diff --git a/include/obj/NiBSplineData.h b/include/obj/NiBSplineData.h
index 3372eeba414817aca52eea754dc5b4d345f1d7b5..e83e15a8d7788c1a9498f94016f0efb6ba28dcf4 100644
--- a/include/obj/NiBSplineData.h
+++ b/include/obj/NiBSplineData.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ public:
 	*/
 	NIFLIB_API void AppendFloatControlPoints(vector<float> value);
 
+	/*!
+	* Get the number of float control points stored in the data
+	* \return The number of float control points
+	*/
+	NIFLIB_API int GetNumFloatControlPoints();
+
 	/*!
 	 * Get Range of signed shorts representing the data scaled by SHRT_MAX.
 	 * \param[in] offset The start of the range.
@@ -98,6 +104,12 @@ public:
 	*/
 	NIFLIB_API void AppendShortControlPoints(vector<short> value);
 
+	/*!
+	* Get the number of short control points stored in the data
+	* \return The number of short control points
+	*/
+	NIFLIB_API int GetNumShortControlPoints();
+
 	/*!
 	 * Get Range of signed shorts representing the data scaled by SHRT_MAX.
 	 * \param[in] offset The start of the range.
diff --git a/src/obj/NiBSplineData.cpp b/src/obj/NiBSplineData.cpp
index bd11443889826fb6d36707365e2c4117f1471bf4..9e887f4e8102cdf9b1103a92418d338f7b4b95bb 100644
--- a/src/obj/NiBSplineData.cpp
+++ b/src/obj/NiBSplineData.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ void NiBSplineData::SetFloatControlPoints( vector<float> value )
 	}
 }
 
-
 void NiBSplineData::AppendFloatControlPoints( vector<float> value )
 {
 	this->numFloatControlPoints += value.size();
@@ -167,6 +166,10 @@ void NiBSplineData::AppendFloatControlPoints( vector<float> value )
 	}
 }
 
+int NiBSplineData::GetNumFloatControlPoints()
+{
+	return this->numFloatControlPoints;
+}
 
 vector<float> NiBSplineData::GetFloatControlPointRange(int offset, int count) const
 {
@@ -203,6 +206,13 @@ void NiBSplineData::AppendShortControlPoints( vector<short> value )
 	}
 }
 
+
+int NiBSplineData::GetNumShortControlPoints()
+{
+	return this->numShortControlPoints;
+}
+
+
 vector<short > NiBSplineData::GetShortControlPointRange(int offset, int count) const
 {
    vector<short> value;