diff --git a/src/dict/main.c b/src/dict/main.c
index f298235e6b..4549c25f1a 100644
--- a/src/dict/main.c
+++ b/src/dict/main.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static bool proctitle_updated;
 static void
 add_stats_string(string_t *str, struct stats_dist *stats, const char *name)
 {
-	str_printfa(str, ", %u %s:%"PRIu64"/%"PRIu64"/%"PRIu64"/%"PRIu64,
+	str_printfa(str, ", %u %s:%"PRIu64"/%.02f/%"PRIu64"/%"PRIu64,
 		    stats_dist_get_count(stats), name,
 		    stats_dist_get_min(stats)/1000, stats_dist_get_avg(stats)/1000,
 		    stats_dist_get_95th(stats)/1000, stats_dist_get_max(stats)/1000);
diff --git a/src/lib/stats-dist.c b/src/lib/stats-dist.c
index 52db4d353a..788847ae8f 100644
--- a/src/lib/stats-dist.c
+++ b/src/lib/stats-dist.c
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ uint64_t stats_dist_get_max(const struct stats_dist *stats)
 	return stats->max;
 }
 
-uint64_t stats_dist_get_avg(const struct stats_dist *stats)
+double stats_dist_get_avg(const struct stats_dist *stats)
 {
 	if (stats->count == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	return (stats->sum + stats->count/2) / stats->count;
+	return (double)stats->sum / stats->count;
 }
 
 static void stats_dist_ensure_sorted(struct stats_dist *stats)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ double stats_dist_get_variance(const struct stats_dist *stats)
 	if (stats->count == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	double avg = (double)(int64_t)stats_dist_get_avg(stats);
+	double avg = stats_dist_get_avg(stats);
 	double count = (stats->count < stats->sample_count)
 		? stats->count
 		: stats->sample_count;
diff --git a/src/lib/stats-dist.h b/src/lib/stats-dist.h
index e21e638b85..82d53597af 100644
--- a/src/lib/stats-dist.h
+++ b/src/lib/stats-dist.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ uint64_t stats_dist_get_min(const struct stats_dist *stats);
 /* Returns events' maximum. */
 uint64_t stats_dist_get_max(const struct stats_dist *stats);
 /* Returns events' average. */
-uint64_t stats_dist_get_avg(const struct stats_dist *stats);
+double stats_dist_get_avg(const struct stats_dist *stats);
 /* Returns events' approximate (through random subsampling) median. */
 uint64_t stats_dist_get_median(const struct stats_dist *stats);
 /* Returns events' variance */
diff --git a/src/lib/test-stats-dist.c b/src/lib/test-stats-dist.c
index f6431d79ac..9c291624f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/test-stats-dist.c
+++ b/src/lib/test-stats-dist.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include "test-lib.h"
 #include "stats-dist.h"
 #include "sort.h"
+#include "math.h"
+
+#define DBL_EQ(a, b) (fabs((a)-(b)) < 0.001)
 
 static void
 test_stats_dist_verify(const struct stats_dist *t, const int64_t *input,
@@ -31,7 +34,8 @@ test_stats_dist_verify(const struct stats_dist *t, const int64_t *input,
 	test_assert_idx(stats_dist_get_sum(t) == sum, input_size);
 	test_assert_idx(stats_dist_get_min(t)  == min, input_size);
 	test_assert_idx(stats_dist_get_max(t) == max, input_size);
-	test_assert_idx(stats_dist_get_avg(t) == (sum + input_size/2)/input_size, input_size);
+	test_assert_idx(DBL_EQ(stats_dist_get_avg(t), (double)sum/input_size),
+			input_size);
 
 	/* these aren't always fully accurate: */
 	test_assert_idx(stats_dist_get_median(t) >= copy[(input_size-1)/2] &&
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ void test_stats_dist(void)
 	test_assert(stats_dist_get_sum(t) == (i-1)*i/2);
 	test_assert(stats_dist_get_min(t) == 0);
 	test_assert(stats_dist_get_max(t) == i-1);
-	test_assert(stats_dist_get_avg(t) == i/2);
+	test_assert(DBL_EQ(stats_dist_get_avg(t), 4999.500000));
 	/* just test that these work: */
 	test_assert(stats_dist_get_median(t) > 0 && stats_dist_get_median(t) < i-1);
 	test_assert(stats_dist_get_95th(t) > 0 && stats_dist_get_95th(t) < i-1);
diff --git a/src/stats/client-reader.c b/src/stats/client-reader.c
index d4be3b8258..84423e0c87 100644
--- a/src/stats/client-reader.c
+++ b/src/stats/client-reader.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void reader_client_dump_stats(string_t *str, struct stats_dist *stats,
 		else if (strcmp(field, "max") == 0)
 			str_printfa(str, "%"PRIu64, stats_dist_get_max(stats));
 		else if (strcmp(field, "avg") == 0)
-			str_printfa(str, "%"PRIu64, stats_dist_get_avg(stats));
+			str_printfa(str, "%.02f", stats_dist_get_avg(stats));
 		else if (strcmp(field, "median") == 0)
 			str_printfa(str, "%"PRIu64, stats_dist_get_median(stats));
 		else if (strcmp(field, "variance") == 0)