diff --git a/.changelog/20261.txt b/.changelog/20261.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a63d747ab44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/20261.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+api: Fixed a bug where `AllocDirStats` field was missing from Read Stats client API
+```
diff --git a/api/nodes.go b/api/nodes.go
index 697c7d731d38..809382bf79b7 100644
--- a/api/nodes.go
+++ b/api/nodes.go
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ type HostStats struct {
 	Memory           *HostMemoryStats
 	CPU              []*HostCPUStats
 	DiskStats        []*HostDiskStats
+	AllocDirStats    *HostDiskStats
 	DeviceStats      []*DeviceGroupStats
 	Uptime           uint64
 	CPUTicksConsumed float64
diff --git a/api/nodes_test.go b/api/nodes_test.go
index 3ba9459df983..e9604dfed731 100644
--- a/api/nodes_test.go
+++ b/api/nodes_test.go
@@ -153,6 +153,27 @@ func TestNodes_Info(t *testing.T) {
 	must.GreaterEq(t, 1, len(result.Events))
 }
 
+func TestNode_Stats(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.Parallel(t)
+
+	c, s := makeClient(t, nil, func(c *testutil.TestServerConfig) {
+		c.DevMode = true
+	})
+	defer s.Stop()
+	nodesAPI := c.Nodes()
+	nodeID := oneNodeFromNodeList(t, nodesAPI).ID
+
+	stats, err := nodesAPI.Stats(nodeID, nil)
+	must.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// there isn't much we can reliably check here except that the values are
+	// populated
+	must.NotNil(t, stats.Memory)
+	must.NonZero(t, stats.Memory.Available)
+	must.NotNil(t, stats.AllocDirStats)
+	must.NonZero(t, stats.AllocDirStats.Size)
+}
+
 func TestNodes_NoSecretID(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.Parallel(t)