diff --git a/src/runtime/gc_blocks.go b/src/runtime/gc_blocks.go
index a95edbfd0d..a10b594375 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gc_blocks.go
+++ b/src/runtime/gc_blocks.go
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ func ReadMemStats(m *MemStats) {
 	liveBytes := uint64(liveBlocks * bytesPerBlock)
 	m.HeapInuse = liveBytes
 	m.HeapAlloc = liveBytes
+	m.HeapObjects = uint64(liveHeads)
 	m.Alloc = liveBytes
 
 	// Subtract live blocks from total blocks to count free blocks.
diff --git a/src/runtime/gc_leaking.go b/src/runtime/gc_leaking.go
index b60fff1045..24eea44bb7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gc_leaking.go
+++ b/src/runtime/gc_leaking.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ func ReadMemStats(m *MemStats) {
 	m.Sys = uint64(heapEnd - heapStart)
 	// no free -- current in use heap is the total allocated
 	m.HeapAlloc = gcTotalAlloc
+	m.HeapObjects = gcMallocs
 	m.Alloc = m.HeapAlloc
 
 	gcLock.Unlock()
diff --git a/src/runtime/mstats.go b/src/runtime/mstats.go
index 7a6f8e637f..987e17c30c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mstats.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mstats.go
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ type MemStats struct {
 	// HeapReleased is bytes of physical memory returned to the OS.
 	HeapReleased uint64
 
+	// HeapObjects is the number of allocated heap objects.
+	//
+	// Like HeapAlloc, this increases as objects are allocated and
+	// decreases as the heap is swept and unreachable objects are
+	// freed.
+	HeapObjects uint64
+
 	// TotalAlloc is cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects.
 	//
 	// TotalAlloc increases as heap objects are allocated, but