diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/count.go b/cmd/hdfs/count.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..456c115a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/count.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const SNAPSHOT_FORMAT = "%18d %24d %24s %28s \n"
+
+func count(args []string, humanReadable bool) {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		fatalWithUsage()
+	}
+
+	expanded, client, err := getClientAndExpandedPaths(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range expanded {
+		_, err := client.Stat(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+			status = 1
+			continue
+		}
+
+		cs, err := client.GetContentSummary(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+			status = 1
+			continue
+		}
+
+		contentSize := formatBytesHuman(uint64(cs.Size()), humanReadable)
+		fmt.Printf(SNAPSHOT_FORMAT, cs.DirectoryCount(), cs.FileCount(), contentSize, p)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/main.go b/cmd/hdfs/main.go
index da783d3c..70596469 100755
--- a/cmd/hdfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ The flags available are a subset of the POSIX ones, but should behave similarly.
 
 Valid commands:
   ls [-lah] [FILE]...
+  count [-h] [FILE]...
   rm [-rf] FILE...
   mv [-nT] SOURCE... DEST
   mkdir [-p] FILE...
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ Valid commands:
 	chownOpts = getopt.New()
 	chownR    = chownOpts.Bool('R')
 
+	countOpts = getopt.New()
+	counth    = countOpts.Bool('h')
+
 	headTailOpts = getopt.New()
 	headtailn    = headTailOpts.Int64('n', -1)
 	headtailc    = headTailOpts.Int64('c', -1)
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ func init() {
 	touchOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
 	chmodOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
 	chownOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
+	countOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
 	headTailOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
 	duOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
 	getmergeOpts.SetUsage(printHelp)
@@ -138,6 +143,9 @@ func main() {
 		du(duOpts.Args(), *dus, *duh)
 	case "checksum":
 		checksum(argv[1:])
+	case "count":
+		countOpts.Parse(argv)
+		count(countOpts.Args(), *counth)
 	case "get":
 		get(argv[1:])
 	case "getmerge":
diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/test/count.bats b/cmd/hdfs/test/count.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..515c04c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/test/count.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load helper
+
+setup() {
+  $HDFS mkdir -p /_test_cmd/count/dir1
+  $HDFS mkdir -p /_test_cmd/count/dir2
+  $HDFS mkdir -p /_test_cmd/count/dir3
+  $HDFS put $ROOT_TEST_DIR/testdata/foo.txt /_test_cmd/count/foo.txt
+  $HDFS put $ROOT_TEST_DIR/testdata/foo.txt /_test_cmd/count/dir1/foo1.txt
+}
+
+@test "count" {
+  run $HDFS count /_test_cmd/count/foo.txt
+  assert_success
+  assert_output <<OUT
+                 0                        1                        4     /_test_cmd/count/foo.txt 
+OUT
+}
+
+@test "count human readable" {
+  run $HDFS count -h /_test_cmd/count/foo.txt
+  assert_success
+  assert_output <<OUT
+                 0                        1                       4B     /_test_cmd/count/foo.txt 
+OUT
+}
+
+@test "count dir" {
+  run $HDFS count /_test_cmd/count
+  assert_success
+  assert_output <<OUT
+                 4                        2                        8             /_test_cmd/count 
+OUT
+}
+
+@test "count wildcard" {
+  run $HDFS count /_test_cmd/count/dir*
+  assert_success
+  assert_output <<OUT
+                 1                        1                        4        /_test_cmd/count/dir1 
+                 1                        0                        0        /_test_cmd/count/dir2 
+                 1                        0                        0        /_test_cmd/count/dir3 
+OUT
+}
+
+@test "count nonexistent" {
+  run $HDFS count /_test_cmd/nonexistent
+  assert_failure
+  assert_output <<OUT
+stat /_test_cmd/nonexistent: file does not exist
+OUT
+}
+
+teardown() {
+  $HDFS rm -r /_test_cmd/count
+}
diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/util.go b/cmd/hdfs/util.go
index 0e97e041..a7c09f32 100644
--- a/cmd/hdfs/util.go
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/util.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 func formatBytes(i uint64) string {
@@ -18,3 +19,10 @@ func formatBytes(i uint64) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%dB", i)
 	}
 }
+
+func formatBytesHuman(i uint64, humanReadable bool) string {
+	if humanReadable {
+		return formatBytes(i)
+	}
+	return strconv.FormatUint(i, 10)
+}