  The hypothesis of statistical production of J/psi mesons at hadronization is
formulated and checked against experimental data. It explains in the natural
way the observed scaling behavior of the J/psi to pion ratio at the CERN SPS
energies. Using the multiplicities of J/psi and eta mesons the hadronization
temperature T_H = 175 MeV is found, which agrees with the previous estimates of
the temperature parameter based on the analysis of the hadron yield
systematics.
