diff --git a/src/Scenery/tilemgr.hxx b/src/Scenery/tilemgr.hxx
index 39616d0c7..4cd675b7e 100644
--- a/src/Scenery/tilemgr.hxx
+++ b/src/Scenery/tilemgr.hxx
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ public:
     // transform and update it's range selector based on current
     // visibilty
     void prep_ssg_nodes( void );
+
+    inline int queue_size() const { return load_queue.size(); }
 };