diff --git a/conference.js b/conference.js
index 6113486f8..3bfdf16ae 100644
--- a/conference.js
+++ b/conference.js
@@ -1133,27 +1133,27 @@ export default {
         room.on(ConferenceEvents.CONNECTION_STATS, function (stats) {
             ConnectionQuality.updateLocalStats(stats);
         });
-
-        ConnectionQuality.addListener(CQEvents.LOCALSTATS_UPDATED,
+        ConnectionQuality.addListener(
+            CQEvents.LOCALSTATS_UPDATED,
             (percent, stats) => {
                 APP.UI.updateLocalStats(percent, stats);
-                room.sendDataChannelBroadcast({
-                    type: this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY,
-                    from: room.myUserId(),
-                    values: stats });
-            });
 
-        room.on(ConferenceEvents.DATACHANNEL_ENDPOINT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED,
-            (payload) => {
-                switch(payload.type) {
-                    case this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY:
-                        ConnectionQuality.updateRemoteStats(payload.from,
-                            payload.values);
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        console.warn("Unknown datachannel message", payload);
-                }
-            });
+                // send local stats to other users
+                room.sendCommandOnce(this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY,
+                {
+                    children: ConnectionQuality.convertToMUCStats(stats),
+                    attributes: {
+                        xmlns: 'http://jitsi.org/jitmeet/stats'
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        );
+
+        // listen to remote stats
+        room.addCommandListener(this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY,
+            (values, from) => {
+                ConnectionQuality.updateRemoteStats(from, values);
+        });
 
         ConnectionQuality.addListener(CQEvents.REMOTESTATS_UPDATED,
             (id, percent, stats) => {
diff --git a/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js b/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
index 7bcceca2c..91b44a03d 100644
--- a/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
+++ b/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
@@ -28,6 +28,39 @@ var localConnectionQuality = 100;
  */
 var remoteConnectionQuality = {};
 
+/**
+ * Converts statistics to format used by VideoLayout
+ * @param stats
+ * @returns {{bitrate: {download: *, upload: *}, packetLoss: {total: *, download: *, upload: *}}}
+ */
+function parseMUCStats(stats) {
+    if(!stats || !stats.children || !stats.children.length)
+        return null;
+    var children = stats.children;
+    var extractedStats = {};
+    children.forEach((child) => {
+        if(child.tagName !== "stat" || !child.attributes)
+            return;
+        var attrKeys = Object.keys(child.attributes);
+        if(!attrKeys || !attrKeys.length)
+            return;
+        attrKeys.forEach((attr) => {
+            extractedStats[attr] = child.attributes[attr];
+        });
+    });
+    return {
+        bitrate: {
+            download: extractedStats.bitrate_download,
+            upload: extractedStats.bitrate_upload
+        },
+        packetLoss: {
+            total: extractedStats.packetLoss_total,
+            download: extractedStats.packetLoss_download,
+            upload: extractedStats.packetLoss_upload
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 /**
  * Calculates the quality percent based on passed new and old value.
  * @param newVal the new value
@@ -57,7 +90,8 @@ export default {
      * @param data the statistics
      */
     updateRemoteStats: function (id, data) {
-        if (!data || !("packetLoss" in data) || !("total" in data.packetLoss)) {
+        data = parseMUCStats(data);
+        if (!data || !data.packetLoss || !data.packetLoss.total) {
             eventEmitter.emit(CQEvents.REMOTESTATS_UPDATED, id, null, null);
             return;
         }
@@ -81,5 +115,24 @@ export default {
 
     addListener: function (type, listener) {
         eventEmitter.on(type, listener);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Converts statistics to format for sending through XMPP
+     * @param stats the statistics
+     * @returns [{tagName: "stat", attributes: {{bitrate_donwload: *}},
+     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ bitrate_uplpoad: *}},
+     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ packetLoss_total: *}},
+     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ packetLoss_download: *}},
+     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ packetLoss_upload: *}}]
+     */
+    convertToMUCStats: function (stats) {
+        return [
+            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"bitrate_download": stats.bitrate.download}},
+            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"bitrate_upload": stats.bitrate.upload}},
+            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"packetLoss_total": stats.packetLoss.total}},
+            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"packetLoss_download": stats.packetLoss.download}},
+            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"packetLoss_upload": stats.packetLoss.upload}}
+        ];
     }
 };