diff --git a/apier/v1/accounts.go b/apier/v1/accounts.go
index 178fbbaf7..56ae45da2 100644
--- a/apier/v1/accounts.go
+++ b/apier/v1/accounts.go
@@ -593,3 +593,15 @@ func (api *ApierV1) RemoveBalances(attr *utils.AttrSetBalance, reply *string) (e
 	*reply = utils.OK
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (api *ApierV1) CountAccounts(attr utils.TenantArg, reply *int) (err error) {
+	if len(attr.Tenant) == 0 {
+		return utils.NewErrMandatoryIeMissing("Tenant")
+	}
+	var accountKeys []string
+	if accountKeys, err = api.DataManager.DataDB().GetKeysForPrefix(utils.ACCOUNT_PREFIX + attr.Tenant); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	*reply = len(accountKeys)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go b/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go
index 7f84c814e..d35161ad8 100644
--- a/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var (
 		testAccITSetBalanceTimingIds,
 		testAccITAddBalanceWithNegative,
 		testAccITGetDisabledAccounts,
+		testAccITCountAccounts,
 		testAccITStopCgrEngine,
 	}
 )
@@ -481,6 +482,17 @@ func testAccITGetDisabledAccounts(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Accounts received: %+v", acnts)
 	}
 }
+func testAccITCountAccounts(t *testing.T) {
+	var reply int
+	args := &utils.TenantArg{
+		Tenant: "cgrates.org",
+	}
+	if err := accRPC.Call(utils.ApierV1CountAccounts, args, &reply); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if reply != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting: %v, received: %v", 10, reply)
+	}
+}
 
 func testAccITStopCgrEngine(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := engine.KillEngine(100); err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index 65b5e0911..6fb91b501 100755
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ const (
 	ApierV1AddBalance                  = "ApierV1.AddBalance"
 	ApierV1DebitBalance                = "ApierV1.DebitBalance"
 	ApierV1SetAccount                  = "ApierV1.SetAccount"
+	ApierV1CountAccounts               = "ApierV1.CountAccounts"
 	ApierV1GetDataDBVersions           = "ApierV1.GetDataDBVersions"
 	ApierV1GetStorDBVersions           = "ApierV1.GetStorDBVersions"
 	ApierV1GetCDRs                     = "ApierV1.GetCDRs"