diff --git a/jobs/mysqld_exporter/spec b/jobs/mysqld_exporter/spec
index 89c4774a..66e59168 100644
--- a/jobs/mysqld_exporter/spec
+++ b/jobs/mysqld_exporter/spec
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ properties:
     description: "Collect metrics from information_schema.tables"
   mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.tables_databases:
     description: "The list of databases to collect table stats for, or '*' for all"
+  mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.schemastats:
+    description: "If running with userstat=1, set to true to collect schema statistics"
   mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.tablestats:
     description: "If running with userstat=1, set to true to collect table statistics"
   mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.userstats:
diff --git a/jobs/mysqld_exporter/templates/bin/mysqld_exporter_ctl b/jobs/mysqld_exporter/templates/bin/mysqld_exporter_ctl
index a75623ae..f4983c3a 100644
--- a/jobs/mysqld_exporter/templates/bin/mysqld_exporter_ctl
+++ b/jobs/mysqld_exporter/templates/bin/mysqld_exporter_ctl
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ case $1 in
       <% if_p('mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.tables_databases') do |tables_databases| %> \
       --collect.info_schema.tables.databases="<%= tables_databases %>" \
       <% end %> \
+      <% if_p('mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.schemastats') do |enabled| %> \
+      <%= enabled ? "--collect.info_schema.schemastats" : "--no-collect.info_schema.schemastats" %> \
+      <% end %> \
       <% if_p('mysqld_exporter.collect.info_schema.tablestats') do |enabled| %> \
       <%= enabled ? "--collect.info_schema.tablestats" : "--no-collect.info_schema.tablestats" %> \
       <% end %> \