diff --git a/changes/bug19557 b/changes/bug19557
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9036cdc8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug19557
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Major bugfixes (sandboxing):
+    - Our sandboxing code would not allow us to write to stats/hidserv-stats,
+      causing tor to abort while trying to write stats.  This was previously
+      masked by bug 19556.  Fixes bug 19557.
diff --git a/src/or/main.c b/src/or/main.c
index 0562f8424..6b5619c7d 100644
--- a/src/or/main.c
+++ b/src/or/main.c
@@ -3530,6 +3530,7 @@ sandbox_init_filter(void)
     OPEN_DATADIR2_SUFFIX("stats", "exit-stats", ".tmp");
     OPEN_DATADIR2_SUFFIX("stats", "buffer-stats", ".tmp");
     OPEN_DATADIR2_SUFFIX("stats", "conn-stats", ".tmp");
+    OPEN_DATADIR2_SUFFIX("stats", "hidserv-stats", ".tmp");
 
     OPEN_DATADIR("approved-routers");
     OPEN_DATADIR_SUFFIX("fingerprint", ".tmp");