diff --git a/include/mbedtls/memory_buffer_alloc.h b/include/mbedtls/memory_buffer_alloc.h
index d4737f5..ee1973c 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/memory_buffer_alloc.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/memory_buffer_alloc.h
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@
 void mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_status( void );
 
 /**
+ * \brief   Get the number of alloc/free so far.
+ *
+ * \param alloc_count   Number of allocations.
+ * \param free_count    Number of frees.
+ */
+void mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_count_get( size_t *alloc_count, size_t *free_count );
+
+/**
+ * \brief   Reset alloc/free counters.
+ */
+void mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_count_reset( void );
+
+/**
  * \brief   Get the peak heap usage so far
  *
  * \param max_used      Peak number of bytes in use or committed. This
diff --git a/library/memory_buffer_alloc.c b/library/memory_buffer_alloc.c
index 0d5d27d..ddb9595 100644
--- a/library/memory_buffer_alloc.c
+++ b/library/memory_buffer_alloc.c
@@ -522,6 +522,18 @@
     }
 }
 
+void mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_count_get( size_t *alloc_count, size_t *free_count )
+{
+    *alloc_count = heap.alloc_count;
+    *free_count = heap.free_count;
+}
+
+void mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_count_reset( void )
+{
+    heap.alloc_count = 0;
+    heap.free_count = 0;
+}
+
 void mbedtls_memory_buffer_alloc_max_get( size_t *max_used, size_t *max_blocks )
 {
     *max_used   = heap.maximum_used;