diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
index af388bab..0f7e980 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
  import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+ import com.google.common.collect.Streams;
  import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
  import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
  import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
@@ -926,6 +927,13 @@
         return ImmutableList.copyOf(tableStats);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long getActiveFlowRuleCount(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        return Streams.stream(getTableStatistics(deviceId))
+                .mapToLong(TableStatisticsEntry::activeFlowEntries)
+                .sum();
+    }
+
     private class InternalTableStatsListener
         implements EventuallyConsistentMapListener<DeviceId, List<TableStatisticsEntry>> {
         @Override