diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StatsStream.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StatsStream.java
index f6b5818be72..cb46db4d8bc 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StatsStream.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StatsStream.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrClient;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrClient.Builder;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.io.SolrClientCache;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.io.Tuple;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.io.comp.StreamComparator;
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class StatsStream extends TupleStream implements Expressible  {
   private Map<String, Metric> metricMap;
   protected transient SolrClientCache cache;
   protected transient CloudSolrClient cloudSolrClient;
+  protected StreamContext streamContext;
 
   // Use StatsStream(String, String, SolrParams, Metric[]
   @Deprecated
@@ -129,9 +130,12 @@ public class StatsStream extends TupleStream implements Expressible  {
     else if(zkHostExpression.getParameter() instanceof StreamExpressionValue){
       zkHost = ((StreamExpressionValue)zkHostExpression.getParameter()).getValue();
     }
+
+    /*
     if(null == zkHost){
       throw new IOException(String.format(Locale.ROOT,"invalid expression %s - zkHost not found for collection '%s'",expression,collectionName));
     }
+    */
     
     // metrics, optional - if not provided then why are you using this?
     Metric[] metrics = new Metric[metricExpressions.size()];
@@ -195,6 +199,7 @@ public class StatsStream extends TupleStream implements Expressible  {
   }
 
   public void setStreamContext(StreamContext context) {
+    streamContext = context;
     cache = context.getSolrClientCache();
   }
 
@@ -203,32 +208,56 @@ public class StatsStream extends TupleStream implements Expressible  {
   }
 
   public void open() throws IOException {
-    if(cache != null) {
-      cloudSolrClient = cache.getCloudSolrClient(zkHost);
-    } else {
-      cloudSolrClient = new Builder()
-          .withZkHost(zkHost)
-          .build();
-    }
-
     ModifiableSolrParams paramsLoc = new ModifiableSolrParams(this.params);
     addStats(paramsLoc, metrics);
     paramsLoc.set("stats", "true");
     paramsLoc.set("rows", "0");
 
-    QueryRequest request = new QueryRequest(paramsLoc);
-    try {
-      NamedList response = cloudSolrClient.request(request, collection);
-      this.tuple = getTuple(response);
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new IOException(e);
+    Map<String, List<String>> shardsMap = (Map<String, List<String>>)streamContext.get("shards");
+    if(shardsMap == null) {
+      QueryRequest request = new QueryRequest(paramsLoc);
+      CloudSolrClient cloudSolrClient = cache.getCloudSolrClient(zkHost);
+      try {
+        NamedList response = cloudSolrClient.request(request, collection);
+        this.tuple = getTuple(response);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        throw new IOException(e);
+      }
+    } else {
+      List<String> shards = shardsMap.get(collection);
+      HttpSolrClient client = cache.getHttpSolrClient(shards.get(0));
+
+      if(shards.size() > 1) {
+        String shardsParam = getShardString(shards);
+        paramsLoc.add("shards", shardsParam);
+        paramsLoc.add("distrib", "true");
+      }
+
+      QueryRequest request = new QueryRequest(paramsLoc);
+      try {
+        NamedList response = client.request(request);
+        this.tuple = getTuple(response);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        throw new IOException(e);
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  public void close() throws IOException {
-    if(cache == null) {
-      cloudSolrClient.close();
+  private String getShardString(List<String> shards) {
+    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+    for(String shard : shards) {
+      if(builder.length() > 0) {
+        builder.append(",");
+      }
+      builder.append(shard);
     }
+    return builder.toString();
+  }
+
+
+
+  public void close() throws IOException {
+
   }
 
   public Tuple read() throws IOException {
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StreamExpressionTest.java b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StreamExpressionTest.java
index 006c5896a1c..9ea8ca40909 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StreamExpressionTest.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/StreamExpressionTest.java
@@ -1695,38 +1695,138 @@ public class StreamExpressionTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
     StreamExpression expression;
     TupleStream stream;
     List<Tuple> tuples;
-  
-    expression = StreamExpressionParser.parse("stats(collection1, q=*:*, sum(a_i), sum(a_f), min(a_i), min(a_f), max(a_i), max(a_f), avg(a_i), avg(a_f), count(*))");
-    stream = factory.constructStream(expression);
+    StreamContext streamContext = new StreamContext();
+    SolrClientCache cache = new SolrClientCache();
+    try {
+      streamContext.setSolrClientCache(cache);
+      String expr = "stats(" + COLLECTIONORALIAS + ", q=*:*, sum(a_i), sum(a_f), min(a_i), min(a_f), max(a_i), max(a_f), avg(a_i), avg(a_f), count(*))";
+      expression = StreamExpressionParser.parse(expr);
+      stream = factory.constructStream(expression);
+      stream.setStreamContext(streamContext);
 
-    tuples = getTuples(stream);
+      tuples = getTuples(stream);
 
-    assert(tuples.size() == 1);
+      assert (tuples.size() == 1);
 
-    //Test Long and Double Sums
+      //Test Long and Double Sums
 
-    Tuple tuple = tuples.get(0);
+      Tuple tuple = tuples.get(0);
 
-    Double sumi = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_i)");
-    Double sumf = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_f)");
-    Double mini = tuple.getDouble("min(a_i)");
-    Double minf = tuple.getDouble("min(a_f)");
-    Double maxi = tuple.getDouble("max(a_i)");
-    Double maxf = tuple.getDouble("max(a_f)");
-    Double avgi = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_i)");
-    Double avgf = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_f)");
-    Double count = tuple.getDouble("count(*)");
+      Double sumi = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_i)");
+      Double sumf = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_f)");
+      Double mini = tuple.getDouble("min(a_i)");
+      Double minf = tuple.getDouble("min(a_f)");
+      Double maxi = tuple.getDouble("max(a_i)");
+      Double maxf = tuple.getDouble("max(a_f)");
+      Double avgi = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_i)");
+      Double avgf = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_f)");
+      Double count = tuple.getDouble("count(*)");
 
