diff --git a/src/backupformat/tgz.js b/src/backupformat/tgz.js
index 734a735a2..62ce51714 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/tgz.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/tgz.js
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ async function addPathToPack(pack, localPath, dataLayout) {
     assert(dataLayout instanceof DataLayout, 'dataLayout must be a DataLayout');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof localPath, 'string');
 
+    const stats = { fileCount: 0, linkCount: 0, dirCount: 0 };
+
     const queue = [ localPath ];
     while (queue.length) {
         // if (pack.destroyed || outStream.destroyed) break;
@@ -108,15 +110,18 @@ async function addPathToPack(pack, localPath, dataLayout) {
                 if (stat.size > 8589934590 || entry.name.length > 99) header.pax = { size: stat.size };
                 const input = handle.createReadStream({ autoClose: true });
                 await addEntryToPack(pack, header, { input });
+                ++stats.fileCount;
             } else if (entry.isDirectory()) {
                 const header = { name: headerName, type: 'directory', uid: process.getuid(), gid: process.getgid() };
                 subdirs.push(abspath);
                 await addEntryToPack(pack, header, { /* options */ });
+                ++stats.dirCount;
             } else if (entry.isSymbolicLink()) {
                 const [readlinkError, target] = await safe(fs.promises.readlink(abspath));
                 if (!target) { debug(`tarPack: skipping link, could not readlink ${abspath}: ${readlinkError.message}`); continue; }
                 const header = { name: headerName, type: 'symlink', linkname: target, uid: process.getuid(), gid: process.getgid() };
                 await addEntryToPack(pack, header, { /* options */ });
+                ++stats.linkCount;
             } else {
                 debug(`tarPack: ignoring unknown type ${entry.name} ${entry.type}`);
             }
@@ -124,6 +129,8 @@ async function addPathToPack(pack, localPath, dataLayout) {
 
         queue.unshift(...subdirs); // add to front of queue and in order of readdir listing
     }
+
+    return stats;
 }
 
 async function tarPack(dataLayout, encryption, uploader, progressCallback) {
@@ -152,9 +159,11 @@ async function tarPack(dataLayout, encryption, uploader, progressCallback) {
         pipeline = safe(stream.pipeline(pack, gzip, ps, hash, uploader.stream));
     }
 
+    let fileCount = 0;
     for (const localPath of dataLayout.localPaths()) {
-        const [error] = await safe(addPathToPack(pack, localPath, dataLayout), { debug });
+        const [error, stats] = await safe(addPathToPack(pack, localPath, dataLayout), { debug });
         if (error) break; // the pipeline will error and we will retry the whole packing all over
+        fileCount += stats.fileCount;
     }
 
     pack.finalize(); // harmless to call if already in error state
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ async function tarPack(dataLayout, encryption, uploader, progressCallback) {
 
     await uploader.finish();
     return {
-        stats: ps.stats(),
+        stats: { fileCount, ...ps.stats() },
         integrity: { size: ps.stats().transferred, sha256: hash.digest('hex') }
     };
 }