diff --git a/src/script/hydra-send-stats b/src/script/hydra-send-stats
index 8c7d2cd5..d07d9406 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-send-stats
+++ b/src/script/hydra-send-stats
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 
 use strict;
 use utf8;
+use Hydra::Helper::Nix;
 use Net::Statsd;
 use File::Slurp;
 use JSON;
+use Getopt::Long qw(:config gnu_getopt);
 
 STDERR->autoflush(1);
 binmode STDERR, ":encoding(utf8)";
 
 my $config = getHydraConfig();
-my $statsdConfig = Hydra::Helper::Nix::getStatsdConfig($config);
+my $statsdConfig = getStatsdConfig($config);
 $Net::Statsd::HOST = $statsdConfig->{'host'};
 $Net::Statsd::PORT = $statsdConfig->{'port'};
 
@@ -64,6 +66,26 @@ sub sendQueueRunnerStats {
     gauge("hydra.queue.machines.in_use", scalar(grep { $_->{currentJobs} > 0 } (values %{$json->{machines}})));
 }
 
+
+sub showHelp {
+    print <<EOF;
+Usage: $0 [--once]
+
+Send stats to statsd. The --once flag can be used to send one round
+of stats and then exit.
+
+Example:
+  \$ $0 --once
+EOF
+    exit 0;
+}
+
+my $once = 0;
+
+GetOptions("once" => \$once,
+           "help" => sub { showHelp() }
+    ) or exit 1;
+
 while (1) {
     eval {
         sendQueueRunnerStats();
@@ -77,5 +99,8 @@ while (1) {
         gauge("hydra.mem.dirty", $dirty);
     }
 
+    if ($once) {
+        last;
+    }
     sleep(30);
 }
diff --git a/t/lib/Setup.pm b/t/lib/Setup.pm
index 3cc9828e..cdea38ce 100644
--- a/t/lib/Setup.pm
+++ b/t/lib/Setup.pm
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ use File::Basename;
 use Cwd qw(abs_path getcwd);
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw(test_init hydra_setup nrBuildsForJobset queuedBuildsForJobset nrQueuedBuildsForJobset createBaseJobset createJobsetWithOneInput evalSucceeds runBuild sendNotifications updateRepository);
+our @EXPORT = qw(test_init hydra_setup nrBuildsForJobset queuedBuildsForJobset
+                 nrQueuedBuildsForJobset createBaseJobset createJobsetWithOneInput
+                 evalSucceeds runBuild sendNotifications updateRepository
+                 captureStdoutStderr);
 
 # Set up the environment for running tests.
 #
diff --git a/t/scripts/hydra-send-stats.t b/t/scripts/hydra-send-stats.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dde88cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/scripts/hydra-send-stats.t
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use feature 'unicode_strings';
+use strict;
+use Setup;
+
+my %ctx = test_init();
+
+require Hydra::Schema;
+require Hydra::Model::DB;
+
+use Test2::V0;
+
+my $db = Hydra::Model::DB->new;
+hydra_setup($db);
+
+my ($res, $stdout, $stderr) = captureStdoutStderr(60, ("hydra-send-stats", "--once"));
+is($stdout, "", "hydra-send-stats stdout should be empty");
+is($stderr, "", "hydra-send-stats stderr should be empty");
+is($res, 0, "hydra-send-stats --once should exit zero");
+
+done_testing;