diff --git a/src/classes/queue-getters.ts b/src/classes/queue-getters.ts
index 928099b2be..2804d42d9e 100644
--- a/src/classes/queue-getters.ts
+++ b/src/classes/queue-getters.ts
@@ -470,6 +470,17 @@ export class QueueGetters<
     return this.baseGetClients(matcher);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the current count of workers for the queue.
+   *
+   * getWorkersCount(): Promise<number>
+   *
+   */
+  async getWorkersCount(): Promise<number> {
+    const workers = await this.getWorkers();
+    return workers.length;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get queue events list related to the queue.
    * Note: GCP does not support SETNAME, so this call will not work
diff --git a/tests/test_getters.ts b/tests/test_getters.ts
index 5523f55c64..4c22cfab96 100644
--- a/tests/test_getters.ts
+++ b/tests/test_getters.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ describe('Jobs getters', function () {
       const nextWorkers = await queue.getWorkers();
       expect(nextWorkers).to.have.length(2);
 
+      const nextWorkersCount = await queue.getWorkersCount();
+      expect(nextWorkersCount).to.be.equal(2);
+
       await worker.close();
       await worker2.close();
     });
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ describe('Jobs getters', function () {
       const workers = await queue.getWorkers();
       expect(workers).to.have.length(1);
 
+      const workersCount = await queue.getWorkersCount();
+      expect(workersCount).to.be.equal(1);
+
       const worker2 = new Worker(queueName, async () => {}, {
         autorun: false,
         connection,
@@ -120,6 +126,9 @@ describe('Jobs getters', function () {
       const nextWorkers = await queue.getWorkers();
       expect(nextWorkers).to.have.length(2);
 
+      const nextWorkersCount = await queue.getWorkersCount();
+      expect(nextWorkersCount).to.be.equal(2);
+
       const rawnames = nextWorkers.map(nextWorker => {
         const workerValues = nextWorker.rawname.split(':');
         return workerValues[workerValues.length - 1];
@@ -160,9 +169,15 @@ describe('Jobs getters', function () {
       const workers = await queue.getWorkers();
       expect(workers).to.have.length(1);
 
+      const workersCount = await queue.getWorkersCount();
+      expect(workersCount).to.be.equal(1);
+
       const workers2 = await queue2.getWorkers();
       expect(workers2).to.have.length(1);
 
+      const workersCount2 = await queue2.getWorkersCount();
+      expect(workersCount2).to.be.equal(1);
+
       await queue2.close();
       await worker.close();
       await worker2.close();