diff --git a/core/commands/bitswap.go b/core/commands/bitswap.go
index c6ec993ea9e..cbb342e6656 100644
--- a/core/commands/bitswap.go
+++ b/core/commands/bitswap.go
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ var bitswapStatCmd = &cmds.Command{
 			fmt.Fprintln(buf, "bitswap status")
 			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tprovides buffer: %d / %d\n", out.ProvideBufLen, bitswap.HasBlockBufferSize)
 			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tblocks received: %d\n", out.BlocksReceived)
+			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tblocks sent: %d\n", out.BlocksSent)
+			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tdata received: %d\n", out.DataReceived)
+			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tdata sent: %d\n", out.DataSent)
 			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tdup blocks received: %d\n", out.DupBlksReceived)
 			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\tdup data received: %s\n", humanize.Bytes(out.DupDataReceived))
 			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\twantlist [%d keys]\n", len(out.Wantlist))
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
index 7e565e837a8..d60be11d062 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ type Bitswap struct {
 	blocksRecvd    int
 	dupBlocksRecvd int
 	dupDataRecvd   uint64
+	blocksSent     int
+	dataSent       uint64
+	dataRecvd      uint64
 
 	// Metrics interface metrics
 	dupMetric metrics.Histogram
@@ -401,6 +404,7 @@ func (bs *Bitswap) updateReceiveCounters(b blocks.Block) {
 	defer bs.counterLk.Unlock()
 
 	bs.blocksRecvd++
+	bs.dataRecvd += uint64(len(b.RawData()))
 	if has {
 		bs.dupBlocksRecvd++
 		bs.dupDataRecvd += uint64(blkLen)
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap_test.go b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap_test.go
index 8cef2d3ad53..7b72279bfd7 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap_test.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package bitswap
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -299,6 +300,25 @@ func TestEmptyKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func assertStat(st *Stat, sblks, rblks int, sdata, rdata uint64) error {
+	if sblks != st.BlocksSent {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mismatch in blocks sent: %d vs %d", sblks, st.BlocksSent)
+	}
+
+	if rblks != st.BlocksReceived {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mismatch in blocks recvd: %d vs %d", rblks, st.BlocksReceived)
+	}
+
+	if sdata != st.DataSent {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mismatch in data sent: %d vs %d", sdata, st.DataSent)
+	}
+
+	if rdata != st.DataReceived {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mismatch in data recvd: %d vs %d", rdata, st.DataReceived)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestBasicBitswap(t *testing.T) {
 	net := tn.VirtualNetwork(mockrouting.NewServer(), delay.Fixed(kNetworkDelay))
 	sg := NewTestSessionGenerator(net)
@@ -321,6 +341,24 @@ func TestBasicBitswap(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	st0, err := instances[0].Exchange.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	st1, err := instances[1].Exchange.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := assertStat(st0, 1, 0, 1, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := assertStat(st1, 0, 1, 0, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	t.Log(blk)
 	for _, inst := range instances {
 		err := inst.Exchange.Close()
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/stat.go b/exchange/bitswap/stat.go
index 7f4ff17511b..87da3b49fac 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/stat.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/stat.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ type Stat struct {
 	Wantlist        []*cid.Cid
 	Peers           []string
 	BlocksReceived  int
+	DataReceived    uint64
+	BlocksSent      int
+	DataSent        uint64
 	DupBlksReceived int
 	DupDataReceived uint64
 }
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ func (bs *Bitswap) Stat() (*Stat, error) {
 	st.BlocksReceived = bs.blocksRecvd
 	st.DupBlksReceived = bs.dupBlocksRecvd
 	st.DupDataReceived = bs.dupDataRecvd
+	st.BlocksSent = bs.blocksSent
+	st.DataSent = bs.dataSent
+	st.DataReceived = bs.dataRecvd
 	bs.counterLk.Unlock()
 
 	for _, p := range bs.engine.Peers() {
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/workers.go b/exchange/bitswap/workers.go
index b6840ef52e8..a8c5117e842 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/workers.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/workers.go
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ func (bs *Bitswap) taskWorker(ctx context.Context, id int) {
 				})
 
