diff --git a/userspace/falco/falco.cpp b/userspace/falco/falco.cpp
index 4cc8bae8..01b3019c 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/falco.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/falco.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static void display_fatal_err(const string &msg, bool daemon)
 
 string lua_on_event = "on_event";
 string lua_add_output = "add_output";
+string lua_print_stats = "print_stats";
 
 // Splitting into key=value or key.subkey=value will be handled by configuration class.
 std::list<string> cmdline_options;
@@ -211,6 +212,26 @@ void add_output(lua_State *ls, output_config oc)
 
 }
 
+// Print statistics on the the rules that triggered
+void print_stats(lua_State *ls)
+{
+	lua_getglobal(ls, lua_print_stats.c_str());
+
+	if(lua_isfunction(ls, -1))
+	{
+		if(lua_pcall(ls, 0, 0, 0) != 0)
+		{
+			const char* lerr = lua_tostring(ls, -1);
+			string err = "Error invoking function print_stats: " + string(lerr);
+			throw sinsp_exception(err);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		throw sinsp_exception("No function " + lua_print_stats + " found in lua rule loader module");
+	}
+
+}
 
 //
 // ARGUMENT PARSING AND PROGRAM SETUP
@@ -504,6 +525,8 @@ int falco_init(int argc, char **argv)
 			   ls);
 
 		inspector->close();
+
+		print_stats(ls);
 	}
 	catch(sinsp_exception& e)
 	{
diff --git a/userspace/falco/lua/output.lua b/userspace/falco/lua/output.lua
index 78573b94..0bef1712 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/lua/output.lua
+++ b/userspace/falco/lua/output.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ local mod = {}
 
 levels = {"Emergency", "Alert", "Critical", "Error", "Warning", "Notice", "Informational", "Debug"}
 
+mod.levels = levels
+
 local outputs = {}
 
 function mod.stdout(evt, level, format)
diff --git a/userspace/falco/lua/rule_loader.lua b/userspace/falco/lua/rule_loader.lua
index f5cc8882..0e041f7e 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/lua/rule_loader.lua
+++ b/userspace/falco/lua/rule_loader.lua
@@ -230,12 +230,49 @@ function describe_rule(name)
    end
 end
 
+local rule_output_counts = {by_level={}, by_name={}}
+
+for idx, level in ipairs(output.levels) do
+   rule_output_counts[level] = 0
+end
+
 function on_event(evt_, rule_id)
 
    if state.rules_by_idx[rule_id] == nil then
       error ("rule_loader.on_event(): event with invalid rule_id: ", rule_id)
    end
 
-   output.event(evt_, state.rules_by_idx[rule_id].level, state.rules_by_idx[rule_id].output)
+   local rule = state.rules_by_idx[rule_id]
+
+   if rule_output_counts.by_level[rule.level] == nil then
+      rule_output_counts.by_level[rule.level] = 1
+   else
+      rule_output_counts.by_level[rule.level] = rule_output_counts.by_level[rule.level] + 1
+   end
+
+   if rule_output_counts.by_name[rule.rule] == nil then
+      rule_output_counts.by_name[rule.rule] = 1
+   else
+      rule_output_counts.by_name[rule.rule] = rule_output_counts.by_name[rule.rule] + 1
+   end
+
+   output.event(evt_, rule.level, rule.output)
 end
 
+function print_stats()
+   print("Rule counts by severity:")
+   for idx, level in ipairs(output.levels) do
+      -- To keep the output concise, we only print 0 counts for error, warning, and info levels
+      if rule_output_counts[level] > 0 or level == "Error" or level == "Warning" or level == "Informational" then
+	 print ("   "..level..": "..rule_output_counts[level])
+      end
+   end
+
+   print("Triggered rules by rule name:")
+   for name, count in pairs(rule_output_counts.by_name) do
+      print ("   "..name..": "..count)
+   end
+end
+
+
+