diff --git a/client/streamconfigdialog.cpp b/client/streamconfigdialog.cpp
index af35fea..1dee6f9 100644
--- a/client/streamconfigdialog.cpp
+++ b/client/streamconfigdialog.cpp
@@ -1240,6 +1240,13 @@ void StreamConfigDialog::on_pbOk_clicked()
             "varying fields at transmit time may not be same as configured\n";
     }
 
+    if (!mPort.trackStreamStats()
+            && mpStream->hasProtocol(OstProto::Protocol::kSignFieldNumber))
+    {
+        log += "Stream contains special signature, but per stream statistics "
+            "will not be available till it is enabled on the port.\n";
+    }
+
     mpStream->preflightCheck(log);
 
     if (log.length())
diff --git a/common/streambase.cpp b/common/streambase.cpp
index 56d6d4a..28a9442 100644
--- a/common/streambase.cpp
+++ b/common/streambase.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ void StreamBase::setFrameProtocol(ProtocolList protocolList)
 }
 #endif
 
+bool StreamBase::hasProtocol(quint32 protocolNumber)
+{
+    foreach(const AbstractProtocol *proto, *currentFrameProtocols)
+        if (proto->protocolNumber() == protocolNumber)
+            return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 ProtocolListIterator*  StreamBase::createProtocolListIterator() const
 {
     return new ProtocolListIterator(*currentFrameProtocols);
diff --git a/common/streambase.h b/common/streambase.h
index ca6e6be..907fc8d 100644
--- a/common/streambase.h
+++ b/common/streambase.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
     void protoDataCopyFrom(const OstProto::Stream &stream);
     void protoDataCopyInto(OstProto::Stream &stream) const;
 
+    bool hasProtocol(quint32 protocolNumber);
     ProtocolListIterator* createProtocolListIterator() const;
 
     //! \todo (LOW) should we have a copy constructor??