diff --git a/lib/Server.js b/lib/Server.js
index 2d1850e8ec..ff21ccee94 100644
--- a/lib/Server.js
+++ b/lib/Server.js
@@ -68,16 +68,18 @@ if (semver.satisfies(process.version, '8.6.0 - 9')) {
   tls.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE = 'auto';
 }
 
-const STATS = {
-  all: false,
-  hash: true,
-  assets: true,
-  warnings: true,
-  errors: true,
-  errorDetails: false,
-};
-
 class Server {
+  static get DEFAULT_STATS() {
+    return {
+      all: false,
+      hash: true,
+      assets: true,
+      warnings: true,
+      errors: true,
+      errorDetails: false,
+    };
+  }
+
   constructor(compiler, options = {}, _log) {
     this.log = _log || createLogger(options);
 
@@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ class Server {
       throw new Error("'filename' option must be set in lazy mode.");
     }
 
+    this.stats =
+      options.stats && Object.keys(options.stats).length
+        ? options.stats
+        : Server.DEFAULT_STATS;
     this.hot = options.hot || options.hotOnly;
     this.headers = options.headers;
     this.progress = options.progress;
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ class Server {
       compile.tap('webpack-dev-server', invalidPlugin);
       invalid.tap('webpack-dev-server', invalidPlugin);
       done.tap('webpack-dev-server', (stats) => {
-        this._sendStats(this.sockets, stats.toJson(STATS));
+        this._sendStats(this.sockets, this.getStats(stats));
         this._stats = stats;
       });
     };
@@ -676,6 +682,10 @@ class Server {
     }, this);
   }
 
+  getStats(statsObj) {
+    return statsObj.toJson(this.stats);
+  }
+
   use() {
     // eslint-disable-next-line
     this.app.use.apply(this.app, arguments);
@@ -848,7 +858,7 @@ class Server {
           return;
         }
 
-        this._sendStats([connection], this._stats.toJson(STATS), true);
+        this._sendStats([connection], this.getStats(this._stats), true);
       });
 
       socket.installHandlers(this.listeningApp, {
diff --git a/lib/utils/createConfig.js b/lib/utils/createConfig.js
index 53e00cf2af..8804571a1e 100644
--- a/lib/utils/createConfig.js
+++ b/lib/utils/createConfig.js
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ function createConfig(config, argv, { port }) {
   }
 
   if (!options.stats) {
-    options.stats = {
+    options.stats = defaultTo(firstWpOpt.stats, {
       cached: false,
       cachedAssets: false,
-    };
+    });
   }
 
   if (
diff --git a/test/CreateConfig.test.js b/test/CreateConfig.test.js
index edeb0da422..f8bbb12209 100644
--- a/test/CreateConfig.test.js
+++ b/test/CreateConfig.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const createConfig = require('../lib/utils/createConfig');
 const webpackConfig = require('./fixtures/schema/webpack.config.simple');
+const webpackConfigNoStats = require('./fixtures/schema/webpack.config.no-dev-stats');
 
 const argv = {
   port: 8080,
@@ -853,4 +854,11 @@ describe('createConfig', () => {
 
