diff --git a/scrapinghub/client/frontiers.py b/scrapinghub/client/frontiers.py
index 72f4edd4..2c7d38d0 100644
--- a/scrapinghub/client/frontiers.py
+++ b/scrapinghub/client/frontiers.py
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ def q(self):
         """
         return self.queue
 
+    def count(self):
+        return self.q.count()
+
     def delete(self):
         """Delete the slot."""
         origin = self._frontier._frontiers._origin
@@ -380,3 +383,10 @@ def delete(self, ids):
         """Delete request batches from the queue."""
         origin = self._frontier._frontiers._origin
         return origin.delete(self._frontier.key, self.key, ids)
+
+    def count(self):
+        """Counts the request queue"""
+        origin = self._frontier._frontiers._origin
+        path = (self._frontier.key, 's', self.key, 'q', 'count')
+        response = next(origin.apiget(path))
+        return response['count']
diff --git a/tests/client/test_frontiers.py b/tests/client/test_frontiers.py
index 1dbcb827..4f7dadc7 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_frontiers.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_frontiers.py
@@ -138,3 +138,12 @@ def test_frontier_newcount(project, frontier):
     assert first_slot.newcount == 2
 
     frontier._frontiers.close()
+
+
+def test_slot_count(project, frontier):
+    _clean_project_frontiers(project)
+    first_slot = frontier.get(TEST_FRONTIER_SLOT)
+
+    _count = first_slot.q.count()
+    fps = [fp for fp in first_slot.q.iter()]
+    assert _count == len(fps)