diff --git a/subscriptionstore.cpp b/subscriptionstore.cpp
index 1e7f676..6f62d4b 100644
--- a/subscriptionstore.cpp
+++ b/subscriptionstore.cpp
@@ -523,6 +523,11 @@ int64_t SubscriptionStore::getRetainedMessageCount() const
     return retainedMessageCount;
 }
 
+uint64_t SubscriptionStore::getSessionCount() const
+{
+    return sessionsByIdConst.size();
+}
+
 void SubscriptionStore::getRetainedMessages(RetainedMessageNode *this_node, std::vector<RetainedMessage> &outputList) const
 {
     for(const RetainedMessage &rm : this_node->retainedMessages)
diff --git a/subscriptionstore.h b/subscriptionstore.h
index 078aad5..aa5e63f 100644
--- a/subscriptionstore.h
+++ b/subscriptionstore.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public:
     void removeExpiredSessionsClients(int expireSessionsAfterSeconds);
 
     int64_t getRetainedMessageCount() const;
+    uint64_t getSessionCount() const;
 
     void saveRetainedMessages(const std::string &filePath);
     void loadRetainedMessages(const std::string &filePath);
diff --git a/threaddata.cpp b/threaddata.cpp
index db615de..d380b58 100644
--- a/threaddata.cpp
+++ b/threaddata.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ void ThreadData::publishStatsOnDollarTopic(std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ThreadDat
     publishStat("$SYS/broker/load/messages/sent/persecond", sentMessageCountPerSecond);
 
     publishStat("$SYS/broker/retained messages/count", subscriptionStore->getRetainedMessageCount());
+
+    publishStat("$SYS/broker/sessions/total", subscriptionStore->getSessionCount());
 }
 
 void ThreadData::publishStat(const std::string &topic, uint64_t n)