903712..4f943c85db 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,44 @@
 //  Copyright (c) 2014 HighFidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
 //
 
+#include <QtCore/QDataStream>
+#include <QtCore/QJsonObject>
+#include <QtCore/QVariant>
+
+#include <PacketHeaders.h>
+
 #include "DomainServerNodeData.h"
 
 DomainServerNodeData::DomainServerNodeData() :
     _sessionSecretHash(),
-    _staticAssignmentUUID()
+    _staticAssignmentUUID(),
+    _statsJSONObject()
 {
     
+}
+
+void DomainServerNodeData::parseJSONStatsPacket(const QByteArray& statsPacket) {
+    // push past the packet header
+    QDataStream packetStream(statsPacket);
+    packetStream.skipRawData(numBytesForPacketHeader(statsPacket));
+    
+    QVariantMap unpackedVariantMap;
+    
+    packetStream >> unpackedVariantMap;
+    
+    QJsonObject unpackedStatsJSON = QJsonObject::fromVariantMap(unpackedVariantMap);
+    _statsJSONObject = mergeJSONStatsFromNewObject(unpackedStatsJSON, _statsJSONObject);
+}
+
+
+QJsonObject DomainServerNodeData::mergeJSONStatsFromNewObject(const QJsonObject& newObject, QJsonObject destinationObject) {
+    foreach(const QString& key, newObject.keys()) {
+        if (newObject[key].isObject() && destinationObject.contains(key)) {
+            destinationObject[key] = mergeJSONStatsFromNewObject(newObject[key].toObject(), destinationObject[key].toObject());
+        } else {
+            destinationObject[key] = newObject[key];
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return destinationObject;
 }
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diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.h b/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.h
index 6686b9120f..8035147bef 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.h
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.h
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@ public:
     DomainServerNodeData();
     int parseData(const QByteArray& packet) { return 0; }
     
+    void parseJSONStatsPacket(const QByteArray& statsPacket);
+    
     void setStaticAssignmentUUID(const QUuid& staticAssignmentUUID) { _staticAssignmentUUID = staticAssignmentUUID; }
     const QUuid& getStaticAssignmentUUID() const { return _staticAssignmentUUID; }
     
     QHash<QUuid, QUuid>& getSessionSecretHash() { return _sessionSecretHash; }
 private:
+    QJsonObject mergeJSONStatsFromNewObject(const QJsonObject& newObject, QJsonObject destinationObject);
+    
     QHash<QUuid, QUuid> _sessionSecretHash;
     QUuid _staticAssignmentUUID;
+    QJsonObject _statsJSONObject;
 };
 
 #endif /* defined(__hifi__DomainServerNodeData__) */