diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/blockchain.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/blockchain.rs
index d7562424..37555ff1 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/blockchain.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/blockchain.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct BlockChainClient<T: BlockChainClientCoreApi> {
 
 pub trait BlockChainClientCoreApi: Send + Sync + 'static {
 	fn best_block_hash(&self) -> GlobalH256;
+	fn block_count(&self) -> u32;
 	fn block_hash(&self, height: u32) -> Option<GlobalH256>;
 	fn difficulty(&self) -> f64;
 	fn raw_block(&self, hash: GlobalH256) -> Option<RawBlock>;
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ impl BlockChainClientCoreApi for BlockChainClientCore {
 		self.storage.best_block().hash
 	}
 
+	fn block_count(&self) -> u32 {
+		self.storage.best_block().number
+	}
+
 	fn block_hash(&self, height: u32) -> Option<GlobalH256> {
 		self.storage.block_hash(height)
 	}
@@ -176,6 +181,10 @@ impl<T> BlockChain for BlockChainClient<T> where T: BlockChainClientCoreApi {
 		Ok(self.core.best_block_hash().reversed().into())
 	}
 
+    fn block_count(&self) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+        Ok(self.core.block_count())
+    }
+
 	fn block_hash(&self, height: u32) -> Result<H256, Error> {
 		self.core.block_hash(height)
 			.map(|h| h.reversed().into())
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/traits/blockchain.rs b/rpc/src/v1/traits/blockchain.rs
index 85330fd3..2c2c1451 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/traits/blockchain.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/traits/blockchain.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ build_rpc_trait! {
 		/// @curl-example: curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getbestblockhash", "params": [], "id":1 }' -H 'content-type: application/json;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
 		#[rpc(name = "getbestblockhash")]
 		fn best_block_hash(&self) -> Result<H256, Error>;
+		/// Get height of best block.
+		/// @curl-example: curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblockcount", "params": [], "id":1 }' -H 'content-type: application/json;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
+		#[rpc(name = "getblockcount")]
+		fn block_count(&self) -> Result<u32, Error>;
 		/// Get hash of block at given height.
 		/// @curl-example: curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblockhash", "params": [0], "id":1 }' -H 'content-type: application/json;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
 		#[rpc(name = "getblockhash")]
diff --git a/sync/src/utils/best_headers_chain.rs b/sync/src/utils/best_headers_chain.rs
index f6e2d4d5..5da67ce4 100644
--- a/sync/src/utils/best_headers_chain.rs
+++ b/sync/src/utils/best_headers_chain.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ impl BestHeadersChain {
 			.expect("storage_best_hash is always known")
 	}
 
+	/// Get height of best block
+	pub fn block_count(&self) -> u32 {
+		self.best.len()
+	}
+
 	/// Insert new block header
 	pub fn insert(&mut self, header: IndexedBlockHeader) {
 		// append to the best chain