diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ed3c8f4da5..413a9e7f01 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4246.	[test]		Ensure the statschannel system test runs when BIND
+			is not built with libjson. [RT #40944]
+
 4245.	[placeholder]
 
 4244.	[bug]		The parser was not reporting that use-ixfr is obsolete.
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
index e0767bdc4e..0a55c7a96d 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ else
 	TESTSOCK6=false
 fi
 
+#
+# Determine if we support various optional features.
+#
+CHECK_DSA=@CHECK_DSA@
+XMLSTATS=@XMLSTATS@
+JSONSTATS=@JSONSTATS@
+ZLIB=@ZLIB@
+
 . ${TOP}/version
 
 export NAMED LWRESD DIG NSUPDATE KEYGEN KEYFRLAB SIGNER KEYSIGNER KEYSETTOOL \
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
index d38effc509..30ba853918 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
 
 DIGCMD="$DIG @10.53.0.2 -p 5300"
 
-if $PERL -e 'use JSON;' 2>/dev/null
+if [ ! "$JSONSTATS" ]
+then
+    unset PERL_JSON
+    echo "I:JSON was not configured; skipping" >&2
+elif $PERL -e 'use JSON;' 2>/dev/null
 then
     PERL_JSON=1
 else
@@ -27,7 +31,11 @@ else
     echo "I:JSON tests require JSON library; skipping" >&2
 fi
 
-if $PERL -e 'use XML::Simple;' 2>/dev/null
+if [ ! "$XMLSTATS" ]
+then
+    unset PERL_XML
+    echo "I:XML was not configured; skipping" >&2
+elif $PERL -e 'use XML::Simple;' 2>/dev/null
 then
     PERL_XML=1
 else
@@ -143,10 +151,10 @@ if [ $PERL_XML ]; then
     file=`$PERL fetch.pl xml/v3/server`
     mv $file xml.stats
     $PERL server-xml.pl > xml.fmtstats 2> /dev/null
-    xml_query_count=`awk '/opcode QUERY/ { print $NF }' xml.fmtstats` 
+    xml_query_count=`awk '/opcode QUERY/ { print $NF }' xml.fmtstats`
     xml_query_count=${xml_query_count:-0}
     [ "$query_count" -eq "$xml_query_count" ] || ret=1
-    xml_txt_count=`awk '/qtype TXT/ { print $NF }' xml.fmtstats` 
+    xml_txt_count=`awk '/qtype TXT/ { print $NF }' xml.fmtstats`
     xml_txt_count=${xml_txt_count:-0}
     [ "$txt_count" -eq "$xml_txt_count" ] || ret=1
 fi
@@ -154,10 +162,10 @@ if [ $PERL_JSON ]; then
     file=`$PERL fetch.pl json/v1/server`
     mv $file json.stats
     $PERL server-json.pl > json.fmtstats 2> /dev/null
-    json_query_count=`awk '/opcode QUERY/ { print $NF }' json.fmtstats` 
+    json_query_count=`awk '/opcode QUERY/ { print $NF }' json.fmtstats`
     json_query_count=${json_query_count:-0}
     [ "$query_count" -eq "$json_query_count" ] || ret=1
-    json_txt_count=`awk '/qtype TXT/ { print $NF }' json.fmtstats` 
+    json_txt_count=`awk '/qtype TXT/ { print $NF }' json.fmtstats`
     json_txt_count=${json_txt_count:-0}
     [ "$txt_count" -eq "$json_txt_count" ] || ret=1
 fi
@@ -165,13 +173,18 @@ if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I: failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 n=`expr $n + 1`
 
+
 ret=0
 echo "I:checking consistency between regular and compressed output ($n)"
-$CURL -D regular.headers \
-	http://10.53.0.2:8853/xml/v3/server 2>/dev/null | \
+if [ "$XMLSTATS" ];
+then
+	URL=http://10.53.0.2:8853/xml/v3/server
+else
+	URL=http://10.53.0.2:8853/json/v1/server
+fi
+$CURL -D regular.headers $URL 2>/dev/null | \
 	sed -e "s#<current-time>.*</current-time>##g" > regular.out
-$CURL -D compressed.headers --compressed \
-	http://10.53.0.2:8853/xml/v3/server 2>/dev/null | \
+$CURL -D compressed.headers --compressed $URL 2>/dev/null | \
 	sed -e "s#<current-time>.*</current-time>##g" > compressed.out
 diff regular.out compressed.out >/dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I: failed"; fi
@@ -180,14 +193,18 @@ n=`expr $n + 1`
 
 ret=0
 echo "I:checking if compressed output is really compressed ($n)"
-REGSIZE=`cat regular.headers | \
+if [ "$ZLIB" ];
+then
+    REGSIZE=`cat regular.headers | \
 	grep -i Content-Length | sed -e "s/.*: \([0-9]*\).*/\1/"`
-COMPSIZE=`cat compressed.headers | \
+    COMPSIZE=`cat compressed.headers | \
 	grep -i Content-Length | sed -e "s/.*: \([0-9]*\).*/\1/"`
-if [ ! `expr $REGSIZE / $COMPSIZE` -gt 2 ]; then
+    if [ ! `expr $REGSIZE / $COMPSIZE` -gt 2 ]; then
 	ret=1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "I:skipped"
 fi
-
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I: failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 n=`expr $n + 1`
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9f063ea75e..4284f78e51 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -814,6 +814,9 @@ IRIX_DNSSEC_WARNINGS_HACK
 MKDEPPROG
 MKDEPCFLAGS
 MKDEPCC
+ZLIB
+JSONSTATS
+XMLSTATS
 PKCS11_TEST
 PKCS11_GOST
 PKCS11_ECDSA
@@ -16547,11 +16550,13 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
 