-    assertTrue(sumi.longValue() == 70);
-    assertTrue(sumf.doubleValue() == 55.0D);
-    assertTrue(mini.doubleValue() == 0.0D);
-    assertTrue(minf.doubleValue() == 1.0D);
-    assertTrue(maxi.doubleValue() == 14.0D);
-    assertTrue(maxf.doubleValue() == 10.0D);
-    assertTrue(avgi.doubleValue() == 7.0D);
-    assertTrue(avgf.doubleValue() == 5.5D);
-    assertTrue(count.doubleValue() == 10);
+      assertTrue(sumi.longValue() == 70);
+      assertTrue(sumf.doubleValue() == 55.0D);
+      assertTrue(mini.doubleValue() == 0.0D);
+      assertTrue(minf.doubleValue() == 1.0D);
+      assertTrue(maxi.doubleValue() == 14.0D);
+      assertTrue(maxf.doubleValue() == 10.0D);
+      assertTrue(avgi.doubleValue() == 7.0D);
+      assertTrue(avgf.doubleValue() == 5.5D);
+      assertTrue(count.doubleValue() == 10);
 
+
+      //Test with shards parameter
+      List<String> shardUrls = TupleStream.getShards(cluster.getZkServer().getZkAddress(), COLLECTIONORALIAS, streamContext);
+      expr = "stats(myCollection, q=*:*, sum(a_i), sum(a_f), min(a_i), min(a_f), max(a_i), max(a_f), avg(a_i), avg(a_f), count(*))";
+      Map<String, List<String>> shardsMap = new HashMap();
+      shardsMap.put("myCollection", shardUrls);
+      StreamContext context = new StreamContext();
+      context.put("shards", shardsMap);
+      context.setSolrClientCache(cache);
+      stream = factory.constructStream(expr);
+      stream.setStreamContext(context);
+
+      tuples = getTuples(stream);
+
+      assert (tuples.size() == 1);
+
+      //Test Long and Double Sums
+
+      tuple = tuples.get(0);
+
+      sumi = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_i)");
+      sumf = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_f)");
+      mini = tuple.getDouble("min(a_i)");
+      minf = tuple.getDouble("min(a_f)");
+      maxi = tuple.getDouble("max(a_i)");
+      maxf = tuple.getDouble("max(a_f)");
+      avgi = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_i)");
+      avgf = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_f)");
+      count = tuple.getDouble("count(*)");
+
+      assertTrue(sumi.longValue() == 70);
+      assertTrue(sumf.doubleValue() == 55.0D);
+      assertTrue(mini.doubleValue() == 0.0D);
+      assertTrue(minf.doubleValue() == 1.0D);
+      assertTrue(maxi.doubleValue() == 14.0D);
+      assertTrue(maxf.doubleValue() == 10.0D);
+      assertTrue(avgi.doubleValue() == 7.0D);
+      assertTrue(avgf.doubleValue() == 5.5D);
+      assertTrue(count.doubleValue() == 10);
+
+      //Execersise the /stream hander
+
+      //Add the shards http parameter for the myCollection
+      StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+      for (String shardUrl : shardUrls) {
+        if (buf.length() > 0) {
+          buf.append(",");
+        }
+        buf.append(shardUrl);
+      }
+
+      ModifiableSolrParams solrParams = new ModifiableSolrParams();
+      solrParams.add("qt", "/stream");
+      solrParams.add("expr", expr);
+      solrParams.add("myCollection.shards", buf.toString());
+      SolrStream solrStream = new SolrStream(shardUrls.get(0), solrParams);
+      tuples = getTuples(solrStream);
+      assert (tuples.size() == 1);
+
+      tuple =tuples.get(0);
+
+      sumi = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_i)");
+      sumf = tuple.getDouble("sum(a_f)");
+      mini = tuple.getDouble("min(a_i)");
+      minf = tuple.getDouble("min(a_f)");
+      maxi = tuple.getDouble("max(a_i)");
+      maxf = tuple.getDouble("max(a_f)");
+      avgi = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_i)");
+      avgf = tuple.getDouble("avg(a_f)");
+      count = tuple.getDouble("count(*)");
+
+      assertTrue(sumi.longValue() == 70);
+      assertTrue(sumf.doubleValue() == 55.0D);
+      assertTrue(mini.doubleValue() == 0.0D);
+      assertTrue(minf.doubleValue() == 1.0D);
+      assertTrue(maxi.doubleValue() == 14.0D);
+      assertTrue(maxf.doubleValue() == 10.0D);
+      assertTrue(avgi.doubleValue() == 7.0D);
+      assertTrue(avgf.doubleValue() == 5.5D);
+      assertTrue(count.doubleValue() == 10);
+      //Add a negative test to prove that it cannot find slices if shards parameter is removed
+
+      try {
+        ModifiableSolrParams solrParamsBad = new ModifiableSolrParams();
+        solrParamsBad.add("qt", "/stream");
+        solrParamsBad.add("expr", expr);
+        solrStream = new SolrStream(shardUrls.get(0), solrParamsBad);
+        tuples = getTuples(solrStream);
+        throw new Exception("Exception should have been thrown above");
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Collection not found: myCollection"));
+      }
+    } finally {
+      cache.close();
+    }
   }
 
   @Test