diff --git a/memcached.c b/memcached.c
index a357788db9..2da409584c 100644
--- a/memcached.c
+++ b/memcached.c
@@ -2618,6 +2618,7 @@ static inline void process_get_command(conn *c, token_t *tokens, size_t ntokens,
             } else {
                 pthread_mutex_lock(&c->thread->stats.mutex);
                 c->thread->stats.get_misses++;
+                c->thread->stats.get_cmds++;
                 pthread_mutex_unlock(&c->thread->stats.mutex);
                 MEMCACHED_COMMAND_GET(c->sfd, key, nkey, -1, 0);
             }
diff --git a/t/issue_104.t b/t/issue_104.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2213f69027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/issue_104.t
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/lib";
+use MemcachedTest;
+
+my $server = new_memcached();
+my $sock = $server->sock;
+
+# first get should miss
+print $sock "get foo\r\n";
+is(scalar <$sock>, "END\r\n", "get foo");
+
+# Now set and get (should hit)
+print $sock "set foo 0 0 6\r\nfooval\r\n";
+is(scalar <$sock>, "STORED\r\n", "stored foo");
+mem_get_is($sock, "foo", "fooval");
+
+my $stats = mem_stats($sock);
+is($stats->{cmd_get}, 2, "Should have 2 get requests");
+is($stats->{get_hits}, 1, "Should have 1 hit");
+is($stats->{get_misses}, 1, "Should have 1 miss");