diff --git a/include/iscsi.h b/include/iscsi.h
index 1169d13..4441447 100644
--- a/include/iscsi.h
+++ b/include/iscsi.h
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ EXTERN int iscsi_service(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, int revents);
  * How many commands are in flight.
  */
 EXTERN int iscsi_queue_length(struct iscsi_context *iscsi);
+/*
+ * How many commands are queued for dispatch.
+ */
+EXTERN int iscsi_out_queue_length(struct iscsi_context *iscsi);
+
 
 /************************************************************
  * Timeout Handling.
diff --git a/lib/libiscsi.def b/lib/libiscsi.def
index 4fc6352..b81cb31 100644
--- a/lib/libiscsi.def
+++ b/lib/libiscsi.def
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ iscsi_prefetch16_task
 iscsi_preventallow_sync
 iscsi_preventallow_task
 iscsi_queue_length
+iscsi_out_queue_length
 iscsi_queue_pdu
 iscsi_read10_sync
 iscsi_read10_task
diff --git a/lib/libiscsi.syms b/lib/libiscsi.syms
index 24dfd5a..3320e0e 100644
--- a/lib/libiscsi.syms
+++ b/lib/libiscsi.syms
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ iscsi_prefetch16_task
 iscsi_preventallow_sync
 iscsi_preventallow_task
 iscsi_queue_length
+iscsi_out_queue_length
 iscsi_queue_pdu
 iscsi_read10_sync
 iscsi_read10_task
diff --git a/lib/socket.c b/lib/socket.c
index ea936a8..59e7026 100644
--- a/lib/socket.c
+++ b/lib/socket.c
@@ -439,6 +439,19 @@ iscsi_queue_length(struct iscsi_context *iscsi)
 	return i;
 }
 
+int
+iscsi_out_queue_length(struct iscsi_context *iscsi)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	struct iscsi_pdu *pdu;
+
+	for (pdu = iscsi->outqueue; pdu; pdu = pdu->next) {
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	return i;
+}
+
 ssize_t
 iscsi_iovector_readv_writev(struct iscsi_context *iscsi, struct scsi_iovector *iovector, uint32_t pos, ssize_t count, int do_write)
 {