diff --git a/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/hdllib.cfg b/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/hdllib.cfg
index 3638df5136d0ccf6545f030337884e9b6d8d3d52..bca9094b9876669f14485ac0a8367b3bb545e939 100644
--- a/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/hdllib.cfg
+++ b/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/hdllib.cfg
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ synth_files =
     src/vhdl/tr_10GbE.vhd
 
 test_bench_files = 
+    src/vhdl/tr_10GbE_statistics.vhd
     tb/vhdl/tb_tr_10GbE.vhd
     tb/vhdl/tb_tb_tr_10GbE.vhd
 
diff --git a/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/src/vhdl/tr_10GbE_statistics.vhd b/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/src/vhdl/tr_10GbE_statistics.vhd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f73f8c8fc70dcd7a7c9db9ef7bcb99ab9dea980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/io/tr_10GbE/src/vhdl/tr_10GbE_statistics.vhd
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
+-- Copyright (C) 2017
+-- ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) <http://www.astron.nl/>
+-- P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
+--
+-- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+-- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+-- (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+-- GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+-- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+--
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- Author:
+-- . Daniel van der Schuur
+-- Purpose:
+-- . 1GbE wrapper for dp_statistics
+
+LIBRARY IEEE, common_lib, work, technology_lib, dp_lib, tr_10GbE_lib;
+USE IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
+USE IEEE.NUMERIC_STD.ALL;
+USE common_lib.common_pkg.ALL;
+USE common_lib.common_mem_pkg.ALL;
+USE dp_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL;
+USE common_lib.common_field_pkg.ALL;
+USE technology_lib.technology_select_pkg.ALL;
+
+ENTITY tr_10GbE_statistics IS
+  GENERIC (
+    g_disable_failures         : BOOLEAN := FALSE; --TRUE: report warnings instead of failures - does not stop sim.
+    g_runtime_nof_packets      : NATURAL; -- Run the test bench for nof_packets before asserting tb_end
+    g_runtime_timeout          : TIME;    -- Report Failure if g_runtime_nof_packets is not reached before this time
+    g_check_nof_valid          : BOOLEAN := FALSE; -- True enables valid count checking at tb_end. Reports Failure in case of mismatch.
+    g_check_nof_valid_ref      : NATURAL := 0;     -- . Specify reference valid count here
+    g_check_data_rate_mbps     : BOOLEAN := FALSE; -- True enables checking of calculated data rate in Mbps
+    g_check_data_rate_mbps_ref : NATURAL := 0     -- . Specify reference data rate in Mbps here
+  );
+  PORT (
+    xaui_in : IN  STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(3 DOWNTO 0);
+    tb_end         : OUT STD_LOGIC -- To be used to stop test-bench generated clocks
+  );
+END tr_10GbE_statistics;
+
+
+ARCHITECTURE str OF tr_10GbE_statistics IS
+
+  CONSTANT c_eth_clk_freq_khz   : NATURAL := 156250;
+  CONSTANT c_eth_word_w         : NATURAL := 64;
+  CONSTANT c_eth_clk_period     : TIME := 6.4 ns;
+  CONSTANT c_cal_rec_clk_period : TIME := 25 ns; --40MHz
+
+  SIGNAL eth_clk                : STD_LOGIC := '1'; --Start high to match sim model generated clock
+  SIGNAL eth_rst                : STD_LOGIC;
+  SIGNAL cal_rec_clk            : STD_LOGIC := '0';
+ 
+  SIGNAL tr_10GbE_src_out       : t_dp_sosi;
+
+  SIGNAL i_tb_end               : STD_LOGIC;
+
+BEGIN
+
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  -- We're using the tb_end output locally 
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  tb_end <= i_tb_end;
+
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  -- We're generating a reference clock locally, just like the sim model in
+  -- tr_10GbE
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  eth_clk <= NOT eth_clk OR i_tb_end AFTER c_eth_clk_period/2;
+  eth_rst <= '1', '0' AFTER c_eth_clk_period*8;
+
+  cal_rec_clk <= NOT cal_rec_clk OR i_tb_end AFTER c_cal_rec_clk_period/2;
+ 
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  -- Use tr_10GbE with internal simulation model as Ethernet receiver
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  u_tr_10GbE: ENTITY tr_10GbE_lib.tr_10GbE
+  GENERIC MAP(
+    g_sim           => TRUE,
+    g_sim_level     => 1,
+    g_nof_macs      => 1,
+    g_use_mdio      => FALSE
+  )                      
+  PORT MAP ( 
+    tr_ref_clk_156      => eth_clk, 
+    tr_ref_rst_156      => eth_rst,
+
+    cal_rec_clk         => cal_rec_clk,
+
+    mm_rst              => '0',  
+    mm_clk              => '0',
+
+    dp_rst              => eth_rst,
+    dp_clk              => eth_clk,
+
+    xaui_rx_arr(0)      => xaui_in,
+
+    src_out_arr(0)      => tr_10GbE_src_out
+  );
+
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  -- dp_statistics
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  u_dp_statistics : ENTITY dp_lib.dp_statistics
+    GENERIC MAP (
+      g_disable_failures         => g_disable_failures,
+      g_runtime_nof_packets      => g_runtime_nof_packets,
+      g_runtime_timeout          => g_runtime_timeout,
+      g_check_nof_valid          => g_check_nof_valid,
+      g_check_nof_valid_ref      => g_check_nof_valid_ref,
+      g_check_data_rate_mbps     => g_check_data_rate_mbps,
+      g_check_data_rate_mbps_ref => g_check_data_rate_mbps_ref,
+      g_dp_clk_freq_khz          => c_eth_clk_freq_khz,
+      g_dp_word_w                => c_eth_word_w
+    )
+  PORT MAP (  
+    dp_clk => eth_clk,
+    dp_rst => eth_rst,    
+
+    snk_in => tr_10GbE_src_out,
+
+    tb_end => i_tb_end
+  );
+
+END str;