diff --git a/test/typescript-tests/testTypes.ts b/test/typescript-tests/testTypes.ts
index c58e59ffb0..735ac1148b 100644
--- a/test/typescript-tests/testTypes.ts
+++ b/test/typescript-tests/testTypes.ts
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ Chaining examples
     true
   )
 
+  // leafCount
+  assert.strictEqual(math.leafCount(math.parse('x*y')), 2)
+  assert.strictEqual(math.chain(math.parse('x*y')).leafCount().done(), 2)
+
   // slu
   expectTypeOf(
     math
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 13bbb46661..16f4d16192 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1041,6 +1041,15 @@ export interface MathJsInstance extends MathJsFactory {
   simplifyConstant(expr: MathNode | string, options?: SimplifyOptions): MathNode
   simplifyCore(expr: MathNode | string, options?: SimplifyOptions): MathNode
 
+  /**
+   * Gives the number of “leaf nodes” in the parse tree of the given
+   * expression. A leaf node is one that has no subexpressions, essentially
+   * either a symbol or a constant. Note that `5!` has just one leaf, the `5`;
+   * the unary factorial operator does not add a leaf. On the other hand,
+   * function symbols do add leaves, so `sin(x)/cos(x)` has four leaves.
+   */
+  leafCount(expr: MathNode): number
+
   /**
    *  Replaces variable nodes with their scoped values
    * @param node Tree to replace variable nodes in
@@ -4888,6 +4897,15 @@ export interface MathJsChain<TValue> {
     options?: SimplifyOptions
   ): MathJsChain<MathNode>
 
+  /**
+   * Gives the number of “leaf nodes” in the parse tree of the given
+   * expression. A leaf node is one that has no subexpressions, essentially
+   * either a symbol or a constant. Note that `5!` has just one leaf, the `5`;
+   * the unary factorial operator does not add a leaf. On the other hand,
+   * function symbols do add leaves, so `sin(x)/cos(x)` has four leaves.
+   */
+  leafCount(this: MathJsChain<MathNode>): MathJsChain<number>
+
   /**
    * Calculate the Sparse Matrix LU decomposition with full pivoting.
    * Sparse Matrix A is decomposed in two matrices (L, U) and two
@@ -6985,6 +7003,7 @@ export const {
   simplifyConstant,
   simplifyCore,
   symbolicEqual,
+  leafCount,
   resolve,
   slu,
   usolve,