diff --git a/daemon/control_ng.c b/daemon/control_ng.c
index 14bc6b322..1752428e9 100644
--- a/daemon/control_ng.c
+++ b/daemon/control_ng.c
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ static long long bencode_get_int(bencode_item_t *arg) {
 static bencode_item_t *__bencode_dict(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx) {
 	return bencode_dictionary(&ctx->ngbuf->buffer);
 }
+static bencode_item_t *__bencode_list(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx) {
+	return bencode_list(&ctx->ngbuf->buffer);
+}
 
 const ng_parser_t ng_parser_native = {
 	.collapse = bencode_collapse_str,
@@ -142,11 +145,14 @@ const ng_parser_t ng_parser_native = {
 	.get_int = bencode_get_int,
 	.dict = __bencode_dict,
 	.dict_get_str = bencode_dictionary_get_str,
+	.dict_add = bencode_dictionary_add,
 	.dict_add_string = bencode_dictionary_add_string,
 	.dict_add_str = bencode_dictionary_add_str,
 	.dict_add_int = bencode_dictionary_add_integer,
 	.dict_add_dict = bencode_dictionary_add_dictionary,
 	.dict_add_list = bencode_dictionary_add_list,
+	.list = __bencode_list,
+	.list_add = bencode_list_add,
 	.list_add_dict = bencode_list_add_dictionary,
 	.list_add_string = bencode_list_add_string,
 };
@@ -161,11 +167,14 @@ const ng_parser_t ng_parser_json = {
 	.get_int = bencode_get_int,
 	.dict = __bencode_dict,
 	.dict_get_str = bencode_dictionary_get_str,
+	.dict_add = bencode_dictionary_add,
 	.dict_add_string = bencode_dictionary_add_string,
 	.dict_add_str = bencode_dictionary_add_str,
 	.dict_add_int = bencode_dictionary_add_integer,
 	.dict_add_dict = bencode_dictionary_add_dictionary,
 	.dict_add_list = bencode_dictionary_add_list,
+	.list = __bencode_list,
+	.list_add = bencode_list_add,
 	.list_add_dict = bencode_list_add_dictionary,
 	.list_add_string = bencode_list_add_string,
 };
diff --git a/daemon/statistics.c b/daemon/statistics.c
index 613a6e488..dd6d81f37 100644
--- a/daemon/statistics.c
+++ b/daemon/statistics.c
@@ -998,17 +998,17 @@ const char *statistics_ng(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx) {
 		if (m->is_brace)
 			sub = ctx->parser->dict(ctx);
 		else
-			sub = bencode_list(buf);
+			sub = ctx->parser->list(ctx);
 
 		assert(sub != NULL);
 
 		// is this a dictionary?
 		if (dict->type == BENCODE_DICTIONARY) {
 			assert(sub_label != NULL);
-			bencode_dictionary_add(dict, bencode_strdup(buf, sub_label), sub);
+			ctx->parser->dict_add(dict, bencode_strdup(buf, sub_label), sub);
 		}
 		else if (ctx->parser->is_list(dict))
-			bencode_list_add(dict, sub);
+			ctx->parser->list_add(dict, sub);
 		else
 			abort();
 
diff --git a/include/control_ng.h b/include/control_ng.h
index 15766e7f0..b814a097f 100644
--- a/include/control_ng.h
+++ b/include/control_ng.h
@@ -123,11 +123,14 @@ struct ng_parser {
 	long long (*get_int)(bencode_item_t *);
 	bencode_item_t *(*dict)(ng_parser_ctx_t *);
 	char *(*dict_get_str)(bencode_item_t *, const char *, str *);
+	bencode_item_t *(*dict_add)(bencode_item_t *, const char *, bencode_item_t *);
 	void (*dict_add_string)(bencode_item_t *, const char *, const char *);
 	void (*dict_add_str)(bencode_item_t *, const char *, const str *);
 	void (*dict_add_int)(bencode_item_t *, const char *, long long);
 	bencode_item_t *(*dict_add_dict)(bencode_item_t *, const char *);
 	bencode_item_t *(*dict_add_list)(bencode_item_t *, const char *);
+	bencode_item_t *(*list)(ng_parser_ctx_t *);
+	bencode_item_t *(*list_add)(bencode_item_t *, bencode_item_t *);
 	bencode_item_t *(*list_add_dict)(bencode_item_t *);
 	void (*list_add_string)(bencode_item_t *, const char *);
 };