diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/debugfs.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/debugfs.c
index 90c91c1b2c10..c297248748d3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/debugfs.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #define MMU_ASID_BUF_SIZE	10
 #define MMU_KBUF_SIZE		(MMU_ADDR_BUF_SIZE + MMU_ASID_BUF_SIZE)
 #define I2C_MAX_TRANSACTION_LEN	8
-#define ENGINES_DATA_MAX_SIZE	SZ_16K
 
 static struct dentry *hl_debug_root;
 
@@ -626,7 +625,7 @@ static int engines_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
 	}
 
 	eng_data.actual_size = 0;
-	eng_data.allocated_buf_size = ENGINES_DATA_MAX_SIZE;
+	eng_data.allocated_buf_size = HL_ENGINES_DATA_MAX_SIZE;
 	eng_data.buf = vmalloc(eng_data.allocated_buf_size);
 	if (!eng_data.buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_ioctl.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_ioctl.c
index 6a30bd98ab5e..ec55c66fedd6 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_ioctl.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 static u32 hl_debug_struct_size[HL_DEBUG_OP_TIMESTAMP + 1] = {
 	[HL_DEBUG_OP_ETR] = sizeof(struct hl_debug_params_etr),
@@ -697,6 +698,42 @@ static int eventfd_unregister(struct hl_fpriv *hpriv, struct hl_info_args *args)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int engine_status_info(struct hl_fpriv *hpriv, struct hl_info_args *args)
+{
+	void __user *out = (void __user *) (uintptr_t) args->return_pointer;
+	u32 status_buf_size = args->return_size;
+	struct hl_device *hdev = hpriv->hdev;
+	struct engines_data eng_data;
+	int rc;
+
+	if ((status_buf_size < SZ_1K) || (status_buf_size > HL_ENGINES_DATA_MAX_SIZE) || (!out))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	eng_data.actual_size = 0;
+	eng_data.allocated_buf_size = status_buf_size;
+	eng_data.buf = vmalloc(status_buf_size);
+	if (!eng_data.buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	hdev->asic_funcs->is_device_idle(hdev, NULL, 0, &eng_data);
+
+	if (eng_data.actual_size > eng_data.allocated_buf_size) {
+		dev_err(hdev->dev,
+			"Engines data size (%d Bytes) is bigger than allocated size (%u Bytes)\n",
+			eng_data.actual_size, status_buf_size);
+		vfree(eng_data.buf);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	args->user_buffer_actual_size = eng_data.actual_size;
+	rc = copy_to_user(out, eng_data.buf, min_t(size_t, status_buf_size, eng_data.actual_size)) ?
+				-EFAULT : 0;
+
+	vfree(eng_data.buf);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int _hl_info_ioctl(struct hl_fpriv *hpriv, void *data,
 				struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -812,6 +849,9 @@ static int _hl_info_ioctl(struct hl_fpriv *hpriv, void *data,
 	case HL_INFO_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD:
 		return eventfd_unregister(hpriv, args);
 
+	case HL_INFO_ENGINE_STATUS:
+		return engine_status_info(hpriv, args);
+
 	default:
 		dev_err(dev, "Invalid request %d\n", args->op);
 		rc = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h b/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
index be06b1307c44..83ca6f40f4ba 100644
--- a/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
@@ -787,10 +787,14 @@ enum hl_server_type {
 #define HL_INFO_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD		29
 #define HL_INFO_GET_EVENTS			30
 #define HL_INFO_UNDEFINED_OPCODE_EVENT		31
+#define HL_INFO_ENGINE_STATUS			32
 
 #define HL_INFO_VERSION_MAX_LEN			128
 #define HL_INFO_CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN		16
 
+/* Maximum buffer size for retrieving engines status */
+#define HL_ENGINES_DATA_MAX_SIZE	SZ_1M
+
 /**
  * struct hl_info_hw_ip_info - hardware information on various IPs in the ASIC
  * @sram_base_address: The first SRAM physical base address that is free to be
@@ -1130,6 +1134,10 @@ enum gaudi_dcores {
  *             resolution. Currently not in use.
  * @pll_index: Index as defined in hl_<asic type>_pll_index enumeration.
  * @eventfd: event file descriptor for event notifications.
+ * @user_buffer_actual_size: Actual data size which was copied to user allocated buffer by the
+ *                           driver. It is possible for the user to allocate buffer larger than
+ *                           needed, hence updating this variable so user will know the exact amount
+ *                           of bytes copied by the kernel to the buffer.
  * @pad: Padding to 64 bit.
  */
 struct hl_info_args {
@@ -1143,6 +1151,7 @@ struct hl_info_args {
 		__u32 period_ms;
 		__u32 pll_index;
 		__u32 eventfd;
+		__u32 user_buffer_actual_size;
 	};
 
 	__u32 pad;