diff --git a/src/templates/named.conf b/src/templates/named.conf
index ed6a167..f9f66d5 100644
--- a/src/templates/named.conf
+++ b/src/templates/named.conf
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ include "/etc/bind/named.conf.local";
 include "/etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones";
 
 controls {
+  inet 127.0.0.1 allow {localhost;};
   inet {{ dns_backend.control_listen_ip }} allow { {{ dns_backend.control_ips }}; };
 };
diff --git a/src/templates/named.conf.options b/src/templates/named.conf.options
index 8657e07..e79167c 100644
--- a/src/templates/named.conf.options
+++ b/src/templates/named.conf.options
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ options {
         allow-new-zones yes;
         request-ixfr no;
         recursion no;
+        statistics-file "/var/cache/bind/named.stats";
+        zone-statistics yes;
         allow-notify { {{ dns_backend.control_ips }}; };
 };