diff --git a/common/include/villas/hist.hpp b/common/include/villas/hist.hpp
index afc80b7d8..4a9634f33 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/hist.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/hist.hpp
@@ -85,23 +85,32 @@ public:
 	{
 		return high;
 	}
+
 	double getLow() const
 	{
 		return low;
 	}
+
 	double getHighest() const
 	{
 		return highest;
 	}
+
 	double getLowest() const
 	{
 		return lowest;
 	}
+
 	double getLast() const
 	{
 		return last;
 	}
 
+	cnt_t getTotal() const
+	{
+		return total;
+	}
+
 protected:
 	double resolution;	/**< The distance between two adjacent buckets. */