diff --git a/lizzy/api.py b/lizzy/api.py
index 99da657..e795093 100644
--- a/lizzy/api.py
+++ b/lizzy/api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from decorator import decorator
 from flask import Response
 from lizzy import config, metrics, sentry_client
+from lizzy.apps.aws import AWS
 from lizzy.apps.senza import Senza
 from lizzy.exceptions import ExecutionError, ObjectNotFound, TrafficNotUpdated
 from lizzy.metrics import MeasureRunningTime
@@ -242,6 +243,23 @@ def get_stack_traffic(stack_id: str, region: str=None) -> Tuple[dict, int, dict]
                              headers=_make_headers())
 
 
+@bouncer
+@exception_to_connexion_problem
+def get_stack_request_count(stack_id: str, region: str = None, minutes: int = 5) -> Tuple[dict, int, dict]:
+    """
+    GET /stacks/{id}/request_count
+
+    """
+    sentry_client.capture_breadcrumb(data={
+        'stack_id': stack_id,
+        'region': region,
+    })
+    aws = AWS(region or config.region)
+    lb_id, lb_type = aws.get_load_balancer_info(stack_id)
+    request_count = aws.get_request_count(lb_id, lb_type, minutes)
+    return {'request_count': request_count}, 200, _make_headers()
+
+
 @bouncer
 @exception_to_connexion_problem
 def delete_stack(stack_id: str, delete_options: dict) -> dict:
diff --git a/lizzy/apps/aws.py b/lizzy/apps/aws.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60c4499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lizzy/apps/aws.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""
+Provides convenient access to AWS resources by abstracting and wrapping boto3 calls.
+"""
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from logging import getLogger
+
+import boto3
+from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
+
+from lizzy.exceptions import ObjectNotFound
+
+
+class AWS(object):
+    """
+    Provides convenient access to AWS resources by abstracting and wrapping boto3 calls.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, region: str):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.logger = getLogger('lizzy.app.aws')
+        self.region = region
+
+    def get_load_balancer_info(self, stack_id: str):
+        """
+        Resolves the name and type of a stack's load balancer. Raises ObjectNotFound exception if the specified stack
+        does not exist or the stack has no load balancer. Useful in combination with get_request_count
+        :param stack_id: The stack's id in the format: <stack_name>-<stack_version>
+        :return: (load_balancer_name, load_balancer_type)
+        """
+        cloudformation = boto3.client("cloudformation", self.region)
+        try:
+            response = cloudformation.describe_stack_resource(StackName=stack_id, LogicalResourceId="AppLoadBalancer")
+            lb_id = str(response['StackResourceDetail']['PhysicalResourceId'])
+            lb_type = str(response['StackResourceDetail']['ResourceType'])
+            return lb_id, lb_type
+        except ClientError as error:
+            msg = error.response.get('Error', {}).get('Message', 'Unknown')
+            if all(marker in msg for marker in [stack_id, 'does not exist']):
+                raise ObjectNotFound(msg)
+            else:
+                raise error
+
+    def get_request_count(self, lb_id: str, lb_type: str, minutes: int = 5) -> int:
+        """
+        Resolves the request count as reported by AWS Cloudwatch for a given load balancer in the last n minutes.
+        Compatible with classic and application load balancers.
+        :param lb_id: the id/name of the load balancer
+        :param lb_type: either 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer' or 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer'
+        :param minutes: defines the time span to count requests in: now - minutes
+        :return: the number of request
+        """
+        cloudwatch = boto3.client('cloudwatch', self.region)
+        end = datetime.utcnow()
+        start = end - timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+        kwargs = {
+            'MetricName': 'RequestCount',
+            'StartTime': start,
+            'EndTime': end,
+            'Period': 60 * minutes,
+            'Statistics': ['Sum']
+        }
+        if lb_type == 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer':
+            kwargs.update({
+                'Namespace': 'AWS/ApplicationELB',
+                'Dimensions': [{
+                    'Name': 'LoadBalancer',
+                    'Value': lb_id.split('/', 1)[1]
+                }]
+            })
+        elif lb_type == 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer':
+            kwargs.update({
+                'Namespace': 'AWS/ELB',
+                'Dimensions': [{
+                    'Name': 'LoadBalancerName',
+                    'Value': lb_id
+                }]
+            })
+        else:
+            raise Exception('unknown load balancer type: ' + lb_type)
+        metrics = cloudwatch.get_metric_statistics(**kwargs)
+        if len(metrics['Datapoints']) > 0:
+            return int(metrics['Datapoints'][0]['Sum'])
+        return 0
diff --git a/lizzy/swagger/lizzy.yaml b/lizzy/swagger/lizzy.yaml
index cbaede1..dbc1098 100644
--- a/lizzy/swagger/lizzy.yaml
+++ b/lizzy/swagger/lizzy.yaml
@@ -326,6 +326,62 @@ paths:
           schema:
             $ref: '#/definitions/problem'
 
