diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83276f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Matrix library in C
diff --git a/src/matrix.c b/src/matrix.c
index eadbbd0..021225c 100644
--- a/src/matrix.c
+++ b/src/matrix.c
@@ -302,6 +302,15 @@ void mtxPrint (MTXMatrix self) {
     }
 }
 
+unsigned int mtxGetRowNum(MTXMatrix self)
+{
+    return self->rows;
+}
+
+unsigned int mtxGetColNum(MTXMatrix self)
+{
+    return self->columns;
+}
 /* ========================================================================== */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/matrix.h b/src/matrix.h
index 92b0ac4..4330e29 100644
--- a/src/matrix.h
+++ b/src/matrix.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ MTXMatrix mtxGetRotationMatrix(MTXMatrix self, unsigned i, unsigned j);
 MTXMatrix mtxGetEigenvalues (MTXMatrix self, double tolerance);
 
 void mtxPrint (const MTXMatrix self);
+unsigned int mtxGetRowNum(MTXMatrix self);
+unsigned int mtxGetColNum(MTXMatrix self);
 
 /* ========================================================================== */