diff --git a/tfx/components/trainer/component.py b/tfx/components/trainer/component.py
index 4efd9beb64..a1b1f38737 100644
--- a/tfx/components/trainer/component.py
+++ b/tfx/components/trainer/component.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Trainer(base_component.BaseComponent):
 
   def __init__(
       self,
+      statistics: Optional[types.BaseChannel] = None,
       examples: Optional[types.BaseChannel] = None,
       transformed_examples: Optional[types.BaseChannel] = None,
       transform_graph: Optional[types.BaseChannel] = None,
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ def run_fn(trainer.fn_args_utils.FnArgs)
     model = types.Channel(type=standard_artifacts.Model)
     model_run = types.Channel(type=standard_artifacts.ModelRun)
     spec = standard_component_specs.TrainerSpec(
+        statistics=statistics,
         examples=examples,
         transform_graph=transform_graph,
         schema=schema,
diff --git a/tfx/components/trainer/component_test.py b/tfx/components/trainer/component_test.py
index de9ea0fe9a..f26f39fd22 100644
--- a/tfx/components/trainer/component_test.py
+++ b/tfx/components/trainer/component_test.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from tfx.components.trainer import executor
 from tfx.dsl.components.base import executor_spec
 from tfx.orchestration import data_types
+from tfx.types import artifact_utils
 from tfx.proto import trainer_pb2
 from tfx.types import channel_utils
 from tfx.types import standard_artifacts
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ def setUp(self):
     super().setUp()
 
     self.examples = channel_utils.as_channel([standard_artifacts.Examples()])
+    statistics_artifact = standard_artifacts.ExampleStatistics()
+    statistics_artifact.split_names = artifact_utils.encode_split_names(
+        ['train', 'eval'])
+    self.statistics = channel_utils.as_channel([statistics_artifact])
     self.transform_graph = channel_utils.as_channel(
         [standard_artifacts.TransformGraph()])
     self.schema = channel_utils.as_channel([standard_artifacts.Schema()])
@@ -62,6 +67,23 @@ def testConstructFromModuleFile(self):
         '{"test": 10}', trainer.spec.exec_properties[
             standard_component_specs.CUSTOM_CONFIG_KEY])
 
+  def testConstructFromModuleFileWithStatistics(self):
+    module_file = '/path/to/module/file'
+    trainer = component.Trainer(
+        module_file=module_file,
+        examples=self.examples,
+        statistics=self.statistics,
+        transform_graph=self.transform_graph,
+        schema=self.schema,
+        custom_config={'test': 10})
+    self._verify_outputs(trainer)
+    self.assertEqual(
+        module_file,
+        trainer.spec.exec_properties[standard_component_specs.MODULE_FILE_KEY])
+    self.assertEqual(
+        '{"test": 10}', trainer.spec.exec_properties[
+            standard_component_specs.CUSTOM_CONFIG_KEY])
+
   def testConstructWithParameter(self):
     module_file = data_types.RuntimeParameter(name='module-file', ptype=str)
     n_steps = data_types.RuntimeParameter(name='n-steps', ptype=int)
diff --git a/tfx/components/trainer/executor.py b/tfx/components/trainer/executor.py
index 0d086fc295..6163a62854 100644
--- a/tfx/components/trainer/executor.py
+++ b/tfx/components/trainer/executor.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from tfx.components.trainer import constants
 from tfx.components.trainer import fn_args_utils
 from tfx.components.util import udf_utils
+from tfx.components.statistics_gen import stats_artifact_utils
 from tfx.dsl.components.base import base_executor
 from tfx.dsl.io import fileio
 from tfx.types import artifact_utils
@@ -87,6 +88,15 @@ class GenericExecutor(base_executor.BaseExecutor):
   def _GetFnArgs(self, input_dict: Dict[str, List[types.Artifact]],
                  output_dict: Dict[str, List[types.Artifact]],
                  exec_properties: Dict[str, Any]) -> fn_args_utils.FnArgs:
+    if standard_component_specs.STATISTICS_KEY in input_dict.keys():
+        stats_artifact = artifact_utils.get_single_instance(
+            input_dict[standard_component_specs.STATISTICS_KEY])
+        split_names =  artifact_utils.decode_split_names(stats_artifact.split_names)
+        num_examples = {}
+        for split in split_names:
+            stats = stats_artifact_utils.load_statistics(stats_artifact,
+                                                           split).proto()
+            num_examples[split] = stats.datasets[0].num_examples
     if input_dict.get(standard_component_specs.HYPERPARAMETERS_KEY):
       hyperparameters_file = io_utils.get_only_uri_in_dir(
           artifact_utils.get_single_uri(
@@ -115,6 +125,8 @@ def _GetFnArgs(self, input_dict: Dict[str, List[types.Artifact]],
     result.model_run_dir = model_run_dir
     result.schema_file = result.schema_path
     result.hyperparameters = hyperparameters_config
+    if standard_component_specs.STATISTICS_KEY in input_dict.keys():
+        result.num_examples = num_examples
     return result
 
   def Do(self, input_dict: Dict[str, List[types.Artifact]],
diff --git a/tfx/types/standard_component_specs.py b/tfx/types/standard_component_specs.py
index 140b1c4c21..a2d2456458 100644
--- a/tfx/types/standard_component_specs.py
+++ b/tfx/types/standard_component_specs.py
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ class TrainerSpec(ComponentSpec):
       HYPERPARAMETERS_KEY:
           ChannelParameter(
               type=standard_artifacts.HyperParameters, optional=True),
+      STATISTICS_KEY:
+          ChannelParameter(type=standard_artifacts.ExampleStatistics, optional=True),
   }
   OUTPUTS = {
       MODEL_KEY: ChannelParameter(type=standard_artifacts.Model),