diff --git a/src/ngircd/channel.c b/src/ngircd/channel.c
index 3e1e710b..31e568ca 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/channel.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/channel.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Naehere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitter der Datei COPYING. Eine Liste
  * der an ngIRCd beteiligten Autoren finden Sie in der Datei AUTHORS.
  *
- * $Id: channel.c,v 1.20 2002/03/25 16:54:26 alex Exp $
+ * $Id: channel.c,v 1.21 2002/04/23 19:51:31 alex Exp $
  *
  * channel.c: Management der Channels
  */
@@ -171,6 +171,24 @@ GLOBAL INT Channel_Count( VOID )
 } /* Channel_Count */
 
 
+GLOBAL INT Channel_MemberCount( CHANNEL *Chan )
+{
+	CL2CHAN *cl2chan;
+	INT count;
+
+	assert( Chan != NULL );
+
+	count = 0;
+	cl2chan = My_Cl2Chan;
+	while( cl2chan )
+	{
+		if( cl2chan->channel == Chan ) count++;
+		cl2chan = cl2chan->next;
+	}
+	return count;
+} /* Channel_MemberCount */
+
+
 GLOBAL CHAR *Channel_Name( CHANNEL *Chan )
 {
 	assert( Chan != NULL );
diff --git a/src/ngircd/channel.h b/src/ngircd/channel.h
index 6728e5a6..d0752bca 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/channel.h
+++ b/src/ngircd/channel.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Naehere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitter der Datei COPYING. Eine Liste
  * der an ngIRCd beteiligten Autoren finden Sie in der Datei AUTHORS.
  *
- * $Id: channel.h,v 1.16 2002/03/25 19:11:01 alex Exp $
+ * $Id: channel.h,v 1.17 2002/04/23 19:51:31 alex Exp $
  *
  * channel.h: Management der Channels (Header)
  */
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ GLOBAL BOOLEAN Channel_Part( CLIENT *Client, CLIENT *Origin, CHAR *Name, CHAR *R
 GLOBAL VOID Channel_RemoveClient( CLIENT *Client, CHAR *Reason );
 
 GLOBAL INT Channel_Count( VOID );
+GLOBAL INT Channel_MemberCount( CHANNEL *Chan );
 
 GLOBAL CHAR *Channel_Name( CHANNEL *Chan );
 GLOBAL CHAR *Channel_Modes( CHANNEL *Chan );