diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53114e78e..97bc2a4ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1820,6 +1820,9 @@ typedef struct ncstats {
 
 // Acquire a snapshot of the notcurses object's stats.
 void notcurses_stats(const struct notcurses* nc, ncstats* stats);
+
+// Reset all stats.
+void notcurses_reset_stats(struct notcurses* nc);
 ```
 
 Timings for renderings are across the breadth of `notcurses_render()`: they
diff --git a/include/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses.h
index 6be3392ac..ee85e5496 100644
--- a/include/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses.h
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ typedef struct ncstats {
 // Acquire a snapshot of the notcurses object's stats.
 API void notcurses_stats(const struct notcurses* nc, ncstats* stats);
 
+// Reset all stats.
+API void notcurses_reset_stats(struct notcurses* nc);
+
 // Resize the specified ncplane. The four parameters 'keepy', 'keepx',
 // 'keepleny', and 'keeplenx' define a subset of the ncplane to keep,
 // unchanged. This may be a section of size 0, though none of these four
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 7678a9c64..b5fe48f23 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -653,6 +653,12 @@ make_nonblocking(FILE* fp){
   return fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 }
 
+void notcurses_reset_stats(notcurses* nc){
+  memset(&nc->stats, 0, sizeof(nc->stats));
+  nc->stats.render_min_ns = 1ul << 62u;
+  nc->stats.render_min_bytes = 1ul << 62u;
+}
+
 notcurses* notcurses_init(const notcurses_options* opts, FILE* outfp){
   const char* encoding = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
   if(encoding == NULL || strcmp(encoding, "UTF-8")){
@@ -669,9 +675,7 @@ notcurses* notcurses_init(const notcurses_options* opts, FILE* outfp){
     free(ret);
     return NULL;
   }
-  memset(&ret->stats, 0, sizeof(ret->stats));
-  ret->stats.render_min_ns = 1ul << 62u;
-  ret->stats.render_min_bytes = 1ul << 62u;
+  notcurses_reset_stats(ret);
   ret->ttyfp = outfp;
   ret->renderfp = opts->renderfp;
   ret->inputescapes = NULL;
diff --git a/tests/notcurses.cpp b/tests/notcurses.cpp
index d98c059c4..33947de12 100644
--- a/tests/notcurses.cpp
+++ b/tests/notcurses.cpp
@@ -138,3 +138,15 @@ TEST_F(NotcursesTest, ChannelSetBGAlpha){
   EXPECT_TRUE(channels_fg_default_p(channel));
   EXPECT_TRUE(channels_bg_default_p(channel));
 }
+
+TEST_F(NotcursesTest, Stats){
+  struct ncstats stats;
+  notcurses_stats(nc_, &stats);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, stats.renders);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, notcurses_render(nc_));
+  notcurses_stats(nc_, &stats);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, stats.renders);
+  notcurses_reset_stats(nc_);
+  notcurses_stats(nc_, &stats);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, stats.renders);
+}