diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.cpp
index df8763cda244c..136fd14a8ba3e 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ ValueMetricProducer::ValueMetricProducer(const ConfigKey& key, const ValueMetric
       mDimensionHardLimit(StatsdStats::kAtomDimensionKeySizeLimitMap.find(pullTagId) !=
                                           StatsdStats::kAtomDimensionKeySizeLimitMap.end()
                                   ? StatsdStats::kAtomDimensionKeySizeLimitMap.at(pullTagId).second
-                                  : StatsdStats::kDimensionKeySizeHardLimit) {
+                                  : StatsdStats::kDimensionKeySizeHardLimit),
+      mUseAbsoluteValueOnReset(metric.use_absolute_value_on_reset()) {
     // TODO: valuemetric for pushed events may need unlimited bucket length
     int64_t bucketSizeMills = 0;
     if (metric.has_bucket()) {
@@ -393,15 +394,20 @@ void ValueMetricProducer::onMatchedLogEventInternalLocked(
             }
         } else {
             // Generally we expect value to be monotonically increasing.
-            // If not, there was a reset event. We take the absolute value as
-            // diff in this case.
+            // If not, take absolute value or drop it, based on config.
             if (interval.startUpdated) {
                 if (value >= interval.start) {
                     interval.sum += (value - interval.start);
+                    interval.hasValue = true;
                 } else {
-                    interval.sum += value;
+                    if (mUseAbsoluteValueOnReset) {
+                        interval.sum += value;
+                        interval.hasValue = true;
+                    } else {
+                        VLOG("Dropping data for atom %d, prev: %lld, now: %lld", mPullTagId,
+                             (long long)interval.start, (long long)value);
+                    }
                 }
-                interval.hasValue = true;
                 interval.startUpdated = false;
             } else {
                 VLOG("No start for matching end %lld", (long long)value);
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.h b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.h
index 113be4b39944c..0136ec1e8b973 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.h
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/metrics/ValueMetricProducer.h
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ private:
 
     const size_t mDimensionHardLimit;
 
+    const bool mUseAbsoluteValueOnReset;
+
     FRIEND_TEST(ValueMetricProducerTest, TestNonDimensionalEvents);
     FRIEND_TEST(ValueMetricProducerTest, TestEventsWithNonSlicedCondition);
     FRIEND_TEST(ValueMetricProducerTest, TestPushedEventsWithUpgrade);
diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto b/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto
index 849d5f683d679..eb77299846e6d 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/statsd_config.proto
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ message ValueMetric {
   optional AggregationType aggregation_type = 8 [default = SUM];
 
   optional int64 min_bucket_size_nanos = 10;
+
+  optional bool use_absolute_value_on_reset = 11 [default = false];
 }
 
 message Alert {