diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
index ffe5e1563f5..70b0da50fc1 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,15 @@ standby_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 		running.xids = xlrec->xids;
 
 		ProcArrayApplyRecoveryInfo(&running);
+
+		/*
+		 * The startup process currently has no convenient way to schedule
+		 * stats to be reported. XLOG_RUNNING_XACTS records issued at a
+		 * regular cadence, making this a convenient location to report
+		 * stats. While these records aren't generated with wal_level=minimal,
+		 * stats also cannot be accessed during WAL replay.
+		 */
+		pgstat_report_stat(true);
 	}
 	else if (info == XLOG_INVALIDATIONS)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index 0cdb552631e..d743fc0b289 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -615,10 +615,21 @@ pgstat_report_stat(bool force)
 	 */
 	Assert(!pgStatLocal.shmem->is_shutdown);
 
-	now = GetCurrentTransactionStopTimestamp();
-
-	if (!force)
+	if (force)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Stats reports are forced either when it's been too long since stats
+		 * have been reported or in processes that force stats reporting to
+		 * happen at specific points (including shutdown). In the former case
+		 * the transaction stop time might be quite old, in the latter it
+		 * would never get cleared.
+		 */
+		now = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		now = GetCurrentTransactionStopTimestamp();
+
 		if (pending_since > 0 &&
 			TimestampDifferenceExceeds(pending_since, now, PGSTAT_MAX_INTERVAL))
 		{