diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
index c9bbf0e0c0..c9fb7222f7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@
  */
 
 using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Threading;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Security;
 using System.Security.Policy;
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Xml;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenMetaverse.StructuredData;
@@ -272,6 +273,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
                 OnObjectRemoved += m_XmlRpcRouter.ObjectRemoved;
             }
 
+            MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand(
+                "scripts", false, "xengine status", "xengine status", "Show status information",
+                "Show status information on the script engine.",
+                HandleShowStatus);
+
             MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand(
                 "scripts", false, "scripts show", "scripts show [<script-item-uuid>]", "Show script information",
                 "Show information on all scripts known to the script engine."
@@ -359,6 +365,24 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             }
         }
 
+        private void HandleShowStatus(string module, string[] cmdparams)
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            sb.AppendFormat("Status of XEngine instance for {0}\n", m_Scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+
+            lock (m_Scripts)
+                sb.AppendFormat("Scripts loaded             : {0}\n", m_Scripts.Count);
+
+            sb.AppendFormat("Unique scripts             : {0}\n", m_uniqueScripts.Count);
+            sb.AppendFormat("Scripts waiting for load   : {0}\n", m_CompileQueue.Count);
+            sb.AppendFormat("Allocated threads          : {0}\n", m_ThreadPool.ActiveThreads);
+            sb.AppendFormat("In use threads             : {0}\n", m_ThreadPool.InUseThreads);
+            sb.AppendFormat("Work items waiting         : {0}\n", m_ThreadPool.WaitingCallbacks);
+//            sb.AppendFormat("Assemblies loaded          : {0}\n", m_Assemblies.Count);
+
+            MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat(sb.ToString());
+        }
+
         public void HandleShowScripts(string module, string[] cmdparams)
         {
             if (cmdparams.Length == 2)