diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/stats.rb b/lib/sidekiq/stats.rb
index 2bf2f8bf..a39011d7 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/stats.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/stats.rb
@@ -18,5 +18,9 @@ module Sidekiq
         }.sort_by { |_, size| size }
       }
     end
+
+    def backlog
+      queues_with_sizes.map {|_, size| size }.inject(0) {|memo, val| memo + val }
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/web.rb b/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
index 7db9adbc..b6c71593 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module Sidekiq
       end
 
       def backlog
-        queues.map {|name, size| size }.inject(0) {|memo, val| memo + val }
+        Sidekiq::Stats.backlog
       end
 
       def retries_with_score(score)
diff --git a/test/test_stats.rb b/test/test_stats.rb
index 46039a50..16477656 100644
--- a/test/test_stats.rb
+++ b/test/test_stats.rb
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class TestStats < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
 
-    describe "queues_with_counts" do
-      it "returns queue names and corresponding job counts" do
+    describe "counting methods" do
+      before do
         @redis.with do |conn|
           conn.rpush 'queue:foo', '{}'
           conn.sadd 'queues', 'foo'
@@ -75,7 +75,16 @@ class TestStats < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
           conn.rpush 'queue:bar', '{}'
           conn.sadd 'queues', 'bar'
         end
-        assert_equal [["foo", 1], ["bar", 2]], Sidekiq::Stats.queues_with_sizes
+      end
+      describe "queues_with_counts" do
+        it "returns queue names and corresponding job counts" do
+          assert_equal [["foo", 1], ["bar", 2]], Sidekiq::Stats.queues_with_sizes
+        end
+      end
+      describe "backlog" do
+        it "returns count of all jobs yet to be processed" do
+          assert_equal 3, Sidekiq::Stats.backlog
+        end
       end
     end