diff --git a/peach-stats/src/error.rs b/peach-stats/src/error.rs
index d782e35..e75a5e2 100644
--- a/peach-stats/src/error.rs
+++ b/peach-stats/src/error.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Custom error type for `peach-stats`.
 
 use probes::ProbeError;
-use std::{error, fmt, io::Error as IoError};
+use std::{error, fmt, io::Error as IoError, str::Utf8Error};
 
 /// Custom error type encapsulating all possible errors when retrieving system
 /// statistics.
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ pub enum StatsError {
     MemStat(ProbeError),
     /// Failed to retrieve system uptime.
     Uptime(IoError),
+    /// Systemctl command returned an error.
+    Systemctl(IoError),
+    /// Failed to interpret sequence of `u8` as a string.
+    Utf8String(Utf8Error),
 }
 
 impl error::Error for StatsError {}
@@ -39,6 +43,12 @@ impl fmt::Display for StatsError {
             StatsError::Uptime(ref source) => {
                 write!(f, "Failed to retrieve system uptime: {}", source)
             }
+            StatsError::Systemctl(ref source) => {
+                write!(f, "Systemctl command returned an error: {}", source)
+            }
+            StatsError::Utf8String(ref source) => {
+                write!(f, "Failed to convert stdout to string: {}", source)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/peach-stats/src/lib.rs b/peach-stats/src/lib.rs
index cae7d50..7a0e0b0 100644
--- a/peach-stats/src/lib.rs
+++ b/peach-stats/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 //! ```
 
 pub mod error;
+pub mod sbot;
 pub mod stats;
 
 pub use crate::error::StatsError;
diff --git a/peach-stats/src/sbot.rs b/peach-stats/src/sbot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b67a417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-stats/src/sbot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+//! Systemd go-sbot process statistics retrieval functions and associated data types.
+
+use std::{process::Command, str};
+
+use crate::StatsError;
+
+/// go-sbot process statistics.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SbotStat {
+    /// Current process state.
+    state: String,
+    /// Current process memory usage in bytes.
+    memory: Option<u32>,
+    /// Uptime for the process (if state is `active`).
+    uptime: Option<String>,
+    /// Downtime for the process (if state is `inactive`).
+    downtime: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl SbotStat {
+    /// Default builder for `SbotStat`.
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            state: String::new(),
+            memory: None,
+            uptime: None,
+            downtime: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Retrieve statistics for the go-sbot systemd process by querying `systemctl`.
+pub fn sbot_stats() -> Result<SbotStat, StatsError> {
+    let mut status = SbotStat::default();
+
+    let info_output = Command::new("/usr/bin/systemctl")
+        .arg("--user")
+        .arg("show")
+        .arg("go-sbot.service")
+        .arg("--no-page")
+        .output()
+        .map_err(StatsError::Systemctl)?;
+
+    let service_info = std::str::from_utf8(&info_output.stdout).map_err(StatsError::Utf8String)?;
+
+    for line in service_info.lines() {
+        if line.starts_with("ActiveState=") {
+            if let Some(state) = line.strip_prefix("ActiveState=") {
+                status.state = state.to_string()
+            }
+        } else if line.starts_with("MemoryCurrent=") {
+            if let Some(memory) = line.strip_prefix("MemoryCurrent=") {
+                status.memory = memory.parse().ok()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let status_output = Command::new("/usr/bin/systemctl")
+        .arg("--user")
+        .arg("status")
+        .arg("go-sbot.service")
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let service_status = str::from_utf8(&status_output.stdout).map_err(StatsError::Utf8String)?;
+
+    // example of the output line we're looking for:
+    // `Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-24 16:22:51 SAST; 4min 14s ago`
+
+    for line in service_status.lines() {
+        if line.contains("Active:") {
+            let before_time = line.find(';');
+            let after_time = line.find(" ago");
+            if let (Some(start), Some(end)) = (before_time, after_time) {
+                // extract the uptime / downtime from the `Active: ...` line
+                // using the index of ';' + 2 and the index of " ago"
+                let time = Some(&line[start + 2..end]);
+                // if service is active then the `time` reading is uptime
+                if status.state == "active" {
+                    status.uptime = time.map(|t| t.to_string())
+                // if service is inactive then the `time` reading is downtime
+                } else if status.state == "inactive" {
+                    status.downtime = time.map(|t| t.to_string())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(status)
+}