diff -Nru bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/changelog bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/changelog
--- bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/changelog	2017-04-18 15:42:50.000000000 +0000
+++ bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/changelog	2017-04-26 18:59:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+bind9 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add json support for the statistics channels. (Closes: #XXXXXX)
+
+ -- Andreas Hasenack <andreas@canonical.com>  Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:59:59 +0000
+
 bind9 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/control bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/control
--- bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/control	2017-02-19 22:38:45.000000000 +0000
+++ bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/control	2017-04-26 18:59:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   libssl1.0-dev,
   libtool, bison,
   libdb-dev (>>4.6),
+  libjson-c-dev,
   libldap2-dev,
   libxml2-dev,
   libcap2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386],
diff -Nru bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/rules bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/rules
--- bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/rules	2017-03-17 16:56:39.000000000 +0000
+++ bind9-9.10.3.dfsg.P4/debian/rules	2017-04-26 18:59:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 		--enable-native-pkcs11 \
 		--with-pkcs11=\$${prefix}/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/softhsm/libsofthsm2.so \
 		--with-randomdev=/dev/urandom \
+		--with-json=/usr \
 		$(EXTRA_FEATURES)
 
 	touch $@
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
 		--disable-linux-caps \
 		--without-openssl \
 		--without-libxml2 \
+		--without-libjson \
 		--enable-ipv6 \
 		--enable-shared \
 		--with-libtool \