diff --git a/include/spdk/trace_parser.h b/include/spdk/trace_parser.h
index de9b4b4aa..5cf371294 100644
--- a/include/spdk/trace_parser.h
+++ b/include/spdk/trace_parser.h
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ struct spdk_trace_parser_entry {
 bool spdk_trace_parser_next_entry(struct spdk_trace_parser *parser,
 				  struct spdk_trace_parser_entry *entry);
 
+/**
+ * Return the number of entries recorded on a given core.
+ *
+ * \param parser Parser object to be used.
+ * \param lcore Logical core number.
+ *
+ * \return Number of entries.
+ */
+uint64_t spdk_trace_parser_get_entry_count(const struct spdk_trace_parser *parser, uint16_t lcore);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map b/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map
index 1c5df9ea2..be54af7e3 100644
--- a/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map
+++ b/lib/trace_parser/spdk_trace_parser.map
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	spdk_trace_parser_get_flags;
 	spdk_trace_parser_get_tsc_offset;
 	spdk_trace_parser_next_entry;
+	spdk_trace_parser_get_entry_count;
 
 	local: *;
 };
diff --git a/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp b/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp
index 3c63f02f5..f165351ff 100644
--- a/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp
+++ b/lib/trace_parser/trace.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct spdk_trace_parser {
 	const spdk_trace_flags *flags() const { return &_histories->flags; }
 	uint64_t tsc_offset() const { return _tsc_offset; }
 	bool next_entry(spdk_trace_parser_entry *entry);
+	uint64_t entry_count(uint16_t lcore) const;
 private:
 	spdk_trace_entry_buffer *get_next_buffer(spdk_trace_entry_buffer *buf, uint16_t lcore);
 	bool build_arg(argument_context *argctx, const spdk_trace_argument *arg, int argid,
@@ -105,6 +106,21 @@ private:
 	entry_map::iterator	_iter;
 };
 
+uint64_t
+spdk_trace_parser::entry_count(uint16_t lcore) const
+{
+	spdk_trace_history *history;
+
+	if (lcore >= SPDK_TRACE_MAX_LCORE) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	history = spdk_get_per_lcore_history(_histories, lcore);
+	assert(history);
+
+	return history->num_entries;
+}
+
 spdk_trace_entry_buffer *
 spdk_trace_parser::get_next_buffer(spdk_trace_entry_buffer *buf, uint16_t lcore)
 {
@@ -380,3 +396,9 @@ spdk_trace_parser_next_entry(struct spdk_trace_parser *parser,
 {
 	return parser->next_entry(entry);
 }
+
+uint64_t
+spdk_trace_parser_get_entry_count(const struct spdk_trace_parser *parser, uint16_t lcore)
+{
+	return parser->entry_count(lcore);
+}