diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 258f8e9..85c8e15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -55,11 +61,36 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.1</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+          <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+          <shadedClassifierName>full</shadedClassifierName>
+          <relocations>
+            <relocation>
+              <pattern>org.bstats</pattern>
+              <!-- Replace this with your package! -->
+              <shadedPattern>eu.m724.giants</shadedPattern>
+            </relocation>
+          </relocations>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/m724/giants/GiantsPlugin.java b/src/main/java/eu/m724/giants/GiantsPlugin.java
index 9823dad..438ca14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/m724/giants/GiantsPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/m724/giants/GiantsPlugin.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.m724.giants;
 
+import org.bstats.bukkit.Metrics;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandExecutor;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Giant;
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 
 public class GiantsPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements CommandExecutor {
 	private final File configFile = new File(getDataFolder(), "config.yml");
@@ -25,7 +27,17 @@ public class GiantsPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements CommandExecutor {
 		getCommand("giants").setExecutor(new GiantsCommand(this, configuration));
 
 		giantProcessor.start();
-	}
+
+		// bStats is optional
+        try {
+			Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("eu.m724.giants.bukkit.Metrics");
+            Constructor<?> constructor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(JavaPlugin.class, int.class);
+			constructor.newInstance(this, 14131);
+			getLogger().info("Enabled bStats");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+			getLogger().info("Not using bStats (" + e.getClass().getName() + ")");
+        }
+    }
 
 	// TODO api, untested