diff --git a/math/mathcore/inc/TStatistic.h b/math/mathcore/inc/TStatistic.h
index 57f4206f0f3d6..3a685b0a4c328 100644
--- a/math/mathcore/inc/TStatistic.h
+++ b/math/mathcore/inc/TStatistic.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class TStatistic : public TObject {
    void Print(Option_t * = "") const override;
    void ls(Option_t *opt = "") const override { Print(opt); }
 
+   // Setters
+   void SetName(const char *name) { fName = name; }
+
    ClassDefOverride(TStatistic,3)  // Named statistical variable
 };