diff --git a/pkg/counter.go b/pkg/counter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf5549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/counter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package ldsview
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// CountEntities returns the number of entities in the input file
+func (parser LdifParser) CountEntities() (count int, err error) {
+	Logger.Info("Opening ldif file: " + parser.filename)
+	dumpFile, err := os.Open(parser.filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer dumpFile.Close()
+
+	Logger.Info("Finding first entity block")
+	entityScanner := parser.findFirstEntityBlock(dumpFile)
+	if entityScanner == nil {
+		return count, errors.New("Unable to find first entity block")
+	}
+
+	for entityScanner.Scan() {
+		titleLine := entityScanner.Text()
+		if parser.isEntityTitle(titleLine) {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/counter_test.go b/pkg/counter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..978907b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/counter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package ldsview
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestLdifParser_CountEntities(t *testing.T) {
+	a := assert.New(t)
+
+	parser := NewLdifParser(TESTFILE)
+	a.NotNil(parser)
+
+	count, err := parser.CountEntities()
+	a.NoError(err)
+	a.Equal(count, NUMENTITIES)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pkg_main_test.go b/pkg/pkg_main_test.go
index 065b60c..f9609e3 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg_main_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pkg_main_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 package ldsview
 
 const TESTFILE = "../testdata/test_users.ldif"
+const NUMENTITIES = 3