diff --git a/crates/tor-proto/semver.md b/crates/tor-proto/semver.md
index df03b656f..d8c59a803 100644
--- a/crates/tor-proto/semver.md
+++ b/crates/tor-proto/semver.md
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ and returns a `Result`
 BREAKING: `ClientCirc::allow_stream_requests` now expects `self` to be
 `&Arc<ClientCirc>`
 ADDED: `HopNum` is now public
+ADDED: `ClientCirc::last_hop_num`
diff --git a/crates/tor-proto/src/circuit.rs b/crates/tor-proto/src/circuit.rs
index fb12f547b..3d02a9d05 100644
--- a/crates/tor-proto/src/circuit.rs
+++ b/crates/tor-proto/src/circuit.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,20 @@ impl ClientCirc {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Return the [`HopNum`](crate::HopNum) of the last hop of this circuit.
+    ///
+    /// Returns an error if there is no last hop.  (This should be impossible outside of the
+    /// tor-proto crate, but within the crate it's possible to have a circuit with no hops.)
+    pub fn last_hop_num(&self) -> Result<HopNum> {
+        Ok(self
+            .mutable
+            .lock()
+            .expect("poisoned lock")
+            .path
+            .last_hop_num()
+            .ok_or_else(|| internal!("no last hop index"))?)
+    }
+
     /// Return a description of all the hops in this circuit.
     ///
     /// This method is **deprecated** for several reasons: