diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index f14718b1e..65e766325 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ The keys will still be available in the root level within the 0.5 release. The o
 * Display visibility icon in publisher aspects dropdown [#4982](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4982)
 * Add a link to the reported comment in the admin panel [#5337](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5337)
 * Strip search query from leading and trailing whitespace [#5317](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5317)
+* Add the "network" key to statistics.json and set it to "Diaspora" [#5308](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5308)
 
 # 0.4.1.1
 
diff --git a/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb
index f723fc639..5f8459a8b 100644
--- a/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class StatisticsPresenter
   def as_json(options={})
     result = {
       'name' => AppConfig.settings.pod_name,
+      'network' => "Diaspora",
       'version' => AppConfig.version_string,
       'registrations_open' => AppConfig.settings.enable_registrations,
       'services' => []
diff --git a/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb
index ebd6e2ff7..22a1233f1 100644
--- a/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ describe StatisticsPresenter do
     it 'provides generic pod data in json' do
       expect(@presenter.as_json).to eq({
         "name" => AppConfig.settings.pod_name,
+        "network" => "Diaspora",
         "version" => AppConfig.version_string,
         "registrations_open" => AppConfig.settings.enable_registrations,
         "services"=> ["facebook",],
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe StatisticsPresenter do
       it 'provides generic pod data and counts in json' do
         expect(@presenter.as_json).to eq({
           "name" => AppConfig.settings.pod_name,
+          "network" => "Diaspora",
           "version" => AppConfig.version_string,
           "registrations_open" => AppConfig.settings.enable_registrations,
           "total_users" => User.count,