diff --git a/src/par_stream/count.rs b/src/par_stream/count.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99a66b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/par_stream/count.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use async_std::prelude::*;
+use async_std::task::{self, Context, Poll};
+
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+use crate::ParallelStream;
+
+pin_project_lite::pin_project! {
+    /// Count the number of items of the stream.
+    ///
+    /// This `struct` is created by the [`count`] method on [`ParallelStream`]. See its
+    /// documentation for more.
+    ///
+    /// [`count`]: trait.ParallelStream.html#method.count
+    /// [`ParallelStream`]: trait.ParallelStream.html
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    pub struct Count<S> {
+        #[pin]
+        stream: S,
+        count: usize,
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: ParallelStream> Count<S> {
+    pub(super) fn new(stream: S) -> Self {
+        Self { stream, count: 0 }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: ParallelStream> Future for Count<S> {
+    type Output = usize;
+
+    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        let this = self.project();
+
+        match task::ready!(this.stream.poll_next(cx)) {
+            None => Poll::Ready(*this.count),
+            Some(_) => {
+                *this.count += 1;
+                cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
+                Poll::Pending
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_std::test]
+async fn smoke() {
+    let s = async_std::stream::repeat(5usize);
+
+    let cnt = crate::from_stream(s).take(10).count().await;
+
+    assert_eq!(cnt, 10);
+}
diff --git a/src/par_stream/mod.rs b/src/par_stream/mod.rs
index 500befe..c62d239 100644
--- a/src/par_stream/mod.rs
+++ b/src/par_stream/mod.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 
 use crate::FromParallelStream;
 
+pub use count::Count;
 pub use for_each::ForEach;
 pub use map::Map;
 pub use next::NextFuture;
 pub use take::Take;
 
+mod count;
 mod for_each;
 mod map;
 mod next;
@@ -29,6 +31,11 @@ pub trait ParallelStream: Sized + Send + Sync + Unpin + 'static {
     /// Get the max concurrency limit
     fn get_limit(&self) -> Option<usize>;
 
+    /// Counts the number of items of this stream.
+    fn count(self) -> Count<Self> {
+        Count::new(self)
+    }
+
     /// Applies `f` to each item of this stream in parallel, producing a new
     /// stream with the results.
     fn map<F, T, Fut>(self, f: F) -> Map<T>