diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/conference_api.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/conference_api.c
index cbd8a51aa3..95dd7a29ef 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/conference_api.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/conference_api.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 
 api_command_t conference_api_sub_commands[] = {
+	{"count", (void_fn_t) & conference_api_sub_count, CONF_API_SUB_ARGS_SPLIT, "count", ""},
 	{"list", (void_fn_t) & conference_api_sub_list, CONF_API_SUB_ARGS_SPLIT, "list", "[delim <string>]|[count]"},
 	{"xml_list", (void_fn_t) & conference_api_sub_xml_list, CONF_API_SUB_ARGS_SPLIT, "xml_list", ""},
 	{"json_list", (void_fn_t) & conference_api_sub_json_list, CONF_API_SUB_ARGS_SPLIT, "json_list", "[compact]"},
@@ -220,6 +221,8 @@ switch_status_t conference_api_main_real(const char *cmd, switch_core_session_t
 			/* special case the list command, because it doesn't require a conference argument */
 			if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "list") == 0) {
 				conference_api_sub_list(NULL, stream, argc, argv);
+			} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "count") == 0) {
+				conference_api_sub_count(NULL, stream, argc, argv);
 			} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "xml_list") == 0) {
 				conference_api_sub_xml_list(NULL, stream, argc, argv);
 			} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "json_list") == 0) {
@@ -1663,6 +1666,25 @@ switch_status_t conference_api_sub_vid_layout(conference_obj_t *conference, swit
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+switch_status_t conference_api_sub_count(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+
+	if (conference) {
+		conference_list_count_only(conference, stream);
+	} else {
+		int count = 0;
+		switch_hash_index_t *hi;
+		switch_mutex_lock(conference_globals.hash_mutex);
+		for (hi = switch_core_hash_first(conference_globals.conference_hash); hi; hi = switch_core_hash_next(&hi)) {
+			count++;
+		}
+		switch_mutex_unlock(conference_globals.hash_mutex);
+		stream->write_function(stream, "%d", count);
+	}
+
+	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_list(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int ret_status = SWITCH_STATUS_GENERR;
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.h b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.h
index 8fc46bb40e..27cc51351f 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.h
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.h
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ switch_status_t conference_api_sub_write_png(conference_obj_t *conference, switc
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_file_vol(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_recording(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_vid_layout(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);
+switch_status_t conference_api_sub_count(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_list(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_xml_list(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);
 switch_status_t conference_api_sub_json_list(conference_obj_t *conference, switch_stream_handle_t *stream, int argc, char **argv);