+  /stacks/{stack-id}/request_count:
+    get:
+      summary: Retrieves the request count of a lizzy stack as reported by the corresponding AWS laod balancer
+      description: Retrieves the request count of a lizzy stack by stack id
+      operationId: lizzy.api.get_stack_request_count
+      security:
+        - oauth:
+            - "{{deployer_scope}}"
+      parameters:
+        - name: stack-id
+          in: path
+          description: Stack Id
+          required: true
+          type: string
+        - name: region
+          in: query
+          type: string
+          pattern: "\\w{2}-\\w+-[0-9]"
+          description: Region of stack
+          required: false
+        - name: minutes
+          in: query
+          type: integer
+          default: 5
+          minimum: 1
+          description: The returned number of reqests occured in the last minutes as specified by this parameter
+          required: false
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: Request Count of lizzy stack
+          headers:
+            X-Lizzy-Version:
+              description: Lizzy Version
+              type: string
+            X-Senza-Version:
+              description: Senza Version
+              type: string
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              request_count:
+                type: integer
+                minimum: 0
+        404:
+          description: |
+            Stack was not found.
+          headers:
+            X-Lizzy-Version:
+              description: Lizzy Version
+              type: string
+            X-Senza-Version:
+              description: Senza Version
+              type: string
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/problem'
+
   /status:
     get:
       summary: Retrieves the application status
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f4e01f..ea6f804 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+botocore
+boto3
 connexion==1.1.5
 environmental>=1.1
 decorator
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a9d7d0..102a433 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
         errno = pytest.main(self.pytest_args)
         sys.exit(errno)
 
+
 VERSION = '2017.0.dev1'
 
 setup(
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2a52575..6bda6ea 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from fixtures.senza import mock_senza  # NOQA
+from fixtures.aws import mock_aws  # NOQA
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/__init__.py b/tests/fixtures/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/aws.py b/tests/fixtures/aws.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d97d8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/aws.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_aws(monkeypatch):
+    mock = MagicMock()
+    mock.return_value = mock
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr('lizzy.api.AWS', mock)
+    return mock
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index ee07072..208157f 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -561,3 +561,31 @@ def test_health_check_failing(app, mock_senza):
 
