diff --git a/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js b/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
index 0559793dd3268..9df5cc0f7fbcd 100644
--- a/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
+++ b/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 import { getStats } from './stats';
 
 export function statsMixin(kbnServer, server) {
+
+  /**
+   *  Get a summary about the number of objects in the kibana index
+   *  @name server.getKibanaStats
+   *  @param {Object} options
+   *  @property {Function} options.callCluster method for calling the elasticsearch cluster
+   */
+  server.decorate('server', 'getKibanaStats', async ({ callCluster }) => {
+    const savedObjectsClient = server.savedObjectsClientFactory({ callCluster });
+    return await getStats(
+      server.config().get('kibana.index'),
+      savedObjectsClient
+    );
+  });
+
   server.route({
     method: 'GET',
     path: '/api/stats',