diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java
index d8ba6ea8e..20fb6f75c 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java
@@ -677,6 +677,17 @@ public class Booster implements Serializable, KryoSerializable {
     version += 1;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get number of model features.
+   * @return the number of features.
+   * @throws XGBoostError
+   */
+  public long getNumFeature() throws XGBoostError {
+    long[] numFeature = new long[1];
+    XGBoostJNI.checkCall(XGBoostJNI.XGBoosterGetNumFeature(this.handle, numFeature));
+    return numFeature[0];
+  }
+
   /**
    * Internal initialization function.
    * @param cacheMats The cached DMatrix.
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java
index 4eee147e9..bafa541e5 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class XGBoostJNI {
   public final static native int XGBoosterSetAttr(long handle, String key, String value);
   public final static native int XGBoosterLoadRabitCheckpoint(long handle, int[] out_version);
   public final static native int XGBoosterSaveRabitCheckpoint(long handle);
+  public final static native int XGBoosterGetNumFeature(long handle, long[] feature);
 
   // rabit functions
   public final static native int RabitInit(String[] args);
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
index bb2d5e9e5..e442c4f75 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ class Booster private[xgboost4j](private[xgboost4j] var booster: JBooster)
         .asScala.mapValues(_.doubleValue).toSeq: _*)
   }
 
+  /**
+    * Get the number of model features.
+    *
+    * @return number of features
+    */
+  @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
+  def getNumFeature: Long = booster.getNumFeature
+
   def getVersion: Int = booster.getVersion
 
   def toByteArray: Array[Byte] = {
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp
index 13529f6e1..b7461a7de 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp
@@ -848,6 +848,22 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterSaveRabit
   return XGBoosterSaveRabitCheckpoint(handle);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
+ * Method:    XGBoosterGetNumFeature
+ * Signature: (J[J)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterGetNumFeature
+  (JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jhandle, jlongArray jout) {
+  BoosterHandle handle = (BoosterHandle) jhandle;
+  bst_ulong num_feature;
+  int ret = XGBoosterGetNumFeature(handle, &num_feature);
+  JVM_CHECK_CALL(ret);
+  jlong jnum_feature = num_feature;
+  jenv->SetLongArrayRegion(jout, 0, 1, &jnum_feature);
+  return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
  * Method:    RabitInit
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h
index 3d0f0c468..fd9e0932a 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h
@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterLoadRabit
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterSaveRabitCheckpoint
   (JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
+ * Method:    XGBoosterGetNumFeature
+ * Signature: (J[J)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterGetNumFeature
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong, jlongArray);
+
 /*
  * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
  * Method:    RabitInit
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java
index 3b565ab8f..a01d7d6cf 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java
@@ -646,4 +646,18 @@ public class BoosterImplTest {
     TestCase.assertEquals(attr.get("bb"), "BB");
     TestCase.assertEquals(attr.get("cc"), "CC");
   }
+
+  /**
+   * test get number of features from a booster
+   *
+   * @throws XGBoostError
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testGetNumFeature() throws XGBoostError {
+    DMatrix trainMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.train");
+    DMatrix testMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.test");
+
+    Booster booster = trainBooster(trainMat, testMat);
+    TestCase.assertEquals(booster.getNumFeature(), 127);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ScalaBoosterImplSuite.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ScalaBoosterImplSuite.scala
index adea1b1ec..8f7bbd322 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ScalaBoosterImplSuite.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ScalaBoosterImplSuite.scala
@@ -210,4 +210,12 @@ class ScalaBoosterImplSuite extends FunSuite {
     val nextBooster = XGBoost.train(trainMat, paramMap, round = 4, booster = prevBooster)
     assert(prevBooster == nextBooster)
   }
+
+  test("test getting number of features from a booster") {
+    val trainMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.train")
+    val testMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.test")
+    val booster = trainBooster(trainMat, testMat)
+
+    TestCase.assertEquals(booster.getNumFeature, 127)
+  }
 }