diff --git a/javascript/jsapi/htmlelement.bnd b/javascript/jsapi/htmlelement.bnd
index 0730ad44b..71bb31bc1 100644
--- a/javascript/jsapi/htmlelement.bnd
+++ b/javascript/jsapi/htmlelement.bnd
@@ -187,3 +187,30 @@ getter nextElementSibling %{
}
}
%}
+
+getter childElementCount %{
+ dom_node *element;
+ dom_exception exc;
+ dom_node_type node_type;
+ dom_node *next_node;
+
+ exc = dom_node_get_first_child(private->node, &element);
+ if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
+ return JS_FALSE;
+ }
+
+ while (element != NULL) {
+ exc = dom_node_get_node_type(element, &node_type);
+ if ((exc == DOM_NO_ERR) && (node_type == DOM_ELEMENT_NODE)) {
+ jsret += 1;
+ }
+
+ exc = dom_node_get_next_sibling(element, &next_node);
+ dom_node_unref(element);
+ if (exc == DOM_NO_ERR) {
+ element = next_node;
+ } else {
+ element = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+%}
diff --git a/test/js/dom-element-childElementCount.html b/test/js/dom-element-childElementCount.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec4b7f89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/dom-element-childElementCount.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+DOM childElementCount reference
+
+
+DOM childElementCount reference
+head.childElementCount:
+body.childElementCount:
+
+
diff --git a/test/js/index.html b/test/js/index.html
index 5341a7482..c59b54157 100644
--- a/test/js/index.html
+++ b/test/js/index.html
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
firstElementChild
lastElementChild
previousElementSibling nextElementSibling
+childElementCount
getElementById
getElementsByTagName