diff --git a/lib/intel_drm.c b/lib/intel_drm.c
index f8eca7d8..9e25448a 100644
--- a/lib/intel_drm.c
+++ b/lib/intel_drm.c
@@ -106,3 +106,24 @@ intel_get_total_ram_mb(void)
 
 	return retval / (1024*1024);
 }
+
+uint64_t
+intel_get_total_swap_mb(void)
+{
+	uint64_t retval;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SYSINFO_TOTALRAM /* Linux */
+	struct sysinfo sysinf;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = sysinfo(&sysinf);
+	assert(ret == 0);
+
+	retval = sysinf.totalswap;
+	retval *= sysinf.mem_unit;
+#else
+#error "Unknown how to get swap size for this OS"
+#endif
+
+	return retval / (1024*1024);
+}
diff --git a/lib/intel_gpu_tools.h b/lib/intel_gpu_tools.h
index f2134bf6..f46abfa8 100644
--- a/lib/intel_gpu_tools.h
+++ b/lib/intel_gpu_tools.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct pci_device *intel_get_pci_device(void);
 uint32_t intel_get_drm_devid(int fd);
 int intel_gen(uint32_t devid);
 uint64_t intel_get_total_ram_mb(void);
+uint64_t intel_get_total_swap_mb(void);
 
 void intel_map_file(char *);