--- /dev/null
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2022 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <vlib/vlib.h>
+#include <vlib/unix/unix.h>
+#include <vlib/stats/stats.h>
+
+u8 *
+format_vlib_stats_symlink (u8 *s, va_list *args)
+{
+ char *input = va_arg (*args, char *);
+ char *modified_input = vec_dup (input);
+ int i;
+ u8 *result;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < strlen (modified_input); i++)
+ if (modified_input[i] == '/')
+ modified_input[i] = '_';
+
+ result = format (s, "%s", modified_input);
+ vec_free (modified_input);
+ return result;
+}