Index: apps/app_queue.c
===================================================================
--- apps/app_queue.c	(revision 42422)
+++ apps/app_queue.c	(working copy)
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@
 #define PM_MAX_LEN 8192
 
 /*! \brief queues.conf [general] option */
+static int queue_keep_stats = 0;
+
+/*! \brief queues.conf [general] option */
 static int queue_persistent_members = 0;
 
 /*! \brief queues.conf per-queue weight option */
@@ -3686,6 +3689,9 @@
 	while ((cat = ast_category_browse(cfg, cat)) ) {
 		if (!strcasecmp(cat, "general")) {	
 			/* Initialize global settings */
+			queue_keep_stats = 0;
+			if ((general_val = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "keepstats")))
+				queue_keep_stats = ast_true(general_val);
 			queue_persistent_members = 0;
 			if ((general_val = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "persistentmembers")))
 				queue_persistent_members = ast_true(general_val);
@@ -3715,7 +3721,8 @@
 					ast_mutex_lock(&q->lock);
 				/* Re-initialize the queue, and clear statistics */
 				init_queue(q);
-				clear_queue(q);
+				if (!queue_keep_stats) 
+					clear_queue(q);
 				for (cur = q->members; cur; cur = cur->next) {
 					if (!cur->dynamic) {
 						cur->delme = 1;
Index: configs/queues.conf.sample
===================================================================
--- configs/queues.conf.sample	(revision 42422)
+++ configs/queues.conf.sample	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 ;    read into their recorded queues. Default is 'yes'.
 ;
 persistentmembers = yes
+;
+; Keep Stats
+;    Keep queue statistics during a reload. Default is 'no'
+;
+keepstats = no
 ; 
 ; AutoFill Behavior
 ;    The old/current behavior of the queue has a serial type behavior