diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll b/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll
index 70b9f2922..ef5a47a90 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ use strict;
 my %output;
 
 my $option;
+my $printcount;
 
-GetOptions("n"=>\$option);
+GetOptions("n"=>\$option,
+           "c"=>\$printcount);
 
 while (<STDIN>) {
     my $node;
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ foreach my $output (keys %collated) {
     print "====================================\n";
     print "$nodes\n";
     print "====================================\n";
+    if ($printcount) {
+       print "Node count = ".scalar( keys %{$collated{$output}})." \n";
+       print "====================================\n";
+    }
     print $output;
     print "\n";
 }
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod
index 239c30160..0d373b10e 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ B<xcoll> - Formats and consolidates the output of the B<psh>, B<rinv> commands.
 
 =head1 B<SYNOPSIS>
 
-B<xcoll> [B<-n>]
+B<xcoll> [B<-n>] [B<-c>]
 
 =head1 B<DESCRIPTION>
 
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ is identical:
 
 =over 3
 
+=item B<-c>
+
+Display a total nodecount for each set of output.
+
 =item B<-n>
 
 Display output as nodenames instead of groupnames.