diff --git a/sendmail.spec b/sendmail.spec
index edaf4a0..d9d1f4e 100644
--- a/sendmail.spec
+++ b/sendmail.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Summary: A widely used Mail Transport Agent (MTA)
 Name: sendmail
 Version: 8.15.2
-Release: 14%{?dist}
+Release: 15%{?dist}
 License: Sendmail
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://www.sendmail.org/
@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ done
 
 touch %{buildroot}%{maildir}/aliasesdb-stamp
 
+touch %{buildroot}%{spooldir}/clientmqueue/sm-client.st
+
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/sendmail
 %if 0%{?fedora} < 23
 install -p -m 755 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}%{_initrddir}/sendmail
@@ -556,6 +558,14 @@ exit 0
   %{_libdir}/sasl2/Sendmail.conf ] && mv -f %{_libdir}/sasl2/Sendmail.conf \
   %{_sysconfdir}/sasl2 2>/dev/null || :
 %endif
+
+# Create sm-client.st if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -f %{spooldir}/clientmqueue/sm-client.st ]; then
+	touch %{spooldir}/clientmqueue/sm-client.st
+	chown smmsp:smmsp %{spooldir}/clientmqueue/sm-client.st
+	chmod 0660 %{spooldir}/clientmqueue/sm-client.st
+fi
+
 exit 0
 
 %preun
@@ -663,6 +673,8 @@ fi
 %ghost %{maildir}/domaintable.db
 %ghost %{maildir}/mailertable.db
 
+%ghost %{spooldir}/clientmqueue/sm-client.st
+
 %{_unitdir}/sendmail.service
 %{_unitdir}/sm-client.service
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/sendmail
@@ -719,6 +731,10 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 23 2017 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 8.15.2-15
+- Explicitly enabled sm-client statistics
+  Related: rhbz#890585
+
 * Thu Feb 23 2017 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 8.15.2-14
 - Also removed the systemd restart limit from the sm-client service
   Related: rhbz#1422771