diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index be3a63c..21e22bf 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ int WINAPI _tWinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
       { needok,   OnNeedOk },
       { needstr,  OnNeedStr },
       { echo,     OnEcho },
+      { bytecount,OnByteCount },
       { 0,        NULL }
   };
   InitManagement(handler);
diff --git a/manage.c b/manage.c
index 37cbef4..5489258 100644
--- a/manage.c
+++ b/manage.c
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ OnManagement(SOCKET sk, LPARAM lParam)
                     if (rtmsg_handler[echo])
                         rtmsg_handler[echo](c, pos + 5);
                 }
+                else if (strncmp(pos, "BYTECOUNT:", 10) == 0)
+                {
+                    if (rtmsg_handler[bytecount])
+                        rtmsg_handler[bytecount](c, pos + 10);
+                }
             }
             else if (c->manage.cmd_queue)
             {
diff --git a/openvpn.c b/openvpn.c
index 8b8314a..ba12456 100644
--- a/openvpn.c
+++ b/openvpn.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ OnReady(connection_t *c, UNUSED char *msg)
     ManagementCommand(c, "state on", NULL, regular);
     ManagementCommand(c, "log all on", OnLogLine, combined);
     ManagementCommand(c, "echo all on", OnEcho, combined);
+    ManagementCommand(c, "bytecount 5", NULL, regular);
 }
 
 
@@ -1157,6 +1158,16 @@ OnStop(connection_t *c, UNUSED char *msg)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handle bytecount report from OpenVPN
+ * Expect bytes-in,bytes-out
+ */
+void OnByteCount(connection_t *c, char *msg)
+{
+    if (!msg || sscanf(msg, "%I64u,%I64u", &c->bytes_in, &c->bytes_out) != 2)
+        return;
+}
+
 /*
  * Break a long line into shorter segments
  */
diff --git a/openvpn.h b/openvpn.h
index f1d6860..e39cab7 100644
--- a/openvpn.h
+++ b/openvpn.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ void OnStop(connection_t *, char *);
 void OnNeedOk(connection_t *, char *);
 void OnNeedStr(connection_t *, char *);
 void OnEcho(connection_t *, char *);
+void OnByteCount(connection_t *, char *);
 
 void ResetSavePasswords(connection_t *);
 
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 3bb1730..c31250c 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ struct connection {
     HWND hwndStatus;
     int flags;
     char *dynamic_cr;              /* Pointer to buffer for dynamic challenge string received */
+    unsigned long long int bytes_in;
+    unsigned long long int bytes_out;
 };
 
 /* All options used within OpenVPN GUI */