diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cf17cc..48ac4ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Other changes
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 3.37.0         | 2018-02-11     | extended FreeBSD support `networkStats()` |
 | 3.36.0         | 2018-02-11     | extended FreeBSD support `networkConnections()` |
 | 3.35.0         | 2018-02-11     | extended FreeBSD support `processLoad()` |
 | 3.34.1         | 2018-02-11     | updated docs |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9b12b1..1e41d3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ async function cpu() {
 ### Latest Activity
 
 (last 7 major and minor version releases)
+- Version 3.37.0: extended FreeBSD support `networkStats()`
 - Version 3.36.0: extended FreeBSD support `networkConnections()`
 - Version 3.35.0: extended FreeBSD support `processLoad()`
 - Version 3.34.0: first partial FreeBSD support
@@ -289,14 +290,14 @@ I also created a nice little command line tool called [mmon][mmon-github-url]  (
 | | [0].mac | X | X | X | X | MAC address |
 | | [0].internal | X | X | X | X | true if internal interface |
 | si.networkInterfaceDefault(cb) | : string | X | X | X | X | get name of default network interface |
-| si.networkStats(iface,cb) | {...} | X |  | X | X | current network stats of given interface<br>iface parameter is optional<br>defaults to first external network interface|
-| | iface | X |  | X | X | interface |
-| | operstate | X |  | X | X | up / down |
-| | rx | X |  | X | X | received bytes overall |
-| | tx | X |  | X | X | transferred bytes overall |
-| | rx_sec | X |  | X | X | received bytes / second (* see notes) |
-| | tx_sec | X |  | X | X | transferred bytes per second (* see notes) |
-| | ms | X |  | X | X | interval length (for per second values) |
+| si.networkStats(iface,cb) | {...} | X | X | X | X | current network stats of given interface<br>iface parameter is optional<br>defaults to first external network interface|
+| | iface | X | X | X | X | interface |
+| | operstate | X | X | X | X | up / down |
+| | rx | X | X | X | X | received bytes overall |
+| | tx | X | X | X | X | transferred bytes overall |
+| | rx_sec | X | X | X | X | received bytes / second (* see notes) |
+| | tx_sec | X | X | X | X | transferred bytes per second (* see notes) |
+| | ms | X | X | X | X | interval length (for per second values) |
 | si.networkConnections(cb) | [{...}] | X | X | X | X | current network network connections<br>returns an array of all connections|
 | | [0].protocol | X | X | X | X | tcp or udp |
 | | [0].localaddress | X | X | X | X | local address |
diff --git a/lib/network.js b/lib/network.js
index ceb8a65..5e0bbe6 100644
--- a/lib/network.js
+++ b/lib/network.js
@@ -183,14 +183,15 @@ function calcNetworkSpeed(iface, rx, tx, operstate) {
 
   if (_network[iface] && _network[iface].ms) {
     result.ms = Date.now() - _network[iface].ms;
-    result.rx_sec = (rx - _network[iface].rx) / (result.ms / 1000);
-    result.tx_sec = (tx - _network[iface].tx) / (result.ms / 1000);
+    result.rx_sec = (rx - _network[iface].rx) >= 0 ? (rx - _network[iface].rx) / (result.ms / 1000) : 0;
+    result.tx_sec = (tx - _network[iface].tx) >= 0 ? (tx - _network[iface].tx) / (result.ms / 1000) : 0;
     _network[iface].rx = rx;
     _network[iface].tx = tx;
     _network[iface].rx_sec = result.rx_sec;
     _network[iface].tx_sec = result.tx_sec;
     _network[iface].ms = Date.now();
     _network[iface].last_ms = result.ms;
+    _network[iface].operstate = operstate;
   } else {
     if (!_network[iface]) _network[iface] = {};
     _network[iface].rx = rx;
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ function calcNetworkSpeed(iface, rx, tx, operstate) {
     _network[iface].tx_sec = -1;
     _network[iface].ms = Date.now();
     _network[iface].last_ms = 0;
+    _network[iface].operstate = operstate;
   }
   return result;
 }
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ function networkStats(iface, callback) {
 
       let cmd, lines, stats;
       if (!_network[iface] || (_network[iface] && !_network[iface].ms) || (_network[iface] && _network[iface].ms && Date.now() - _network[iface].ms >= 500)) {
-        if (_linux || _freebsd || _openbsd) {
+        if (_linux) {
           if (fs.existsSync('/sys/class/net/' + iface)) {
             cmd =
               'cat /sys/class/net/' + iface + '/operstate; ' +
@@ -297,6 +299,25 @@ function networkStats(iface, callback) {
             resolve(result);
           }
         }
+        if (_freebsd || _openbsd) {
+          cmd = 'netstat -ibnI ' + iface;
+          exec(cmd, function (error, stdout) {
+            if (!error) {
+              lines = stdout.toString().split('\n');
+              for (let i = 1; i < lines.length; i++) {
+                const line = lines[i].replace(/ +/g, ' ').split(' ');
+                if (line && line[0] && line[7] && line[10]) {
+                  rx = rx + parseInt(line[7]);
+                  tx = tx + parseInt(line[10]);
+                  operstate = 'up';
+                }
+              }
+              result = calcNetworkSpeed(iface, rx, tx, operstate);
+            }
+            if (callback) { callback(result); }
+            resolve(result);
+          });
+        }
         if (_darwin) {
           cmd = 'ifconfig ' + iface + ' | grep "status"';
           exec(cmd, function (error, stdout) {
@@ -386,6 +407,7 @@ function networkStats(iface, callback) {
         result.rx_sec = _network[iface].rx_sec;
         result.tx_sec = _network[iface].tx_sec;
         result.ms = _network[iface].last_ms;
+        result.operstate = _network[iface].operstate;
         if (callback) { callback(result); }
         resolve(result);
       }