diff --git a/apps/nsq_stat/nsq_stat.go b/apps/nsq_stat/nsq_stat.go
index b84ebf9db..ceb14703e 100644
--- a/apps/nsq_stat/nsq_stat.go
+++ b/apps/nsq_stat/nsq_stat.go
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ func statLoop(interval time.Duration, connectTimeout time.Duration, requestTimeo
 			log.Fatalf("ERROR: failed to get topic producers - %s", err)
 		}
 
-		_, allChannelStats, err := ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, topic)
+		_, channelStats, err := ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, topic, channel)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("ERROR: failed to get nsqd stats - %s", err)
 		}
 
-		c, ok := allChannelStats[channel]
+		c, ok := channelStats[channel]
 		if !ok {
 			log.Fatalf("ERROR: failed to find channel(%s) in stats metadata for topic(%s)", channel, topic)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/clusterinfo/data.go b/internal/clusterinfo/data.go
index 0cea856a1..b1bb9bafe 100644
--- a/internal/clusterinfo/data.go
+++ b/internal/clusterinfo/data.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func (c *ClusterInfo) GetNSQDTopicProducers(topic string, nsqdHTTPAddrs []string
 		go func(addr string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 
-			endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/stats?format=json", addr)
+			endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/stats?format=json&topic=%s", addr, topic)
 			c.logf("CI: querying nsqd %s", endpoint)
 
 			var statsResp statsRespType
@@ -528,9 +528,10 @@ func (c *ClusterInfo) GetNSQDTopicProducers(topic string, nsqdHTTPAddrs []string
 
 // GetNSQDStats returns aggregate topic and channel stats from the given Producers
 //
+// if selectedChannel is empty, this will return stats for topic/channel
 // if selectedTopic is empty, this will return stats for *all* topic/channels
 // and the ChannelStats dict will be keyed by topic + ':' + channel
-func (c *ClusterInfo) GetNSQDStats(producers Producers, selectedTopic string) ([]*TopicStats, map[string]*ChannelStats, error) {
+func (c *ClusterInfo) GetNSQDStats(producers Producers, selectedTopic string, selectedChannel string) ([]*TopicStats, map[string]*ChannelStats, error) {
 	var lock sync.Mutex
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	var topicStatsList TopicStatsList
@@ -548,7 +549,16 @@ func (c *ClusterInfo) GetNSQDStats(producers Producers, selectedTopic string) ([
 			defer wg.Done()
 
 			addr := p.HTTPAddress()
-			endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/stats?format=json", addr)
+
+			var endpoint string
+			if len(selectedChannel) != 0 {
+				endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/stats?format=json&topic=%s&channel=%s", addr, selectedTopic, selectedChannel)
+			} else if len(selectedTopic) != 0 {
+				endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/stats?format=json&topic=%s", addr, selectedTopic)
+			} else {
+				endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/stats?format=json", addr)
+			}
+
 			c.logf("CI: querying nsqd %s", endpoint)
 
 			var resp respType
diff --git a/nsqadmin/http.go b/nsqadmin/http.go
index e1fd2b137..8c60e740d 100644
--- a/nsqadmin/http.go
+++ b/nsqadmin/http.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (s *httpServer) topicHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps h
 		s.ctx.nsqadmin.logf(LOG_WARN, "%s", err)
 		messages = append(messages, pe.Error())
 	}
-	topicStats, _, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, topicName)
+	topicStats, _, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, topicName, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		pe, ok := err.(clusterinfo.PartialErr)
 		if !ok {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (s *httpServer) channelHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps
 		s.ctx.nsqadmin.logf(LOG_WARN, "%s", err)
 		messages = append(messages, pe.Error())
 	}
-	_, allChannelStats, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, topicName)
+	_, channelStats, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, topicName, channelName)
 	if err != nil {
 		pe, ok := err.(clusterinfo.PartialErr)
 		if !ok {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func (s *httpServer) channelHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps
 	return struct {
 		*clusterinfo.ChannelStats
 		Message string `json:"message"`
-	}{allChannelStats[channelName], maybeWarnMsg(messages)}, nil
+	}{channelStats[channelName], maybeWarnMsg(messages)}, nil
 }
 
 func (s *httpServer) nodesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) (interface{}, error) {
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func (s *httpServer) nodeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps ht
 		return nil, http_api.Err{404, "NODE_NOT_FOUND"}
 	}
 
