diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h
index 017f27b773..f23ed15d7a 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ extern "C" {
    EAPI Eina_Bool     ecore_thread_cancel(Ecore_Thread *thread);
    EAPI Eina_Bool     ecore_thread_check(Ecore_Thread *thread);
    EAPI Eina_Bool     ecore_thread_notify(Ecore_Thread *thread, const void *msg_data);
+   EAPI int           ecore_thread_active_get(void);
+   EAPI int           ecore_thread_pending_get(void);
+   EAPI int           ecore_thread_pending_long_get(void);
+
 
    EAPI double ecore_time_get(void);
    EAPI double ecore_loop_time_get(void);
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_thread.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_thread.c
index 6b9d2f82c8..f1ea10b2da 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_thread.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_thread.c
@@ -651,3 +651,50 @@ ecore_thread_notify(Ecore_Thread *thread, const void *data)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Get number of active thread jobs
+ * @return Number of active threads running jobs
+ * This returns the number of threads currently running jobs through the
+ * ecore_thread api.
+ */
+EAPI int
+ecore_thread_active_get(void)
+{
+#ifdef EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD
+   return eina_list_count(_ecore_thread);
+#else
+   return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get number of pending (short) thread jobs
+ * @return Number of pending threads running "short" jobs
+ * This returns the number of threads currently running jobs through the
+ * ecore_thread_run api call.
+ */
+EAPI int
+ecore_thread_pending_get(void)
+{
+#ifdef EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD
+   return eina_list_count(_ecore_thread_data);
+#else
+   return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get number of pending long thread jobs
+ * @return Number of pending threads running "long" jobs
+ * This returns the number of threads currently running jobs through the
+ * ecore_long_run api call.
+ */
+EAPI int
+ecore_thread_pending_long_get(void)
+{
+#ifdef EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD
+   return eina_list_count(_ecore_long_thread_data);
+#else
+   return 0;
+#endif
+}