diff --git a/src/d_main.cpp b/src/d_main.cpp
index 6338f9b042..007af39d51 100644
--- a/src/d_main.cpp
+++ b/src/d_main.cpp
@@ -2352,6 +2352,9 @@ void D_DoomMain (void)
 
 	D_DoomInit();
 
+	extern void D_ConfirmSendStats();
+	D_ConfirmSendStats();
+
 	// [RH] Make sure zdoom.pk3 is always loaded,
 	// as it contains magic stuff we need.
 	wad = BaseFileSearch (BASEWAD, NULL, true);
diff --git a/src/d_stats.cpp b/src/d_stats.cpp
index 9f00d2a5cf..73db23740e 100644
--- a/src/d_stats.cpp
+++ b/src/d_stats.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ extern int sys_ostype;
 
 EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, vid_glswfb)
 extern int currentrenderer;
+
+CVAR(Int, sys_statsenabled, -1, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOSET)
 CVAR(String, sys_statshost, "gzstats.drdteam.org", CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG|CVAR_NOSET)
 CVAR(Int, sys_statsport, 80, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG|CVAR_NOSET)
 
@@ -264,6 +266,11 @@ static void D_DoHTTPRequest(const char *request)
 
 void D_DoAnonStats()
 {
+	if (sys_statsenabled != 1)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
 	static bool done = false;	// do this only once per session.
 	if (done) return;
 	done = true;
@@ -279,3 +286,26 @@ void D_DoAnonStats()
 	std::thread t1(D_DoHTTPRequest, requeststring);
 	t1.detach();
 }
+
+void D_ConfirmSendStats()
+{
+	if (sys_statsenabled >= 0)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// TODO: texts
+	static const char *const MESSAGE_TEXT = "send stats?";
+	static const char *const TITLE_TEXT = GAMENAME;
+
+	UCVarValue enabled = { 0 };
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	extern HWND Window;
+	enabled = { MessageBox(Window, MESSAGE_TEXT, TITLE_TEXT, MB_ICONQUESTION | MB_YESNO) == IDYES };
+#else
+	// TODO
+#endif
+
+	sys_statsenabled.ForceSet(enabled, CVAR_Int);
+}