diff --git a/.changeset/cute-ghosts-rescue.md b/.changeset/cute-ghosts-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bff7869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cute-ghosts-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nodesecure/scanner": minor
+---
+
+feat(scanner): depWalker add stats on tarball.scanDirOrArchive
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/src/depWalker.ts b/workspaces/scanner/src/depWalker.ts
index 426e0be7..dd45d8cb 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/src/depWalker.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/src/depWalker.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ export async function depWalker(
         ref: dependency.versions[version] as any,
         location,
         isRootNode: scanRootNode && name === manifest.name,
-        registry
+        registry,
+        statsCollector
       };
       operationsQueue.push(
         scanDirOrArchiveEx(name, version, locker, tempDir, logger, scanDirOptions)
@@ -392,31 +393,35 @@ async function scanDirOrArchiveEx(
     isRootNode: boolean;
     location: string | undefined;
     ref: any;
+    statsCollector: StatsCollector;
   }
 ) {
   using _ = await locker.acquire();
 
+  const spec = `${name}@${version}`;
+
   try {
     const {
       registry,
       location = process.cwd(),
       isRootNode,
-      ref
+      ref,
+      statsCollector
     } = options;
 
     const mama = await (isRootNode ?
       ManifestManager.fromPackageJSON(location) :
       extractAndResolve(tempDir.location, {
-        spec: `${name}@${version}`,
+        spec,
         registry
       })
     );
 
-    await scanDirOrArchive(mama, ref, {
+    await statsCollector.track(`tarball.scanDirOrArchive ${spec}`, () => scanDirOrArchive(mama, ref, {
       astAnalyserOptions: {
         optionalWarnings: typeof location !== "undefined"
       }
-    });
+    }));
   }
   catch (error: any) {
     logger.emit(ScannerLoggerEvents.error, error, "tarball-scan");
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts b/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
index 1be9a17f..b37e042a 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ test("execute depWalker on pkg.gitdeps", async(test) => {
   assert.strictEqual(typeof metadata.startedAt, "number");
   assert.strictEqual(typeof metadata.executionTime, "number");
   assert.strictEqual(Array.isArray(metadata.apiCalls), true);
-  assert.strictEqual(metadata.apiCallsCount, 25);
+  assert.strictEqual(metadata.apiCallsCount, 37);
 });
 
 test("execute depWalker on typo-squatting (with location)", async(test) => {