diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 759cd0863c..e46b565d43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - [#7271](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7271): Fixing typo within example configuration file. Thanks @andyfeller!
 - [#7270](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7270): Implement time math for lazy time literals.
 - [#7272](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7272): Report cmdline and memstats in /debug/vars.
+- [#7299](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/ssues/7299): Ensure fieldsCreated stat available in shard measurement.
 
 ## v1.0.0 [2016-09-07]
 
diff --git a/tsdb/shard.go b/tsdb/shard.go
index 7af1ae1aa2..e6a8a9e32f 100644
--- a/tsdb/shard.go
+++ b/tsdb/shard.go
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ func (s *Shard) Statistics(tags map[string]string) []models.Statistic {
 			statWriteReqOK:     atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.WriteReqOK),
 			statWriteReqErr:    atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.WriteReqErr),
 			statSeriesCreate:   seriesN,
+			statFieldsCreate:   atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.FieldsCreated),
 			statWritePointsErr: atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.WritePointsErr),
 			statWritePointsOK:  atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.WritePointsOK),
 			statWriteBytes:     atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.BytesWritten),