diff --git a/events.go b/events.go
index cc12eaef69a..05c7cb712a2 100644
--- a/events.go
+++ b/events.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
 )
 
 // event struct for encoding the event data to json.
@@ -20,9 +21,82 @@ type event struct {
 	Data interface{} `json:"data,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// stats is the runc specific stats structure for stability when encoding and decoding stats.
+type stats struct {
+	Cpu     cpu                `json:"cpu"`
+	Memory  memory             `json:"memory"`
+	Pids    pids               `json:"pids"`
+	Blkio   blkio              `json:"blkio"`
+	Hugetlb map[string]hugetlb `json:"hugetlb"`
+}
+
+type hugetlb struct {
+	Usage   uint64 `json:"usage,omitempty"`
+	Max     uint64 `json:"max,omitempty"`
+	Failcnt uint64 `json:"failcnt"`
+}
+
+type blkioEntry struct {
+	Major uint64 `json:"major,omitempty"`
+	Minor uint64 `json:"minor,omitempty"`
+	Op    string `json:"op,omitempty"`
+	Value uint64 `json:"value,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type blkio struct {
+	IoServiceBytesRecursive []blkioEntry `json:"ioServiceBytesRecursive,omitempty"`
+	IoServicedRecursive     []blkioEntry `json:"ioServicedRecursive,omitempty"`
+	IoQueuedRecursive       []blkioEntry `json:"ioQueueRecursive,omitempty"`
+	IoServiceTimeRecursive  []blkioEntry `json:"ioServiceTimeRecursive,omitempty"`
+	IoWaitTimeRecursive     []blkioEntry `json:"ioWaitTimeRecursive,omitempty"`
+	IoMergedRecursive       []blkioEntry `json:"ioMergedRecursive,omitempty"`
+	IoTimeRecursive         []blkioEntry `json:"ioTimeRecursive,omitempty"`
+	SectorsRecursive        []blkioEntry `json:"sectorsRecursive,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type pids struct {
+	Current uint64 `json:"current,omitempty"`
+	Limit   uint64 `json:"limit,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type throttling struct {
+	Periods          uint64 `json:"periods,omitempty"`
+	ThrottledPeriods uint64 `json:"throttledPeriods,omitempty"`
+	ThrottledTime    uint64 `json:"throttledTime,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type cpuUsage struct {
+	// Units: nanoseconds.
+	Total  uint64   `json:"total,omitempty"`
+	Percpu []uint64 `json:"percpu,omitempty"`
+	Kernel uint64   `json:"kernel"`
+	User   uint64   `json:"user"`
+}
+
+type cpu struct {
+	Usage      cpuUsage   `json:"usage,omitempty"`
+	Throttling throttling `json:"throttling,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type memoryEntry struct {
+	Limit   uint64 `json:"limit"`
+	Usage   uint64 `json:"usage,omitempty"`
+	Max     uint64 `json:"max,omitempty"`
+	Failcnt uint64 `json:"failcnt"`
+}
+
+type memory struct {
+	Cache     uint64            `json:"cache,omitempty"`
+	Usage     memoryEntry       `json:"usage,omitempty"`
+	Swap      memoryEntry       `json:"swap,omitempty"`
+	Kernel    memoryEntry       `json:"kernel,omitempty"`
+	KernelTCP memoryEntry       `json:"kernelTCP,omitempty"`
+	Raw       map[string]uint64 `json:"raw,omitempty"`
+}
+
 var eventsCommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:  "events",
-	Usage: "display container events such as OOM notifications, cpu, memory, IO and network stats",
+	Usage: "display container events such as OOM notifications, cpu, memory, and IO usage statistics",
 	ArgsUsage: `<container-id>
 
 Where "<container-id>" is the name for the instance of the container.`,
@@ -64,7 +138,7 @@ information is displayed once every 5 seconds.`,
 			if err != nil {
 				fatal(err)
 			}
-			events <- &event{Type: "stats", ID: container.ID(), Data: s}
+			events <- &event{Type: "stats", ID: container.ID(), Data: convertLibcontainerStats(s)}
 			close(events)
 			group.Wait()
 			return
@@ -95,7 +169,7 @@ information is displayed once every 5 seconds.`,
 					n = nil
 				}
 			case s := <-stats:
-				events <- &event{Type: "stats", ID: container.ID(), Data: s}
+				events <- &event{Type: "stats", ID: container.ID(), Data: convertLibcontainerStats(s)}
 			}
 			if n == nil {
 				close(events)
@@ -105,3 +179,73 @@ information is displayed once every 5 seconds.`,
 		group.Wait()
 	},
 }
+
+func convertLibcontainerStats(ls *libcontainer.Stats) *stats {
+	cg := ls.CgroupStats
+	if cg == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var s stats
+	s.Pids.Current = cg.PidsStats.Current
+	s.Pids.Limit = cg.PidsStats.Limit
+
+	s.Cpu.Usage.Kernel = cg.CpuStats.CpuUsage.UsageInKernelmode
+	s.Cpu.Usage.User = cg.CpuStats.CpuUsage.UsageInUsermode
+	s.Cpu.Usage.Total = cg.CpuStats.CpuUsage.TotalUsage
+	s.Cpu.Usage.Percpu = cg.CpuStats.CpuUsage.PercpuUsage
+	s.Cpu.Throttling.Periods = cg.CpuStats.ThrottlingData.Periods
+	s.Cpu.Throttling.ThrottledPeriods = cg.CpuStats.ThrottlingData.ThrottledPeriods
+	s.Cpu.Throttling.ThrottledTime = cg.CpuStats.ThrottlingData.ThrottledTime
+
+	s.Memory.Cache = cg.MemoryStats.Cache
+	s.Memory.Kernel = convertMemoryEntry(cg.MemoryStats.KernelUsage)
+	s.Memory.KernelTCP = convertMemoryEntry(cg.MemoryStats.KernelTCPUsage)
+	s.Memory.Swap = convertMemoryEntry(cg.MemoryStats.SwapUsage)
+	s.Memory.Usage = convertMemoryEntry(cg.MemoryStats.Usage)
+	s.Memory.Raw = cg.MemoryStats.Stats
+
+	s.Blkio.IoServiceBytesRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoServiceBytesRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.IoServicedRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoServicedRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.IoQueuedRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoQueuedRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.IoServiceTimeRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoServiceTimeRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.IoWaitTimeRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoWaitTimeRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.IoMergedRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoMergedRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.IoTimeRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoTimeRecursive)
+	s.Blkio.SectorsRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.SectorsRecursive)
+
+	s.Hugetlb = make(map[string]hugetlb)
+	for k, v := range cg.HugetlbStats {
+		s.Hugetlb[k] = convertHugtlb(v)
+	}
+	return &s
+}
+
+func convertHugtlb(c cgroups.HugetlbStats) hugetlb {
+	return hugetlb{
+		Usage:   c.Usage,
+		Max:     c.MaxUsage,
+		Failcnt: c.Failcnt,
+	}
+}
+
+func convertMemoryEntry(c cgroups.MemoryData) memoryEntry {
+	return memoryEntry{
+		Limit:   c.Limit,
+		Usage:   c.Usage,
+		Max:     c.MaxUsage,
+		Failcnt: c.Failcnt,
+	}
+}
+
+func convertBlkioEntry(c []cgroups.BlkioStatEntry) []blkioEntry {
+	var out []blkioEntry
+	for _, e := range c {
+		out = append(out, blkioEntry{
+			Major: e.Major,
+			Minor: e.Minor,
+			Op:    e.Op,
+			Value: e.Value,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}