     expect(config).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('use webpack stats', () => {
+    expect(
+      createConfig(webpackConfigNoStats, argv, { port: 8080 })
+    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(webpackConfigNoStats).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/Server.test.js b/test/Server.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12faa3ff4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Server.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+const Server = require('../lib/Server');
+const config = require('./fixtures/simple-config/webpack.config');
+
+const allStats = [
+  {},
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undefined
+  undefined,
+  false,
+  'errors-only',
+  {
+    assets: false,
+  },
+];
+
+describe('Server', () => {
+  it(`should cascade stats options`, () => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      (function iterate(stats, i) {
+        if (i === allStats.length) {
+          return resolve();
+        }
+
+        const prom = new Promise((res, rej) => {
+          const compiler = webpack(config);
+          const server = new Server(compiler, { stats });
+
+          compiler.hooks.done.tap('webpack-dev-server', (s) => {
+            const finalStats = JSON.stringify(server.getStats(s));
+            const defaultStats = JSON.stringify(
+              server._stats.toJson(Server.DEFAULT_STATS)
+            );
+
+            // If we're not over-riding stats configuration,
+            // we get the same result as the DEFAULT_STATS
+            if (!stats || !Object.keys(stats).length) {
+              try {
+                expect(finalStats).toBe(defaultStats);
+              } catch (e) {
+                rej(e);
+              }
+            } else {
+              try {
+                expect(finalStats).not.toBe(defaultStats);
+              } catch (e) {
+                rej(e);
+              }
+            }
+
+            server.close(() => {
+              res();
+            });
+          });
+
+          compiler.run(() => {});
+          server.listen(8080, 'localhost');
+        });
+
+        // Iterate to cover each case.
+        prom
+          .then(() => {
+            i += 1;
+            iterate(allStats[i], i);
+          })
+          .catch((e) => {
+            reject(e);
+          });
+      })(allStats[0], 0);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/CreateConfig.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/CreateConfig.test.js.snap
index c66f9ab9de..2c631ecd42 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/CreateConfig.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/CreateConfig.test.js.snap
@@ -1037,6 +1037,77 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`createConfig use webpack stats 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "clientLogLevel": "_clientLogLevel",
+  "compress": "_compress",
+  "contentBase": "_contentBase",
+  "disableHostCheck": "_disableHostCheck",
+  "filename": "_filename",
+  "historyApiFallback": "_historyApiFallback",
+  "host": "_foo",
+  "hot": "_hot",
+  "hotOnly": "_hotOnly",
+  "https": "_https",
+  "inline": "_inline",
+  "lazy": "_lazy",
+  "noInfo": true,
+  "open": "_open",
+  "openPage": "_openPage",
+  "pfxPassphrase": "_pfxPassphrase",
+  "port": "_port",
+  "progress": "_progress",
+  "public": "_public",
+  "publicPath": "_publicPath",
+  "quiet": "_quiet",
+  "socket": "_socket",
+  "stats": Object {
+    "assetsSort": "size",
+  },
+  "useLocalIp": "_useLocalIp",
+  "watchContentBase": "_watchContentBase",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`createConfig use webpack stats 2`] = `
+Object {
+  "devServer": Object {
+    "clientLogLevel": "_clientLogLevel",
+    "compress": "_compress",
+    "contentBase": "_contentBase",
+    "disableHostCheck": "_disableHostCheck",
+    "filename": "_filename",
+    "historyApiFallback": "_historyApiFallback",
+    "host": "_foo",
+    "hot": "_hot",
+    "hotOnly": "_hotOnly",
+    "https": "_https",
+    "inline": "_inline",
+    "lazy": "_lazy",
+    "noInfo": true,
+    "open": "_open",
+    "openPage": "_openPage",
+    "pfxPassphrase": "_pfxPassphrase",
+    "port": "_port",
+    "progress": "_progress",
+    "public": "_public",
+    "publicPath": "_publicPath",
+    "quiet": "_quiet",
+    "socket": "_socket",
+    "stats": Object {
+      "assetsSort": "size",
+    },
+    "useLocalIp": "_useLocalIp",
+    "watchContentBase": "_watchContentBase",
+  },
+  "entry": "./app.js",
+  "mode": "development",
+  "stats": Object {
+    "assetsSort": "size",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`createConfig useLocalIp option (in devServer config) 1`] = `
 Object {
   "hot": true,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/schema/webpack.config.no-dev-stats.js b/test/fixtures/schema/webpack.config.no-dev-stats.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca5a83b7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/schema/webpack.config.no-dev-stats.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  entry: './app.js',
+  stats: {
+    assetsSort: 'size',
+  },
+  devServer: {
+    host: '_foo',
+    public: '_public',
+    socket: '_socket',
+    progress: '_progress',
+    publicPath: '_publicPath',
+    filename: '_filename',
+    hot: '_hot',
+    hotOnly: '_hotOnly',
+    clientLogLevel: '_clientLogLevel',
+    contentBase: '_contentBase',
+    watchContentBase: '_watchContentBase',
+    lazy: '_lazy',
+    noInfo: '_noInfo',
+    quiet: '_quiet',
+    https: '_https',
+    pfxPassphrase: '_pfxPassphrase',
+    inline: '_inline',
+    historyApiFallback: '_historyApiFallback',
+    compress: '_compress',
+    disableHostCheck: '_disableHostCheck',
+    open: '_open',
+    openPage: '_openPage',
+    useLocalIp: '_useLocalIp',
+    port: '_port',
+  },
+};