diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/IndexingStats.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/IndexingStats.java
index dc86b12731a..baea68db9b8 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/IndexingStats.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/IndexingStats.java
@@ -152,11 +152,15 @@ public class IndexingStats implements Streamable, ToXContent {
     }
 
     public void add(IndexingStats indexingStats) {
+        add(indexingStats, true);
+    }
+
+    public void add(IndexingStats indexingStats, boolean includeTypes) {
         if (indexingStats == null) {
             return;
         }
         totalStats.add(indexingStats.totalStats);
-        if (indexingStats.typeStats != null && !indexingStats.typeStats.isEmpty()) {
+        if (includeTypes && indexingStats.typeStats != null && !indexingStats.typeStats.isEmpty()) {
             if (typeStats == null) {
                 typeStats = new HashMap<String, Stats>(indexingStats.typeStats.size());
             }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
index 8bb0e9bbd66..faa329b3894 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ public interface IndicesService extends Iterable<IndexService>, LifecycleCompone
      */
     public boolean changesAllowed();
 
-    NodeIndicesStats stats();
+    /**
+     * Returns the node stats indices stats. The <tt>includePrevious</tt> flag controls
+     * if old shards stats will be aggregated as well (only for relevant stats, such as
+     * refresh and indexing, not for docs/store).
+     */
+    NodeIndicesStats stats(boolean includePrevious);
 
     boolean hasIndex(String index);
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java
index 52da15bfdec..68271476655 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.service.IndexService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.service.InternalIndexService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.settings.IndexSettingsModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.DocsStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.IndexShard;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.similarity.SimilarityModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.store.IndexStoreModule;
@@ -115,6 +116,8 @@ public class InternalIndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<IndicesSe
 
     private volatile ImmutableMap<String, IndexService> indices = ImmutableMap.of();
 
+    private final OldShardsStats oldShardsStats = new OldShardsStats();
+
     @Inject public InternalIndicesService(Settings settings, NodeEnvironment nodeEnv, ThreadPool threadPool, IndicesLifecycle indicesLifecycle, IndicesAnalysisService indicesAnalysisService, IndicesStore indicesStore, Injector injector) {
         super(settings);
         this.nodeEnv = nodeEnv;
@@ -125,6 +128,8 @@ public class InternalIndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<IndicesSe
         this.injector = injector;
 
         this.pluginsService = injector.getInstance(PluginsService.class);
+
+        this.indicesLifecycle.addListener(oldShardsStats);
     }
 
     @Override protected void doStart() throws ElasticSearchException {
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ public class InternalIndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<IndicesSe
         return this.indicesLifecycle;
     }
 
-    @Override public NodeIndicesStats stats() {
+    @Override public NodeIndicesStats stats(boolean includePrevious) {
         DocsStats docsStats = new DocsStats();
         StoreStats storeStats = new StoreStats();
         IndexingStats indexingStats = new IndexingStats();
@@ -177,6 +182,14 @@ public class InternalIndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<IndicesSe
         MergeStats mergeStats = new MergeStats();
         RefreshStats refreshStats = new RefreshStats();
         FlushStats flushStats = new FlushStats();
+
+        if (includePrevious) {
+            indexingStats.add(oldShardsStats.indexingStats);
+            mergeStats.add(oldShardsStats.mergeStats);
+            refreshStats.add(oldShardsStats.refreshStats);
+            flushStats.add(oldShardsStats.flushStats);
+        }
+
         for (IndexService indexService : indices.values()) {
             for (IndexShard indexShard : indexService) {
                 storeStats.add(indexShard.storeStats());
@@ -332,4 +345,21 @@ public class InternalIndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<IndicesSe
             FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively(nodeEnv.indexLocation(new Index(index)));
         }
     }
+
+    static class OldShardsStats extends IndicesLifecycle.Listener {
+
+        final IndexingStats indexingStats = new IndexingStats();
+        final MergeStats mergeStats = new MergeStats();
+        final RefreshStats refreshStats = new RefreshStats();
+        final FlushStats flushStats = new FlushStats();
+
+        @Override public synchronized void beforeIndexShardClosed(ShardId shardId, @Nullable IndexShard indexShard, boolean delete) {
+            if (indexShard != null) {
+                indexingStats.add(indexShard.indexingStats(), false);
+                mergeStats.add(indexShard.mergeStats());
+                refreshStats.add(indexShard.refreshStats());
+                flushStats.add(indexShard.flushStats());
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java
index 780054d752d..8a2178fef43 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/service/NodeService.java
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ public class NodeService extends AbstractComponent {
     }
 
     public NodeStats stats() {
-        return new NodeStats(clusterService.state().nodes().localNode(), indicesService.stats(),
+        // for indices stats we want to include previous allocated shards stats as well (it will
+        // only be applied to the sensible ones to use, like refresh/merge/flush/indexing stats)
+        return new NodeStats(clusterService.state().nodes().localNode(), indicesService.stats(true),
                 monitorService.osService().stats(), monitorService.processService().stats(),
                 monitorService.jvmService().stats(), monitorService.networkService().stats(),
                 transportService.stats(), httpServer == null ? null : httpServer.stats());