diff --git a/libraries/app/api.cpp b/libraries/app/api.cpp
index 4471548a..55cf4c5c 100644
--- a/libraries/app/api.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/api.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ namespace graphene { namespace app {
     {
     }
 
+    fc::variant network_node_api::get_info() const
+    {
+        fc::mutable_variant_object result = _app.p2p_node()->network_get_info();
+        result["connection_count"] = _app.p2p_node()->get_connection_count();
+        return result;
+    }
+
     void network_node_api::add_node(const fc::ip::endpoint& ep)
     {
        _app.p2p_node()->add_node(ep);
diff --git a/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/api.hpp b/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/api.hpp
index c83ad289..23bed82f 100644
--- a/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/api.hpp
+++ b/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/api.hpp
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ namespace graphene { namespace app {
       public:
          network_node_api(application& a);
 
+         /**
+          * @brief Return general network information, such as p2p port
+          */
+         fc::variant get_info() const;
+
          /**
           * @brief add_node Connect to a new peer
           * @param ep The IP/Port of the peer to connect to
@@ -198,6 +203,7 @@ FC_API(graphene::app::network_broadcast_api,
        (broadcast_block)
      )
 FC_API(graphene::app::network_node_api,
+       (get_info)
        (add_node)
        (get_connected_peers)
      )