diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/gve.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/gve.ini
index cdc46b08a3..838edd456a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/gve.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/gve.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MTU update           = Y
 TSO                  = Y
 RSS hash             = Y
 L4 checksum offload  = Y
+Basic stats          = Y
 Linux                = Y
 x86-32               = Y
 x86-64               = Y
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
index 97781f0ed3..06d1b796c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
@@ -319,6 +319,64 @@ gve_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+gve_dev_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_stats *stats)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {
+		struct gve_tx_queue *txq = dev->data->tx_queues[i];
+		if (txq == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		stats->opackets += txq->packets;
+		stats->obytes += txq->bytes;
+		stats->oerrors += txq->errors;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
+		struct gve_rx_queue *rxq = dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+		if (rxq == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		stats->ipackets += rxq->packets;
+		stats->ibytes += rxq->bytes;
+		stats->ierrors += rxq->errors;
+		stats->rx_nombuf += rxq->no_mbufs;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+gve_dev_stats_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {
+		struct gve_tx_queue *txq = dev->data->tx_queues[i];
+		if (txq == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		txq->packets  = 0;
+		txq->bytes = 0;
+		txq->errors = 0;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
+		struct gve_rx_queue *rxq = dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+		if (rxq == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		rxq->packets  = 0;
+		rxq->bytes = 0;
+		rxq->errors = 0;
+		rxq->no_mbufs = 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 gve_dev_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
 {
@@ -357,6 +415,8 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops gve_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.rx_queue_release     = gve_rx_queue_release,
 	.tx_queue_release     = gve_tx_queue_release,
 	.link_update          = gve_link_update,
+	.stats_get            = gve_dev_stats_get,
+	.stats_reset          = gve_dev_stats_reset,
 	.mtu_set              = gve_dev_mtu_set,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
index 235e55899e..64e571bcae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ struct gve_tx_queue {
 	struct gve_queue_page_list *qpl;
 	struct gve_tx_iovec *iov_ring;
 
+	/* stats items */
+	uint64_t packets;
+	uint64_t bytes;
+	uint64_t errors;
+
 	uint16_t port_id;
 	uint16_t queue_id;
 
@@ -130,6 +135,12 @@ struct gve_rx_queue {
 	/* only valid for GQI_QPL queue format */
 	struct gve_queue_page_list *qpl;
 
+	/* stats items */
+	uint64_t packets;
+	uint64_t bytes;
+	uint64_t errors;
+	uint64_t no_mbufs;
+
 	struct gve_priv *hw;
 	const struct rte_memzone *qres_mz;
 	struct gve_queue_resources *qres;
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx.c
index 518c9d109c..66fbcf3930 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx.c
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ gve_rx_refill(struct gve_rx_queue *rxq)
 					break;
 				rxq->sw_ring[idx + i] = nmb;
 			}
-			if (i != nb_alloc)
+			if (i != nb_alloc) {
+				rxq->no_mbufs += nb_alloc - i;
 				nb_alloc = i;
+			}
 		}
 		rxq->nb_avail -= nb_alloc;
 		next_avail += nb_alloc;
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ gve_rx_burst(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	uint16_t rx_id = rxq->rx_tail;
 	struct rte_mbuf *rxe;
 	uint16_t nb_rx, len;
+	uint64_t bytes = 0;
 	uint64_t addr;
 	uint16_t i;
 
@@ -99,8 +102,10 @@ gve_rx_burst(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		if (GVE_SEQNO(rxd->flags_seq) != rxq->expected_seqno)
 			break;
 
-		if (rxd->flags_seq & GVE_RXF_ERR)
+		if (rxd->flags_seq & GVE_RXF_ERR) {
+			rxq->errors++;
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		len = rte_be_to_cpu_16(rxd->len) - GVE_RX_PAD;
 		rxe = rxq->sw_ring[rx_id];
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ gve_rx_burst(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 			rx_id = 0;
 
 		rx_pkts[nb_rx] = rxe;
+		bytes += len;
 		nb_rx++;
 	}
 
@@ -144,6 +150,11 @@ gve_rx_burst(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	if (rxq->nb_avail > rxq->free_thresh)
 		gve_rx_refill(rxq);
 
+	if (nb_rx) {
+		rxq->packets += nb_rx;
+		rxq->bytes += bytes;
+	}
+
 	return nb_rx;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_tx.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_tx.c
index bf4e8fea2c..9b41c59358 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_tx.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ gve_tx_burst_qpl(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	struct rte_mbuf *tx_pkt, *first;
 	uint16_t sw_id = txq->sw_tail;
 	uint16_t nb_used, i;
+	uint64_t bytes = 0;
 	uint16_t nb_tx = 0;
 	uint32_t hlen;
 
@@ -355,6 +356,8 @@ gve_tx_burst_qpl(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		txq->nb_free -= nb_used;
 		txq->sw_nb_free -= first->nb_segs;
 		tx_tail += nb_used;
+
+		bytes += first->pkt_len;
 	}
 
 end_of_tx:
@@ -362,6 +365,10 @@ gve_tx_burst_qpl(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rte_write32(rte_cpu_to_be_32(tx_tail), txq->qtx_tail);
 		txq->tx_tail = tx_tail;
 		txq->sw_tail = sw_id;
+
+		txq->packets += nb_tx;
+		txq->bytes += bytes;
+		txq->errors += nb_pkts - nb_tx;
 	}
 
 	return nb_tx;
@@ -380,6 +387,7 @@ gve_tx_burst_ra(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	struct rte_mbuf *tx_pkt, *first;
 	uint16_t nb_used, hlen, i;
 	uint64_t ol_flags, addr;
+	uint64_t bytes = 0;
 	uint16_t nb_tx = 0;
 
 	txr = txq->tx_desc_ring;
@@ -438,12 +446,17 @@ gve_tx_burst_ra(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 
 		txq->nb_free -= nb_used;
 		tx_tail += nb_used;
+
+		bytes += first->pkt_len;
 	}
 
 end_of_tx:
 	if (nb_tx) {
 		rte_write32(rte_cpu_to_be_32(tx_tail), txq->qtx_tail);
 		txq->tx_tail = tx_tail;
+
+		txq->packets += nb_tx;
+		txq->bytes += bytes;
 	}
 
 	return nb_tx;
