diff --git a/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/GetChildItem2.cs b/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/GetChildItem2.cs
index 7548972..788c035 100644
--- a/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/GetChildItem2.cs
+++ b/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/GetChildItem2.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Management.Automation;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace NTFSSecurity
 {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ namespace NTFSSecurity
         private SwitchParameter skipMountPoints;
         private SwitchParameter skipSymbolicLinks;
         private bool getFileSystemModeProperty = false;
+        private bool identifyHardLinks = false;
         private int? depth;
 
         WildcardPattern wildcard = null;
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ namespace NTFSSecurity
             modeMethodInfo = typeof(FileSystemCodeMembers).GetMethod("Mode");
 
             getFileSystemModeProperty = (bool)((Hashtable)MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.PrivateData)["GetFileSystemModeProperty"];
+            identifyHardLinks = (bool)((Hashtable)MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.PrivateData)["IdentifyHardLinks"];
         }
 
         protected override void ProcessRecord()
@@ -303,6 +306,18 @@ namespace NTFSSecurity
                     if (getFileSystemModeProperty)
                         item.Properties.Add(new PSCodeProperty("Mode", modeMethodInfo));
 
+                    if (identifyHardLinks == true && current is FileInfo)
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            item.Properties.Add(new PSNoteProperty("HardLinkCount", Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.File.EnumerateHardlinks(current.FullName).Count()));
+                        }
+                        catch
+                        {
+                            WriteDebug(string.Format("Could not read hard links for '{0}'", current.FullName));
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     WriteObject(item);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/NTFSSecurity/NTFSSecurity.psd1 b/NTFSSecurity/NTFSSecurity.psd1
index ef53dc1..a9c80f7 100644
--- a/NTFSSecurity/NTFSSecurity.psd1
+++ b/NTFSSecurity/NTFSSecurity.psd1
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 		GetInheritedFrom = $true
 		GetFileSystemModeProperty = $true
 		ShowAccountSid = $false
+		IdentifyHardLinks = $true
 
 		PSData = @{
 			Tags = @('AccessControl', 'ACL', 'DirectorySecurity', 'FileSecurity', 'FileSystem', 'FileSystemSecurity', 'NTFS', 'Module', 'AccessRights')