diff --git a/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java b/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java
index ac5b8b26..5878a3ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ public static ControlFile generateControlFile(final String fileToPublish,
                .trimWhitespace(true)
                .trimServerWhitespace(true)
                .overrides(new HashMap<String, ColumnOverride>());
+
+            // for replace jobs, calculate column statistics
+            if (PublishMethod.replace.equals(publishMethod))
+                ftc.columnStatistics(true);
+
         }
 
         if (isCsv) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/FileTypeControl.java b/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/FileTypeControl.java
index 38330d98..6970a36f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/FileTypeControl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/FileTypeControl.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class FileTypeControl {
     public Map<String, LocationColumn> syntheticPoints;
     public Boolean useSocrataGeocoding;
     public String action;
+    public Boolean columnStatistics;
 
     public FileTypeControl() {}
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ public Set<String> lookupTimestampFormatting() {
     public FileTypeControl hasHeaderRow(boolean h) { hasHeaderRow = h; return this;}
 
     public FileTypeControl action(String a) { action = a; return this;}
-}
+
+    public FileTypeControl columnStatistics(boolean u) { columnStatistics = u; return this; }