diff --git a/config/websockets.php b/config/websockets.php
index 74075b5c52..8543b99ec1 100644
--- a/config/websockets.php
+++ b/config/websockets.php
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@
          */
         'delete_statistics_older_than_days' => 60,
 
+        /*
+         * By default, the websockets server attempts to connect to whatever
+         * your APP_URL is set to. If running in a more complex environment,
+         * you may wish to override the base URL for internal requests to
+         * allow statistics to be collected.
+         */
+        'base_url_override' => null,
+
         /*
          * Use an DNS resolver to make the requests to the statistics logger
          * default is to resolve everything to 127.0.0.1.
diff --git a/src/Statistics/Logger/HttpStatisticsLogger.php b/src/Statistics/Logger/HttpStatisticsLogger.php
index a23f7a9003..d7320253ef 100644
--- a/src/Statistics/Logger/HttpStatisticsLogger.php
+++ b/src/Statistics/Logger/HttpStatisticsLogger.php
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Statistics\Logger;
 
-use Clue\React\Buzz\Browser;
-use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
-use function GuzzleHttp\Psr7\stream_for;
 use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Apps\App;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Statistics\Http\Controllers\WebSocketStatisticsEntriesController;
 use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Statistics\Statistic;
 use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\WebSockets\Channels\ChannelManager;
-use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\Statistics\Http\Controllers\WebSocketStatisticsEntriesController;
+use Clue\React\Buzz\Browser;
+use function GuzzleHttp\Psr7\stream_for;
+use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
 
 class HttpStatisticsLogger implements StatisticsLogger
 {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function save()
             $this
                 ->browser
                 ->post(
-                    action([WebSocketStatisticsEntriesController::class, 'store']),
+                    $this->storeStatisticsUrl(),
                     ['Content-Type' => 'application/json'],
                     stream_for(json_encode($postData))
                 );
@@ -88,4 +88,15 @@ public function save()
             $statistic->reset($currentConnectionCount);
         }
     }
+
+    protected function storeStatisticsUrl(): string
+    {
+        $action = [WebSocketStatisticsEntriesController::class, 'store'];
+
+        $overridenUrl = config('websockets.statistics.base_url_override');
+
+        return $overridentUrl
+            ? $overridenUrl.action($action, [], false)
+            : action($action);
+    }
 }