diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/TestFileUtils.java b/src/org/labkey/test/TestFileUtils.java
index a860e0481e..3af44b7639 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/TestFileUtils.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/TestFileUtils.java
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -118,6 +120,16 @@ public static String getFileContents(Path path)
         }
     }
 
+    public static long getFileRowCount(final File file) throws IOException
+    {
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)))
+        {
+            long lines = 0;
+            while (reader.readLine() != null) lines++;
+            return lines;
+        }
+    }
+
     public static String getStreamContentsAsString(InputStream is) throws IOException
     {
         return StringUtils.join(IOUtils.readLines(is, Charset.defaultCharset()).toArray(), System.lineSeparator());