diff --git a/src/modules/kvs/commit.c b/src/modules/kvs/commit.c
index 187a43fe89c7..3658a7d32179 100644
--- a/src/modules/kvs/commit.c
+++ b/src/modules/kvs/commit.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,16 @@ void commit_mgr_clear_noop_stores (commit_mgr_t *cm)
     cm->noop_stores = 0;
 }
 
+int commit_mgr_fences_count (commit_mgr_t *cm)
+{
+    return zhash_size (cm->fences);
+}
+
+int commit_mgr_ready_commit_count (commit_mgr_t *cm)
+{
+    return zlist_size (cm->ready);
+}
+
 /* Merge ready commits that are mergeable, where merging consists of
  * popping the "donor" commit off the ready list, and appending its
  * ops to the top commit.  The top commit can be appended to if it
diff --git a/src/modules/kvs/commit.h b/src/modules/kvs/commit.h
index 87942e30a2ad..84dc28ca32f0 100644
--- a/src/modules/kvs/commit.h
+++ b/src/modules/kvs/commit.h
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ void commit_mgr_remove_fence (commit_mgr_t *cm, const char *name);
 int commit_mgr_get_noop_stores (commit_mgr_t *cm);
 void commit_mgr_clear_noop_stores (commit_mgr_t *cm);
 
+/* Get count of fences stored */
+int commit_mgr_fences_count (commit_mgr_t *cm);
+
+/* return count of ready commits */
+int commit_mgr_ready_commit_count (commit_mgr_t *cm);
+
 /* In internally stored ready commits (moved to ready status via
  * commit_mgr_process_fence_request()), merge them if they are capable
  * of being merged.
diff --git a/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c b/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c
index b6d0a63e9ef0..d38436854bf7 100644
--- a/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c
+++ b/src/modules/kvs/kvs.c
@@ -1907,11 +1907,15 @@ static void stats_get_cb (flux_t *h, flux_msg_handler_t *mh,
         while (root) {
             json_t *s;
 
-            if (!(s = json_pack ("{ s:i s:i s:i }",
+            if (!(s = json_pack ("{ s:i s:i s:i s:i s:i }",
                                  "#watchers",
                                      wait_queue_length (root->watchlist),
                                  "#no-op stores",
                                      commit_mgr_get_noop_stores (root->cm),
+                                 "#fences",
+                                     commit_mgr_fences_count (root->cm),
+                                 "#readycommits",
+                                     commit_mgr_ready_commit_count (root->cm),
                                  "store revision", root->seq))) {
                 errno = ENOMEM;
                 goto done;
@@ -1925,8 +1929,11 @@ static void stats_get_cb (flux_t *h, flux_msg_handler_t *mh,
     else {
         json_t *s;
 
-        if (!(s = json_pack ("{ s:i s:i }",
+        if (!(s = json_pack ("{ s:i s:i s:i s:i s:i }",
                              "#watchers", 0,
+                             "#no-op stores", 0,
+                             "#fences", 0,
+                             "#readycommits", 0,
                              "store revision", 0))) {
             errno = ENOMEM;
             goto done;
diff --git a/src/modules/kvs/test/commit.c b/src/modules/kvs/test/commit.c
index ccb8be13818d..5f312b065fd7 100644
--- a/src/modules/kvs/test/commit.c
+++ b/src/modules/kvs/test/commit.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ void commit_mgr_basic_tests (void)
 
     commit_mgr_clear_noop_stores (cm);
 
+    ok (commit_mgr_fences_count (cm) == 0,
+        "commit_mgr_fences_count returns 0 when no fences submitted");
+
     ok ((f = fence_create ("fence1", 1, 0)) != NULL,
         "fence_create works");
 
@@ -175,9 +178,15 @@ void commit_mgr_basic_tests (void)
     ok (commit_mgr_lookup_fence (cm, "invalid") == NULL,
         "commit_mgr_lookup_fence can't find invalid fence");
 
+    ok (commit_mgr_fences_count (cm) == 1,
+        "commit_mgr_fences_count returns 1 when fence submitted");
+
     ok (commit_mgr_process_fence_request (cm, f) == 0,
         "commit_mgr_process_fence_request works");
 
+    ok (commit_mgr_ready_commit_count (cm) == 0,
+        "commit_mgr_ready_commit_count is 0");
+
     ok (commit_mgr_commits_ready (cm) == false,
         "commit_mgr_commits_ready says no fences are ready");
 
@@ -195,6 +204,9 @@ void commit_mgr_basic_tests (void)
     ok (commit_mgr_process_fence_request (cm, f) == 0,
         "commit_mgr_process_fence_request works");
 
+    ok (commit_mgr_ready_commit_count (cm) == 1,
+        "commit_mgr_ready_commit_count is 1");
+
     ok (commit_mgr_commits_ready (cm) == true,
         "commit_mgr_commits_ready says a fence is ready");