diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook-telemetry.md b/docs/configuring-playbook-telemetry.md
index a97fa59c..74f59dfc 100644
--- a/docs/configuring-playbook-telemetry.md
+++ b/docs/configuring-playbook-telemetry.md
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ growth of the Matrix community, and helps to make Matrix a success.
 If you'd like to **help by enabling submission of general usage statistics** for your homeserver, add this to your configuration file (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`):
 
 ```yaml
-matrix_synapse_report_stats: true
+matrix_synapse_report_stats: true # for synapse 
+
+matrix_dendrite_report_stats: true # for dendrite 
 ```
 
 
 ## Usage statistics being submitted
 
-When enabled, Synapse will regularly upload a few dozen statistics about your server.
+When enabled, your homeserver will regularly upload a few dozen statistics about your server.
 This data includes your homeserver's domain, the total number of users, the number of active
 users, the total number of rooms, and the number of messages sent per day on your homeserver.
 
-See [Synapse's documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/usage/administration/monitoring/reporting_homeserver_usage_statistics.md#available-statistics)
+See [Synapse's documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/usage/administration/monitoring/reporting_homeserver_usage_statistics.md#available-statistics) or [Dendrite's documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#what-is-being-reported-when-enabling-phone-home-statistics)
 for the full list of statistics that are reported.
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml
index 698a1f48..f8308534 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/defaults/main.yml
@@ -196,3 +196,7 @@ matrix_dendrite_configuration_extension: "{{ matrix_dendrite_configuration_exten
 matrix_dendrite_configuration: "{{ matrix_dendrite_configuration_yaml | from_yaml | combine(matrix_dendrite_configuration_extension, recursive=True) }}"
 
 matrix_dendrite_userapi_auto_join_rooms: []
+
+# statistics reporting configuration. These statistics contain the server
+# name, number of active users and some information on your deployment config.
+matrix_dendrite_report_stats: false
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2 b/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2
index 7d99aee5..65cb4c2c 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-dendrite/templates/dendrite/dendrite.yaml.j2
@@ -416,3 +416,6 @@ tracing:
 # stdout by Dendrite.
 logging: []
 
+# statistics reporting configuration. These statistics contain the server
+# name, number of active users and some information on your deployment config.
+report_stats: {{ matrix_dendrite_report_stats|to_json }}