diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e87f483c4..8f1ba9213 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 
-## 1.18.1
+## 1.19.0
+
+### Features
+- Add a frames property to the tile source as a short hand for getting the number of frames from the metadata ([#1014](../../pull/1014))
 
 ### Improvements
 - Better release file handles ([#1007](../../pull/1007))
-- Support tiny images from the test source ([#1011](../../pull/1011))
+- Support tiny images from the test source ([#1013](../../pull/1013))
 
 ### Changes
 - Don't report filename in internal PIL metadata ([#1006](../../pull/1006))
diff --git a/large_image/tilesource/base.py b/large_image/tilesource/base.py
index 290d06530..cad7837c0 100644
--- a/large_image/tilesource/base.py
+++ b/large_image/tilesource/base.py
@@ -2572,6 +2572,13 @@ def getPixel(self, includeTileRecord=False, **kwargs):
                     pixel.update(dict(zip([img.mode.lower()], [img.load()[0, 0]])))
         return pixel
 
+    @property
+    def frames(self):
+        """A property with the number of frames."""
+        if not hasattr(self, '_frameCount'):
+            self._frameCount = len(self.getMetadata().get('frames', [])) or 1
+        return self._frameCount
+
 
 class FileTileSource(TileSource):
 
diff --git a/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py b/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py
index d798230ed..2574fa429 100644
--- a/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py
+++ b/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def __init__(self, path, **kwargs):
         self.levels = int(max(1, math.ceil(math.log(
             float(max(self.sizeX, self.sizeY)) / self.tileWidth) / math.log(2)) + 1))
         try:
-            self._framecount = (
+            self._frameCount = (
                 self._nd2.metadata.contents.channelCount * self._nd2.metadata.contents.frameCount)
         except Exception:
             self._nd2.close()
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def getMetadata(self):
         axes = self._nd2order[:self._nd2order.index('Y')][::-1]
         sizes = self._nd2.sizes
         result['frames'] = frames = []
-        for idx in range(self._framecount):
+        for idx in range(self._frameCount):
             frame = {'Frame': idx}
             basis = 1
             ref = {}
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ def getInternalMetadata(self, **kwargs):
     @methodcache()
     def getTile(self, x, y, z, pilImageAllowed=False, numpyAllowed=False, **kwargs):
         frame = self._getFrame(**kwargs)
-        self._xyzInRange(x, y, z, frame, self._framecount)
+        self._xyzInRange(x, y, z, frame, self._frameCount)
         x0, y0, x1, y1, step = self._xyzToCorners(x, y, z)
         tileframe = self._nd2array
-        fc = self._framecount
+        fc = self._frameCount
         fp = frame
         for axis in self._nd2order[:self._nd2order.index('Y')]:
             fc //= self._nd2.sizes[axis]
diff --git a/test/test_source_base.py b/test/test_source_base.py
index 2e9f9dd05..22fad6c68 100644
--- a/test/test_source_base.py
+++ b/test/test_source_base.py
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ def testSourcesTilesAndMethods(source, filename):
     #  assert len(ts.histogram()['histogram']) >= 1
     #  assert ts.histogram(onlyMinMax=True)['min'][0] is not None
     # Test multiple frames if they exist
+    assert ts.frames >= 1
     if len(tileMetadata.get('frames', [])) > 1:
+        assert ts.frames == len(tileMetadata['frames'])
         tsf = sourceClass(imagePath, frame=len(tileMetadata['frames']) - 1)
         tileMetadata = tsf.getMetadata()
         utilities.checkTilesZXY(tsf, tileMetadata)