diff --git a/common/game.c b/common/game.c
index 1ca1f84cf..4ebe71e82 100644
--- a/common/game.c
+++ b/common/game.c
@@ -313,6 +313,19 @@ gi_copy( MPFORMAL CurGameInfo* destGI, CurGameInfo* srcGI )
     }
 } /* gi_copy */
 
+XP_U16
+gi_countHumans( CurGameInfo* gi )
+{
+    XP_U16 count = 0;
+    XP_U16 nPlayers = gi->nPlayers;
+    while ( nPlayers-- ) {
+        if ( !gi->players[nPlayers].isRobot ) {
+            ++count;
+        }
+    }
+    return count;
+} /* gi_countHumans */
+
 void
 gi_readFromStream( MPFORMAL XWStreamCtxt* stream, CurGameInfo* gi )
 {
diff --git a/common/game.h b/common/game.h
index b9173f327..9ba043932 100644
--- a/common/game.h
+++ b/common/game.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void gi_disposePlayerInfo( MPFORMAL CurGameInfo* gi );
 void gi_writeToStream( XWStreamCtxt* stream, CurGameInfo* gi );
 void gi_readFromStream( MPFORMAL XWStreamCtxt* stream, CurGameInfo* gi );
 void gi_copy( MPFORMAL CurGameInfo* destGI, CurGameInfo* srcGi );
+XP_U16 gi_countHumans( CurGameInfo* gi );
 
 XP_Bool player_hasPasswd( LocalPlayer* player );
 XP_Bool player_passwordMatches( LocalPlayer* player, XP_U8* buf, XP_U16 len );