diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index 515918cfa..589162a3e 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -556,8 +556,9 @@ namespace cryptonote
     CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_transactions_lock);
     CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL1(m_blockchain);
     const uint64_t now = time(NULL);
+    std::map<uint64_t, txpool_histo> agebytes;
     stats.txs_total = m_blockchain.get_txpool_tx_count();
-    m_blockchain.for_all_txpool_txes([&stats, now](const crypto::hash &txid, const txpool_tx_meta_t &meta, const cryptonote::blobdata *bd){
+    m_blockchain.for_all_txpool_txes([&stats, now, &agebytes](const crypto::hash &txid, const txpool_tx_meta_t &meta, const cryptonote::blobdata *bd){
       stats.bytes_total += meta.blob_size;
       if (!stats.bytes_min || meta.blob_size < stats.bytes_min)
         stats.bytes_min = meta.blob_size;
@@ -572,8 +573,53 @@ namespace cryptonote
         stats.num_10m++;
       if (meta.last_failed_height)
         stats.num_failing++;
+      uint64_t age = now - meta.receive_time;
+      agebytes[age].txs++;
+      agebytes[age].bytes += meta.blob_size;
       return true;
     });
+    if (stats.txs_total > 1)
+    {
+      /* looking for 98th percentile */
+      size_t end = stats.txs_total * 0.02;
+      uint64_t delta, factor;
+      std::map<uint64_t, txpool_histo>::iterator it, i2;
+      if (end)
+      {
+        /* If enough txs, spread the first 98% of results across
+         * the first 9 bins, drop final 2% in last bin.
+         */
+        it=agebytes.end();
+        for (size_t n=0; n <= end; n++, it--);
+        stats.histo_98pc = it->first;
+        factor = 9;
+        delta = it->first;
+        stats.histo.resize(10);
+      } else
+      {
+        /* If not enough txs, don't reserve the last slot;
+         * spread evenly across all 10 bins.
+         */
+        stats.histo_98pc = 0;
+        it = agebytes.end();
+        factor = stats.txs_total > 9 ? 10 : stats.txs_total;
+        delta = now - stats.oldest;
+        stats.histo.resize(factor);
+      }
+      if (!delta)
+        delta = 1;
+      for (i2 = agebytes.begin(); i2 != it; i2++)
+      {
+        size_t i = (i2->first * factor - 1) / delta;
+        stats.histo[i].txs += i2->second.txs;
+        stats.histo[i].bytes += i2->second.bytes;
+      }
+      for (; i2 != agebytes.end(); i2++)
+      {
+        stats.histo[factor].txs += i2->second.txs;
+        stats.histo[factor].bytes += i2->second.bytes;
+      }
+    }
   }
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
   //TODO: investigate whether boolean return is appropriate
diff --git a/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp b/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp
index d5bde7f09..1c9cd714d 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ namespace {
     return s + " " + (t > now ? "in the future" : "ago");
   }
 
+  std::string get_time_hms(time_t t)
+  {
+    unsigned int hours, minutes, seconds;
+    char buffer[24];
+    hours = t / 3600;
+    t %= 3600;
+    minutes = t / 60;
+    t %= 60;
+    seconds = t;
+    snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%02u:%02u:%02u", hours, minutes, seconds);
+    return std::string(buffer);
+  }
+
   std::string make_error(const std::string &base, const std::string &status)
   {
     if (status == CORE_RPC_STATUS_OK)
@@ -939,7 +952,35 @@ bool t_rpc_command_executor::print_transaction_pool_stats() {
 
   tools::msg_writer() << n_transactions << " tx(es), " << res.pool_stats.bytes_total << " bytes total (min " << res.pool_stats.bytes_min << ", max " << res.pool_stats.bytes_max << ", avg " << avg_bytes << ")" << std::endl
       << "fees " << cryptonote::print_money(res.pool_stats.fee_total) << " (avg " << cryptonote::print_money(n_transactions ? res.pool_stats.fee_total / n_transactions : 0) << " per tx" << ", " << cryptonote::print_money(res.pool_stats.bytes_total ? res.pool_stats.fee_total / res.pool_stats.bytes_total : 0) << " per byte )" << std::endl
-      << res.pool_stats.num_not_relayed << " not relayed, " << res.pool_stats.num_failing << " failing, " << res.pool_stats.num_10m << " older than 10 minutes (oldest " << (res.pool_stats.oldest == 0 ? "-" : get_human_time_ago(res.pool_stats.oldest, now)) << ")" << std::endl;
+      << res.pool_stats.num_not_relayed << " not relayed, " << res.pool_stats.num_failing << " failing, " << res.pool_stats.num_10m << " older than 10 minutes (oldest " << (res.pool_stats.oldest == 0 ? "-" : get_human_time_ago(res.pool_stats.oldest, now)) << ")";
+
+  if (n_transactions > 1 && res.pool_stats.histo.size())
+  {
+    std::vector<uint64_t> times;
+    uint64_t numer;
+    size_t i, n = res.pool_stats.histo.size(), denom;
+    times.resize(n);
+    if (res.pool_stats.histo_98pc)
+    {
+      numer = res.pool_stats.histo_98pc;
+      denom = n-1;
+      for (i=0; i<denom; i++)
+        times[i] = i * numer / denom;
+      times[i] = res.pool_stats.oldest;
+    } else
+    {
+      numer = now - res.pool_stats.oldest;
+      denom = n;
+      for (i=0; i<denom; i++)
+        times[i] = i * numer / denom;
+    }
+    tools::msg_writer() << "   Age      Txes       Bytes";
+    for (i=0; i<n; i++)
+    {
+      tools::msg_writer() << get_time_hms(times[i]) << setw(8) << res.pool_stats.histo[i].txs << setw(12) << res.pool_stats.histo[i].bytes;
+    }
+  }
+  tools::msg_writer();
 
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
index 8b5f189ca..b5716fa00 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
 // advance which version they will stop working with
 // Don't go over 32767 for any of these
 #define CORE_RPC_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CORE_RPC_VERSION_MINOR 11
+#define CORE_RPC_VERSION_MINOR 12
 #define MAKE_CORE_RPC_VERSION(major,minor) (((major)<<16)|(minor))
 #define CORE_RPC_VERSION MAKE_CORE_RPC_VERSION(CORE_RPC_VERSION_MAJOR, CORE_RPC_VERSION_MINOR)
 
@@ -1047,6 +1047,17 @@ namespace cryptonote
     };
   };
 
+  struct txpool_histo
+  {
+    uint32_t txs;
+    uint64_t bytes;
+
+    BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
+      KV_SERIALIZE(txs)
+      KV_SERIALIZE(bytes)
+    END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
+  };
+
   struct txpool_stats
   {
     uint64_t bytes_total;
@@ -1058,6 +1069,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
     uint32_t num_failing;
     uint32_t num_10m;
     uint32_t num_not_relayed;
+    uint64_t histo_98pc;
+    std::vector<txpool_histo> histo;
 
     BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
       KV_SERIALIZE(bytes_total)
@@ -1069,6 +1082,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
       KV_SERIALIZE(num_failing)
       KV_SERIALIZE(num_10m)
       KV_SERIALIZE(num_not_relayed)
+      KV_SERIALIZE(histo_98pc)
+      KV_SERIALIZE_CONTAINER_POD_AS_BLOB(histo)
     END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
   };