diff --git a/app/api/entities.rb b/app/api/entities.rb
index f945629..75ee4d5 100644
--- a/app/api/entities.rb
+++ b/app/api/entities.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Api
     end
 
     def self.expose_optional_field?(field, options = {})
-      return false if options[:params].nil? 
+      return false if options[:params].nil?
       optional_fields = options[:params][:optional_fields] || []
       optional_fields.include?(field.to_s)
     end
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ module Api
       expose :articles_count do |person, options|
         person.articles.count
       end
+      expose :friends_count do |person, options|
+        person.friends.size
+      end
     end
 
     class Enterprise < Profile
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ module Api
       end
       expose :params, :if => lambda { |activity, options| activity.kind_of?(ActionTracker::Record)}
       expose :content, :if => lambda { |activity, options| activity.kind_of?(Scrap)}
-      expose :verb do |activity, options| 
+      expose :verb do |activity, options|
         activity.kind_of?(Scrap) ? 'leave_scrap' : activity.verb
       end
 
diff --git a/test/api/people_test.rb b/test/api/people_test.rb
index 7ac1cb2..b4866b8 100644
--- a/test/api/people_test.rb
+++ b/test/api/people_test.rb
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class PeopleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "www.blog.org", json['person']['additional_data']['Custom Blog']
   end
 
-  PERSON_ATTRIBUTES = %w(vote_count comments_count articles_count following_articles_count)
+  PERSON_ATTRIBUTES = %w(vote_count comments_count articles_count following_articles_count friends_count)
 
   PERSON_ATTRIBUTES.map do |attribute|
     define_method "test_should_not_expose_#{attribute}_attribute_in_person_enpoint_if_field_parameter_does_not_contain_the_attribute" do
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