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBXML2 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+	XMLSTATS=1
 else
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
+
 #
 # was --with-libjson specified?
 #
@@ -16696,8 +16701,10 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_JSON 1" >>confdefs.h
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_JSON_C 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 	fi
+	JSONSTATS=1
 fi
 
+
 #
 # was --with-zlib specified?
 #
@@ -16814,15 +16821,18 @@ else
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
+ZLIB=
 if test "X${have_zlib}" != "X"
 then
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $zlib_cflags"
 
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_ZLIB 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+	ZLIB=1
 fi
 
 
+
 #
 # In solaris 10, SMF can manage named service
 #
@@ -24915,9 +24925,9 @@ if test "$enable_full_report" = "yes"; then
     test "X$CRYPTO" = "X" -o "$want_native_pkcs11" = "yes" || \
 	    echo "    OpenSSL cryptography/DNSSEC (--with-openssl)"
     test "X$PYTHON" = "X" || echo "    Python tools (--with-python)"
-    test "X$libxml2_libs" = "X" || echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
-    test "X$have_libjson" = "X" || echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
-    test "X$have_zlib" = "X" || echo "    HTTP zlib compression (--with-zlib)"
+    test "X$XMLSTATS" = "X" || echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
+    test "X$JSONSTATS" = "X" || echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
+    test "X$ZLIB" = "X" || echo "    HTTP zlib compression (--with-zlib)"
 fi
 
 if test "$use_pkcs11" != "no"; then
@@ -25006,8 +25016,9 @@ test "$use_libtool" = "yes" || echo "    Use GNU libtool (--with-libtool)"
 test "$atf" = "no" && echo "    Automated Testing Framework (--with-atf)"
 
 test "X$PYTHON" = "X" && echo "    Python tools (--with-python)"
-test "X$libxml2_libs" = "X" && echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
-test "X$have_libjson" = "X" && echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
+test "X$XMLSTATS" = "X" && echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
+test "X$JSONSTATS" = "X" && echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
+test "X$ZLIB" = "X" && echo "    HTTP zlib compression (--with-zlib)"
 
 if test "X$ac_unrecognized_opts" != "X"; then
     echo
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8b24380bf3..339022bde3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2097,9 +2097,11 @@ then
 		    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
 		    AC_MSG_ERROR(xml2-config returns badness))
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML2, 1, [Define if libxml2 was found])
+	XMLSTATS=1
 else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
+AC_SUBST(XMLSTATS)
 
 #
 # was --with-libjson specified?
@@ -2177,7 +2179,9 @@ then
 	then
 		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_JSON_C, 1, [Define if json-c was found])
 	fi
+	JSONSTATS=1
 fi
+AC_SUBST(JSONSTATS)
 
 #
 # was --with-zlib specified?
@@ -2231,11 +2235,14 @@ else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
 
+ZLIB=
 if test "X${have_zlib}" != "X"
 then
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $zlib_cflags"
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ZLIB, 1, [Define if zlib was found])
+	ZLIB=1
 fi
+AC_SUBST(ZLIB)
 
 
 #
@@ -4913,9 +4920,9 @@ if test "$enable_full_report" = "yes"; then
     test "X$CRYPTO" = "X" -o "$want_native_pkcs11" = "yes" || \
 	    echo "    OpenSSL cryptography/DNSSEC (--with-openssl)"
     test "X$PYTHON" = "X" || echo "    Python tools (--with-python)"
-    test "X$libxml2_libs" = "X" || echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
-    test "X$have_libjson" = "X" || echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
-    test "X$have_zlib" = "X" || echo "    HTTP zlib compression (--with-zlib)"
+    test "X$XMLSTATS" = "X" || echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
+    test "X$JSONSTATS" = "X" || echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
+    test "X$ZLIB" = "X" || echo "    HTTP zlib compression (--with-zlib)"
 fi
 
 if test "$use_pkcs11" != "no"; then
@@ -5004,8 +5011,9 @@ test "$use_libtool" = "yes" || echo "    Use GNU libtool (--with-libtool)"
 test "$atf" = "no" && echo "    Automated Testing Framework (--with-atf)"
 
 test "X$PYTHON" = "X" && echo "    Python tools (--with-python)"
-test "X$libxml2_libs" = "X" && echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
-test "X$have_libjson" = "X" && echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
+test "X$XMLSTATS" = "X" && echo "    XML statistics (--with-libxml2)"
+test "X$JSONSTATS" = "X" && echo "    JSON statistics (--with-libjson)"
+test "X$ZLIB" = "X" && echo "    HTTP zlib compression (--with-zlib)"
 
 if test "X$ac_unrecognized_opts" != "X"; then
     echo
diff --git a/util/copyrights b/util/copyrights
index 078ccd2f6c..398cd3a3ea 100644
--- a/util/copyrights
+++ b/util/copyrights
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@
 ./bin/tests/system/statschannel/prereq.sh	SH	2015
 ./bin/tests/system/statschannel/server-json.pl	PERL	2015
 ./bin/tests/system/statschannel/server-xml.pl	PERL	2015
-./bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh	SH	2015
+./bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh.in	SH	2015
 ./bin/tests/system/statschannel/traffic-json.pl	PERL	2015
 ./bin/tests/system/statschannel/traffic-xml.pl	PERL	2015
 ./bin/tests/system/statschannel/traffic.expect.1	X	2015