diff --git a/include/transport/networkplugin.h b/include/transport/networkplugin.h
index bba9c013..9a0dfb9b 100644
--- a/include/transport/networkplugin.h
+++ b/include/transport/networkplugin.h
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ class NetworkPlugin {
 		virtual void handleFTPauseRequest(unsigned long ftID) {}
 		virtual void handleFTContinueRequest(unsigned long ftID) {}
 
+		virtual void handleMemoryUsage(double &res, double &shared) {res = 0; shared = 0;}
+
 		virtual void handleExitRequest() { exit(1); }
 		void handleDataRead(std::string &data);
 		virtual void sendData(const std::string &string) {}
diff --git a/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp b/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
index df4a6a38..c17adb7f 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
@@ -587,13 +587,18 @@ void NetworkPlugin::sendMemoryUsage() {
 	pbnetwork::Stats stats;
 
 	stats.set_init_res(m_init_res);
-	double res;
-	double shared;
+	double res = 0;
+	double shared = 0;
 #ifndef WIN32
 	process_mem_usage(shared, res);
 #endif
-	stats.set_res(res);
-	stats.set_shared(shared);
+
+	double e_res;
+	double e_shared;
+	handleMemoryUsage(e_res, e_shared);
+
+	stats.set_res(res + e_res);
+	stats.set_shared(shared + e_shared);
 
 	std::string message;
 	stats.SerializeToString(&message);