 				bs.wm.SendBlock(ctx, envelope)
+				bs.counterLk.Lock()
+				bs.blocksSent++
+				bs.dataSent += uint64(len(envelope.Block.RawData()))
+				bs.counterLk.Unlock()
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0125-twonode.sh b/test/sharness/t0125-twonode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5d6ad9f7d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sharness/t0125-twonode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Jeromy Johnson
+# MIT Licensed; see the LICENSE file in this repository.
+#
+
+test_description="Test two ipfs nodes transferring a file"
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+
+check_file_fetch() {
+	node=$1
+	fhash=$2
+	fname=$3
+
+	test_expect_success "can fetch file" '
+		ipfsi $node cat $fhash > fetch_out
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "file looks good" '
+		test_cmp $fname fetch_out
+	'
+}
+
+check_dir_fetch() {
+	node=$1
+	ref=$2
+
+	test_expect_success "node can fetch all refs for dir" '
+		ipfsi $node refs -r $ref > /dev/null
+	'
+}
+
+run_single_file_test() {
+	test_expect_success "add a file on node1" '
+		random 1000000 > filea &&
+		FILEA_HASH=$(ipfsi 1 add -q filea)
+	'
+
+	check_file_fetch 0 $FILEA_HASH filea
+}
+
+run_random_dir_test() {
+	test_expect_success "create a bunch of random files" '
+		random-files -depth=3 -dirs=4 -files=5 -seed=5 foobar > /dev/null
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "add those on node 0" '
+		DIR_HASH=$(ipfsi 0 add -r -q foobar | tail -n1)
+	'
+
+	check_dir_fetch 1 $DIR_HASH
+}
+
+run_advanced_test() {
+	startup_cluster 2 "$@"
+
+	test_expect_success "clean repo before test" '
+		ipfsi 0 repo gc > /dev/null &&
+		ipfsi 1 repo gc > /dev/null
+	'
+
+	run_single_file_test
+
+	run_random_dir_test
+
+	test_expect_success "node0 data transferred looks correct" '
+		ipfsi 0 bitswap stat > stat0 &&
+		grep "blocks sent: 126" stat0 > /dev/null &&
+		grep "blocks received: 5" stat0 > /dev/null &&
+		grep "data sent: 228113" stat0 > /dev/null &&
+		grep "data received: 1000256" stat0 > /dev/null
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "node1 data transferred looks correct" '
+		ipfsi 1 bitswap stat > stat1 &&
+		grep "blocks received: 126" stat1 > /dev/null &&
+		grep "blocks sent: 5" stat1 > /dev/null &&
+		grep "data received: 228113" stat1 > /dev/null &&
+		grep "data sent: 1000256" stat1 > /dev/null
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success "shut down nodes" '
+		iptb stop
+	'
+}
+
+test_expect_success "set up tcp testbed" '
+	iptb init -n 2 -p 0 -f --bootstrap=none
+'
+
+# test multiplex muxer
+export LIBP2P_MUX_PREFS="/mplex/6.7.0"
+run_advanced_test "--enable-mplex-experiment"
+unset LIBP2P_MUX_PREFS
+
+# test default configuration
+run_advanced_test
+
+
+test_done
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh b/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh
index 6278bf2f3ee..c1b0616eba5 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0220-bitswap.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ test_expect_success "'ipfs bitswap stat' output looks good" '
 bitswap status
 	provides buffer: 0 / 256
 	blocks received: 0
+	blocks sent: 0
+	data received: 0
+	data sent: 0
 	dup blocks received: 0
 	dup data received: 0 B
 	wantlist [0 keys]
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ test_expect_success "'ipfs bitswap stat' output looks good" '
 bitswap status
 	provides buffer: 0 / 256
 	blocks received: 0
+	blocks sent: 0
+	data received: 0
+	data sent: 0
 	dup blocks received: 0
 	dup data received: 0 B
 	wantlist [0 keys]