-	topicStats, _, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(clusterinfo.Producers{producer}, "")
+	topicStats, _, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(clusterinfo.Producers{producer}, "", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		s.ctx.nsqadmin.logf(LOG_ERROR, "failed to get nsqd stats - %s", err)
 		return nil, http_api.Err{502, fmt.Sprintf("UPSTREAM_ERROR: %s", err)}
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ func (s *httpServer) counterHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps
 		s.ctx.nsqadmin.logf(LOG_WARN, "%s", err)
 		messages = append(messages, pe.Error())
 	}
-	_, channelStats, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, "")
+	_, channelStats, err := s.ci.GetNSQDStats(producers, "", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		pe, ok := err.(clusterinfo.PartialErr)
 		if !ok {
diff --git a/nsqd/http.go b/nsqd/http.go
index 5e38cab09..48d1745ad 100644
--- a/nsqd/http.go
+++ b/nsqd/http.go
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func (s *httpServer) doStats(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps httpro
 	channelName, _ := reqParams.Get("channel")
 	jsonFormat := formatString == "json"
 
-	stats := s.ctx.nsqd.GetStats()
+	stats := s.ctx.nsqd.GetStats(topicName, channelName)
 	health := s.ctx.nsqd.GetHealth()
 	startTime := s.ctx.nsqd.GetStartTime()
 	uptime := time.Since(startTime)
diff --git a/nsqd/stats.go b/nsqd/stats.go
index 53dd18fa4..57d7cfa7a 100644
--- a/nsqd/stats.go
+++ b/nsqd/stats.go
@@ -113,20 +113,32 @@ type ChannelsByName struct {
 
 func (c ChannelsByName) Less(i, j int) bool { return c.Channels[i].name < c.Channels[j].name }
 
-func (n *NSQD) GetStats() []TopicStats {
+func (n *NSQD) GetStats(topic string, channel string) []TopicStats {
 	n.RLock()
-	realTopics := make([]*Topic, 0, len(n.topicMap))
-	for _, t := range n.topicMap {
-		realTopics = append(realTopics, t)
+	var realTopics []*Topic
+	if len(topic) == 0 {
+		realTopics = make([]*Topic, 0, len(n.topicMap))
+		for _, t := range n.topicMap {
+			realTopics = append(realTopics, t)
+		}
+	} else {
+		realTopics = make([]*Topic, 0, 1)
+		realTopics = append(realTopics, n.topicMap[topic])
 	}
 	n.RUnlock()
 	sort.Sort(TopicsByName{realTopics})
 	topics := make([]TopicStats, 0, len(realTopics))
 	for _, t := range realTopics {
 		t.RLock()
-		realChannels := make([]*Channel, 0, len(t.channelMap))
-		for _, c := range t.channelMap {
-			realChannels = append(realChannels, c)
+		var realChannels []*Channel
+		if len(channel) == 0 {
+			realChannels = make([]*Channel, 0, len(t.channelMap))
+			for _, c := range t.channelMap {
+				realChannels = append(realChannels, c)
+			}
+		} else {
+			realChannels = make([]*Channel, 0, 1)
+			realChannels = append(realChannels, t.channelMap[channel])
 		}
 		t.RUnlock()
 		sort.Sort(ChannelsByName{realChannels})
diff --git a/nsqd/stats_test.go b/nsqd/stats_test.go
index 5e5939baa..878f4a282 100644
--- a/nsqd/stats_test.go
+++ b/nsqd/stats_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestStats(t *testing.T) {
 	identify(t, conn, nil, frameTypeResponse)
 	sub(t, conn, topicName, "ch")
 
-	stats := nsqd.GetStats()
+	stats := nsqd.GetStats(topicName, "ch")
 	t.Logf("stats: %+v", stats)
 
 	test.Equal(t, 1, len(stats))
diff --git a/nsqd/statsd.go b/nsqd/statsd.go
index f532221be..f6c3b492b 100644
--- a/nsqd/statsd.go
+++ b/nsqd/statsd.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (n *NSQD) statsdLoop() {
 
 			n.logf(LOG_INFO, "STATSD: pushing stats to %s", client)
 
-			stats := n.GetStats()
+			stats := n.GetStats("", "")
 			for _, topic := range stats {
 				// try to find the topic in the last collection
 				lastTopic := TopicStats{}