diff --git a/borg/helpers.py b/borg/helpers.py
index 5a93bd182..b793ca492 100644
--- a/borg/helpers.py
+++ b/borg/helpers.py
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ def update(self, size, csize, unique):
     def __str__(self):
         return self.summary.format(stats=self, label='This archive:')
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        fmt = "<{cls} object at {hash:#x} ({self.osize}, {self.csize}, {self.usize})>"
+        return fmt.format(cls=type(self).__name__,
+                          hash=id(self),
+                          self=self)
+
     @property
     def osize_fmt(self):
         return format_file_size(self.osize)
diff --git a/borg/testsuite/helpers.py b/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
index 37f6fcc4c..ac2cbacad 100644
--- a/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
+++ b/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
@@ -442,3 +442,5 @@ def test_stats_format(stats):
 """
     s = "{0.osize_fmt}".format(stats)
     assert s == "10 B"
+    # kind of redundant, but id is variable so we can't match reliably
+    assert stats.__repr__() == '<Statistics object at {:#x} (10, 10, 10)>'.format(id(stats))