     response = app.get('/health')
     assert response.status_code == 500
+
+def test_request_count(app, mock_aws):
+    mock_aws.get_load_balancer_info.return_value = 'lb-id', 'lb-type'
+    mock_aws.get_request_count.return_value = 3185
+
+    response = app.get('/api/stacks/stack_name-stack_version/request_count', headers=GOOD_HEADERS)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    mock_aws.get_load_balancer_info.assert_called_with('stack_name-stack_version')
+    mock_aws.get_request_count.assert_called_with('lb-id', 'lb-type', 5)
+
+    assert json.loads(response.data.decode()) == {'request_count': 3185}
+
+def test_request_count_set_minutes(app, mock_aws):
+    mock_aws.get_load_balancer_info.return_value = 'lb-id', 'lb-type'
+    mock_aws.get_request_count.return_value = 3185
+
+    response = app.get('/api/stacks/stack_name-stack_version/request_count?minutes=15', headers=GOOD_HEADERS)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    mock_aws.get_load_balancer_info.assert_called_with('stack_name-stack_version')
+    mock_aws.get_request_count.assert_called_with('lb-id', 'lb-type', 15)
+
+    assert json.loads(response.data.decode()) == {'request_count': 3185}
+
+def test_request_count_set_minutes_invalid(app, mock_aws):
+    mock_aws.get_request_count.return_value = 3185
+
+    response = app.get('/api/stacks/stack_name-stack_version/request_count?minutes=0', headers=GOOD_HEADERS)
+    assert response.status_code == 400
diff --git a/tests/test_aws.py b/tests/test_aws.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7d0912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_aws.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
+
+from lizzy.apps.aws import AWS
+from lizzy.exceptions import (ObjectNotFound)
+
+
+def test_get_load_balancer_info_expired_token(monkeypatch):
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError):
+        cf = MagicMock()
+        cf.describe_stack_resource.side_effect = ClientError(
+            {'Error': {
+                'Code': 'ExpiredToken',
+                'Message': 'The security token included in the request is expired'
+            }},
+            'DescribeStackResources'
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr('boto3.client', lambda *args, **kwargs: cf)
+        aws = AWS('region')
+        aws.get_load_balancer_info('stack-id-version')
+        cf.describe_stack_resource.assert_called_with(
+            **{'StackName': 'stack-id-version', 'LogicalResourceId': 'AppLoadBalancer'}
+        )
+
+
+def test_get_load_balancer_info_stack_not_found(monkeypatch):
+    with pytest.raises(ObjectNotFound) as e:
+        cf = MagicMock()
+        msg = "Stack 'stack-id-version' does not exist"
+        cf.describe_stack_resource.side_effect = ClientError(
+            {'Error': {
+                'Code': 'ValidationError',
+                'Message': msg
+            }},
+            'DescribeStackResources'
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr('boto3.client', lambda *args, **kwargs: cf)
+        aws = AWS('region')
+        aws.get_load_balancer_info('stack-id-version')
+        cf.describe_stack_resource.assert_called_with(
+            **{'StackName': 'stack-id-version', 'LogicalResourceId': 'AppLoadBalancer'}
+        )
+        assert e.uid == msg
+
+
+def test_get_load_balancer_info_stack_without_load_balancer(monkeypatch):
+    with pytest.raises(ObjectNotFound) as e:
+        cf = MagicMock()
+        msg = "Resource AppLoadBalancer does not exist for stack stack-id-version"
+        cf.describe_stack_resource.side_effect = ClientError(
+            {'Error': {
+                'Code': 'ValidationError',
+                'Message': msg
+            }},
+            'DescribeStackResources'
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr('boto3.client', lambda *args, **kwargs: cf)
+        aws = AWS('region')
+        aws.get_load_balancer_info('stack-id-version')
+        cf.describe_stack_resource.assert_called_with(
+            **{'StackName': 'stack-id-version', 'LogicalResourceId': 'AppLoadBalancer'}
+        )
+        assert e.uid == msg
+
+
+def test_get_load_balancer_info_happy_path(monkeypatch):
+    cf = MagicMock()
+    cf.describe_stack_resource.return_value = {
+        'StackResourceDetail': {
+            'PhysicalResourceId': 'lb-id',
+            'ResourceType': 'lb-type'
+        }
+    }
+    monkeypatch.setattr('boto3.client', lambda *args, **kwargs: cf)
+    aws = AWS('region')
+    lb_id, lb_type = aws.get_load_balancer_info('stack-id-version')
+    cf.describe_stack_resource.assert_called_with(
+        **{'StackName': 'stack-id-version', 'LogicalResourceId': 'AppLoadBalancer'}
+    )
+    assert lb_id == 'lb-id'
+    assert lb_type == 'lb-type'
+
+
+def test_get_request_count_invalid_lb_type():
+    aws = AWS('region')
+    with pytest.raises(Exception) as e:
+        aws.get_request_count('lb-id', 'invalid-lb-type')
+        assert e.msg == 'unknown load balancer type: invalid-lb-type'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'elb_name, elb_type, response, expected_result',
+    [
+        ('lb_name', 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer', {'Datapoints': [{'Sum': 4176}]}, 4176),
+        ('lb_name', 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer', {'Datapoints': []}, 0),
+        ('arn:aws:cf:region:account:stack/stack-id-version/uuid', 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer',
+         {'Datapoints': [{'Sum': 94374}]}, 94374),
+        ('arn:aws:cf:region:account:stack/stack-id-version/uuid', 'AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer',
+         {'Datapoints': []}, 0),
+    ])
+def test_get_load_balancer_with_classic_lb_sum_present(monkeypatch, elb_name, elb_type, response, expected_result):
+    cw = MagicMock()
+    cw.get_metric_statistics.return_value = response
+    monkeypatch.setattr('boto3.client', lambda *args, **kwargs: cw)
+    aws = AWS('region')
+    request_count = aws.get_request_count(elb_name, elb_type)
+    assert request_count == expected_result