diff --git a/Lidgren.Network/NetUtility.cs b/Lidgren.Network/NetUtility.cs
index 2d58a4b..20ac1e6 100644
--- a/Lidgren.Network/NetUtility.cs
+++ b/Lidgren.Network/NetUtility.cs
@@ -282,6 +282,18 @@ namespace Lidgren.Network
 			return bits;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Returns how many bits are necessary to hold a certain number
+		/// </summary>
+		[CLSCompliant(false)]
+		public static int BitsToHoldUInt64(ulong value)
+		{
+			int bits = 1;
+			while ((value >>= 1) != 0)
+				bits++;
+			return bits;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Returns how many bytes are required to hold a certain number of bits
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/UnitTests/MiscTests.cs b/UnitTests/MiscTests.cs
index cfdd6f2..8334628 100644
--- a/UnitTests/MiscTests.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/MiscTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ namespace UnitTests
 			Console.WriteLine("Misc tests OK");
 			
 			Console.WriteLine("Hex test: " + NetUtility.ToHexString(new byte[]{0xDE,0xAD,0xBE,0xEF}));
+
+			if (NetUtility.BitsToHoldUInt64((ulong)UInt32.MaxValue + 1ul) != 33)
+				throw new NetException("BitsToHoldUInt64 failed");
 		}
 	}
 }