diff --git a/src/js/remote.js b/src/js/remote.js
index 968b60288b..97ae40939f 100644
--- a/src/js/remote.js
+++ b/src/js/remote.js
@@ -622,7 +622,6 @@ Remote.prototype.request_ledger_entry = function (type) {
 
       // console.log('request_ledger_entry: caught');
 
-
       if (self._ledger_hash) {
         // A specific ledger is requested.
 
@@ -913,6 +912,19 @@ Remote.prototype.request_account_balance = function (account, current) {
       });
 };
 
+// Return a request to emit the owner count.
+Remote.prototype.request_owner_count = function (account, current) {
+  var request = this.request_ledger_entry('account_root');
+
+  return request
+    .account_root(account)
+    .ledger_choose(current)
+    .on('success', function (message) {
+        // If the caller also waits for 'success', they might run before this.
+        request.emit('owner_count', message.node.OwnerCount);
+      });
+};
+
 // Return the next account sequence if possible.
 // <-- undefined or Sequence
 Remote.prototype.account_seq = function (account, advance) {
diff --git a/test/offer-test.js b/test/offer-test.js
index e464c29557..8612f6b18d 100644
--- a/test/offer-test.js
+++ b/test/offer-test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ buster.testRunner.timeout = 5000;
 
 buster.testCase("Offer tests", {
   'setUp'     : testutils.build_setup(),
+  // 'setUp'     : testutils.build_setup({ verbose: true }),
   'tearDown'  : testutils.build_teardown(),
 
   "offer create then cancel in one ledger" :
@@ -344,6 +345,11 @@ buster.testCase("Offer tests", {
 
             testutils.create_accounts(self.remote, "root", "10000.0", ["alice", "bob", "mtgox"], callback);
           },
+          function (callback) {
+            self.what = "Owner count undefined.";
+
+            testutils.verify_owner_count(self.remote, "bob", undefined, callback);
+          },
           function (callback) {
             self.what = "Set limits.";
 
@@ -354,6 +360,16 @@ buster.testCase("Offer tests", {
               },
               callback);
           },
+          function (callback) {
+            self.what = "Owner counts after trust.";
+
+            testutils.verify_owner_counts(self.remote,
+              {
+                "alice" : 1,
+                "bob" : 1,
+              },
+              callback);
+          },
           function (callback) {
             self.what = "Distribute funds.";
 
@@ -376,6 +392,16 @@ buster.testCase("Offer tests", {
                 })
               .submit();
           },
+          function (callback) {
+            self.what = "Owner counts after offer create.";
+
+            testutils.verify_owner_counts(self.remote,
+              {
+                "alice" : 1,
+                "bob" : 2,
+              },
+              callback);
+          },
           function (callback) {
             self.what = "Verify offer balance.";
 
@@ -409,6 +435,16 @@ buster.testCase("Offer tests", {
 
             testutils.verify_offer_not_found(self.remote, "bob", seq, callback);
           },
+          function (callback) {
+            self.what = "Owner counts after consumed.";
+
+            testutils.verify_owner_counts(self.remote,
+              {
+                "alice" : 1,
+                "bob" : 1,
+              },
+              callback);
+          },
         ], function (error) {
           buster.refute(error, self.what);
           done();
diff --git a/test/testutils.js b/test/testutils.js
index 76d1d55328..07fd28d37d 100644
--- a/test/testutils.js
+++ b/test/testutils.js
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ var build_teardown = function (host) {
 var create_accounts = function (remote, src, amount, accounts, callback) {
   assert(5 === arguments.length);
 
+  remote.set_account_seq(src, 1);
+
   async.forEach(accounts, function (account, callback) {
     // Cache the seq as 1.
     // Otherwise, when other operations attempt to opperate async against the account they may get confused.
@@ -364,6 +366,36 @@ var verify_offer_not_found = function (remote, owner, seq, callback) {
     .request();
 };
 
+var verify_owner_count = function (remote, account, value, callback) {
+  assert(4 === arguments.length);
+
+  remote.request_owner_count(account, 'CURRENT')
+    .once('owner_count', function (owner_count) {
+        if (owner_count !== value)
+          console.log("owner_count: %s/%d", owner_count, value);
+
+        callback(owner_count !== value);
+      })
+    .request();
+};
+
+var verify_owner_counts = function (remote, counts, callback) {
+  var tests = [];
+
+  for (var src in counts) {
+      tests.push( { "source" : src, "count" : counts[src] } );
+  }
+
+  async.every(tests,
+    function (check, callback) {
+      verify_owner_count(remote, check.source, check.count,
+        function (mismatch) { callback(!mismatch); });
+    },
+    function (every) {
+      callback(!every);
+    });
+};
+
 exports.account_dump            = account_dump;
 
 exports.build_setup             = build_setup;
@@ -378,5 +410,7 @@ exports.verify_balance          = verify_balance;
 exports.verify_balances         = verify_balances;
 exports.verify_offer            = verify_offer;
 exports.verify_offer_not_found  = verify_offer_not_found;
+exports.verify_owner_count      = verify_owner_count;
+exports.verify_owner_counts     = verify_owner_counts;
 
 // vim:sw=2:sts=2:ts=8:et