diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 019497d8d..f21390a25 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ Example response:
           {
             "name": "spdk_rpc_subsystem_poll",
             "state": "waiting",
+            "run_count": 12345
             "period_ticks": 10000000
           }
         ],
diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/thread.h b/include/spdk_internal/thread.h
index 0f5da5444..15c445ae1 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/thread.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/thread.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct spdk_poller {
 
 	uint64_t			period_ticks;
 	uint64_t			next_run_tick;
+	uint64_t			run_count;
 	spdk_poller_fn			fn;
 	void				*arg;
 	struct spdk_thread		*thread;
diff --git a/lib/thread/thread.c b/lib/thread/thread.c
index b3bc111c1..54bb97b7f 100644
--- a/lib/thread/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread/thread.c
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ spdk_thread_poll(struct spdk_thread *thread, uint32_t max_msgs, uint64_t now)
 		poller->state = SPDK_POLLER_STATE_RUNNING;
 		poller_rc = poller->fn(poller->arg);
 
+		poller->run_count++;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		if (poller_rc == -1) {
 			SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_THREAD, "Poller %s returned -1\n", poller->name);
@@ -603,6 +605,8 @@ spdk_thread_poll(struct spdk_thread *thread, uint32_t max_msgs, uint64_t now)
 		poller->state = SPDK_POLLER_STATE_RUNNING;
 		timer_rc = poller->fn(poller->arg);
 
+		poller->run_count++;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		if (timer_rc == -1) {
 			SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_THREAD, "Timed poller %s returned -1\n", poller->name);
diff --git a/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c b/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c
index 9e225f982..aeb953385 100644
--- a/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c
+++ b/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ rpc_get_poller(struct spdk_poller *poller, struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 	spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
 	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "name", poller->name);
 	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "state", spdk_poller_state_str(poller->state));
+	spdk_json_write_named_uint64(w, "run_count", poller->run_count);
 	if (poller->period_ticks) {
 		spdk_json_write_named_uint64(w, "period_ticks", poller->period_ticks);
 	}