diff --git a/input/drivers/android_input.c b/input/drivers/android_input.c
index 599a11e7ef..91fbf32b83 100644
--- a/input/drivers/android_input.c
+++ b/input/drivers/android_input.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,8 @@ static int16_t android_input_state(void *data,
                return (idx < android->pointer_count) &&
                   (android->pointer[idx].x != -0x8000) &&
                   (android->pointer[idx].y != -0x8000);
+            case RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_COUNT:
+               return android->pointer_count;
             case RARCH_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_BACK:
             {
                const struct retro_keybind *keyptr = &input_autoconf_binds[0][RARCH_MENU_TOGGLE];
@@ -1488,6 +1490,8 @@ static int16_t android_input_state(void *data,
                return (idx < android->pointer_count) &&
                   (android->pointer[idx].full_x != -0x8000) &&
                   (android->pointer[idx].full_y != -0x8000);
+            case RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_COUNT:
+               return android->pointer_count;
             case RARCH_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_BACK:
                {
                   const struct retro_keybind *keyptr = &input_autoconf_binds[0][RARCH_MENU_TOGGLE];
diff --git a/input/drivers/cocoa_input.c b/input/drivers/cocoa_input.c
index f3ef0f0b96..c7259e7ebb 100644
--- a/input/drivers/cocoa_input.c
+++ b/input/drivers/cocoa_input.c
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ static int16_t cocoa_pointer_state(cocoa_input_data_t *apple,
             return x;
          case RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_Y:
             return y;
+         case RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_COUNT:
+            return apple->touch_count;
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/libretro.h b/libretro-common/include/libretro.h
index c3a7d40e2a..a096eacef4 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/libretro.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/libretro.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_X         0
 #define RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_Y         1
 #define RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_PRESSED   2
+#define RETRO_DEVICE_ID_POINTER_COUNT     3
 
 /* Returned from retro_get_region(). */
 #define RETRO_REGION_NTSC  0