diff --git a/include/toksvc/toksvc.h b/include/toksvc/toksvc.h
index 0958d9b..485717f 100644
--- a/include/toksvc/toksvc.h
+++ b/include/toksvc/toksvc.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_RELEASE	0X200000
 #define TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_ABORT	0X400000
 
+#define TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_GET	0X1000000
+
 /* message options */
 #define TOKS_OPT_SYSTEM_PID		0x0000
 #define TOKS_OPT_FRAMEWORK_PID		0x0001
diff --git a/src/driver/toks_amain.c b/src/driver/toks_amain.c
index c179626..e3acc67 100644
--- a/src/driver/toks_amain.c
+++ b/src/driver/toks_amain.c
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ int toks_main(char ** argv, char ** envp)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (dctx->cctx->drvflags & TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_GET) {
+		toks_dprintf(STDOUT_FILENO,
+			"toks_ntokens:%d\n",
+			toks_get_driver_ntokens(dctx));
+	}
+
 	return (dctx->cctx->drvflags & TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_SERVER)
 		? NT_STATUS_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION
 		: toks_exit(dctx,ret);
diff --git a/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
index 5156d47..62ad5e8 100644
--- a/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 	struct argv_entry *		msecs;
 	struct toks_token_string	key;
 	size_t				keylen;
+	uintptr_t			opdata;
 	nt_guid				svcguid;
 	const char *			program;
 	const char *			refstr;
@@ -444,6 +445,12 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 				case TAG_LOGFILE:
 					cctx.logfile = entry->arg;
 					break;
+
+				case TAG_NTOKENSGET:
+					cctx.drvflags &= ~(uint64_t)TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_SERVER;
+					cctx.drvflags |= TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_CLIENT;
+					cctx.drvflags |= TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_GET;
+					break;
 			}
 		} else
 			/* strict */
@@ -695,6 +702,28 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 
 				return toks_get_driver_ctx_fail(meta);
 		}
+
+		if (cctx.drvflags & TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_GET) {
+			status = toks_service_ioctl(
+				&ctx->ctx,TOKS_IOCTL_GET_TOKEN_COUNT,
+				&opdata,0);
+
+			switch (status) {
+				case NT_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+					ctx->ntokens = opdata;
+					break;
+
+				default:
+					if (flags & TOKS_DRIVER_VERBOSITY_ERRORS)
+						toks_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO,
+							"%s: error: could not obtain the current "
+							"overall number of tokens "
+							"(check the system's documentation) [0x%x].",
+							program,status);
+
+					return toks_get_driver_ctx_fail(meta);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	*pctx = &ctx->ctx;
diff --git a/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
index ad0ea05..8c50cf0 100644
--- a/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_CSYSPID,
 	TAG_LOGFILE,
 	TAG_LOGLEVEL,
+	TAG_NTOKENSGET,
 };
 
 struct toks_ticks {
diff --git a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
index 25e6f5c..3b5be49 100644
--- a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
@@ -73,5 +73,9 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 	{"log-level",		'O',TAG_LOGLEVEL,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<loglevel>",
 				"set the log level to %s in the range of 0..9"},
 
+	{"get-token-pool-size",	'n',TAG_NTOKENSGET,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
+				"connect to the server and output the current overall "
+				"number of tokens"},
+
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };