diff --git a/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_ctrl_commands.c b/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_ctrl_commands.c
index 572fb98..30d0a52 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_ctrl_commands.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_ctrl_commands.c
@@ -419,6 +419,15 @@
 }
 CTRL_CMD_DEFINE(net_rf_lock, "rf_locked");
 
+static int get_net_bts_num(struct ctrl_cmd *cmd, void *data)
+{
+	struct gsm_network *net = cmd->node;
+
+	cmd->reply = talloc_asprintf(cmd, "%u", net->num_bts);
+	return CTRL_CMD_REPLY;
+}
+CTRL_CMD_DEFINE_RO(net_bts_num, "number-of-bts");
+
 /* TRX related commands below here */
 CTRL_HELPER_GET_INT(trx_max_power, struct gsm_bts_trx, max_power_red);
 static int verify_trx_max_power(struct ctrl_cmd *cmd, const char *value, void *_data)
@@ -470,6 +479,7 @@
 	rc |= ctrl_cmd_install(CTRL_NODE_ROOT, &cmd_net_apply_config);
 	rc |= ctrl_cmd_install(CTRL_NODE_ROOT, &cmd_net_mcc_mnc_apply);
 	rc |= ctrl_cmd_install(CTRL_NODE_ROOT, &cmd_net_rf_lock);
+	rc |= ctrl_cmd_install(CTRL_NODE_ROOT, &cmd_net_bts_num);
 
 	rc |= ctrl_cmd_install(CTRL_NODE_BTS, &cmd_bts_lac);
 	rc |= ctrl_cmd_install(CTRL_NODE_BTS, &cmd_bts_ci);
diff --git a/openbsc/tests/ctrl_test_runner.py b/openbsc/tests/ctrl_test_runner.py
index 502da76..160333d 100644
--- a/openbsc/tests/ctrl_test_runner.py
+++ b/openbsc/tests/ctrl_test_runner.py
@@ -453,6 +453,12 @@
     def ctrl_app(self):
         return (4249, "./src/osmo-nitb/osmo-nitb", "OsmoBSC", "nitb")
 
+    def testNumberOfBTS(self):
+        r = self.do_get('number-of-bts')
+        self.assertEquals(r['mtype'], 'GET_REPLY')
+        self.assertEquals(r['var'], 'number-of-bts')
+        self.assertEquals(r['value'], '1')
+
     def testSubscriberAddRemove(self):
         r = self.do_set('subscriber-modify-v1', '2620345,445566')
         self.assertEquals(r['mtype'], 'SET_REPLY')