diff --git a/build/jquery.steps.js b/build/jquery.steps.js
index 99ca096..4de1569 100644
--- a/build/jquery.steps.js
+++ b/build/jquery.steps.js
@@ -1333,6 +1333,19 @@ $.fn.steps.add = function (step)
     return insertStep(this, getOptions(this), state, state.stepCount, step);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Gets the step count.
+ *
+ * @method count
+ * @return {Integer} step count
+ * @for steps
+ **/
+$.fn.steps.count = function ()
+{
+    var state = getState(this);
+    return state.stepCount;
+};
+
 /**
  * Removes the control functionality completely and transforms the current state to the initial HTML structure.
  *
diff --git a/src/publics.js b/src/publics.js
index 9a80050..8619add 100644
--- a/src/publics.js
+++ b/src/publics.js
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ $.fn.steps.add = function (step)
     return insertStep(this, getOptions(this), state, state.stepCount, step);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Gets the step count.
+ *
+ * @method count
+ * @return {Integer} step count
+ * @for steps
+ **/
+$.fn.steps.count = function ()
+{
+    var state = getState(this);
+    return state.stepCount;
+};
+
 /**
  * Removes the control functionality completely and transforms the current state to the initial HTML structure.
  *