diff --git a/priv/stats_descriptions.cfg b/priv/stats_descriptions.cfg
index c695ae4c..0cb7f9b8 100644
--- a/priv/stats_descriptions.cfg
+++ b/priv/stats_descriptions.cfg
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
     {type, counter},
     {desc, <<"number of bulk requests">>}
 ]}.
+{[couchdb, httpd, bulk_reads], [
+    {type, histogram},
+    {desc, <<"distribution of the number of docs in _bulk_gets requests">>}
+]}.
 {[couchdb, httpd, requests], [
     {type, counter},
     {desc, <<"number of HTTP requests">>}
diff --git a/src/test_util.erl b/src/test_util.erl
index 88cfc63e..90cab362 100644
--- a/src/test_util.erl
+++ b/src/test_util.erl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 -export([start_couch/0, start_couch/1, start_couch/2, stop_couch/0, stop_couch/1]).
 -export([start_config/1, stop_config/1]).
--export([start_applications/1, stop_applications/1]).
+-export([load_applications_with_stats/0, start_applications/1, stop_applications/1]).
 
 -export([stop_sync/1, stop_sync/2, stop_sync/3]).