diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/atoms.proto b/cmds/statsd/src/atoms.proto
index 8449923fdf23d..4f249b921b1d4 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/atoms.proto
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/atoms.proto
@@ -7933,6 +7933,10 @@ message SurfaceflingerStatsGlobalInfo {
     // Total time that was spent performing animations.
     // This is derived from the present-to-present layer histogram
     optional int64 animation_millis = 5;
+    // Total number of event connections tracked by SurfaceFlinger at the time
+    // of this pull. If this number grows prohibitively large, then this can
+    // cause jank due to resource contention.
+    optional int32 event_connection_count = 6;
 }
 
 /**