diff --git a/src/storage/model.cpp b/src/storage/model.cpp
index 62fb56d..be250a7 100644
--- a/src/storage/model.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/model.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ void define_sparse_model(py::module& m) {
     py::class_<SparseMdp<double>, std::shared_ptr<SparseMdp<double>>>(m, "SparseMdp", "MDP in sparse representation", model)
         .def(py::init<SparseMdp<double>>(), py::arg("other_model"))
         .def_property_readonly("nondeterministic_choice_indices", [](SparseMdp<double> const& mdp) { return mdp.getNondeterministicChoiceIndices(); })
+        .def("get_nr_available_actions", [](SparseMdp<double> const& mdp, uint64_t stateIndex) { return mdp.getNondeterministicChoiceIndices()[stateIndex+1] - mdp.getNondeterministicChoiceIndices()[stateIndex] ; }, py::arg("state"))
         .def("apply_scheduler", [](SparseMdp<double> const& mdp, storm::storage::Scheduler<double> const& scheduler, bool dropUnreachableStates) { return mdp.applyScheduler(scheduler, dropUnreachableStates); } , "apply scheduler", "scheduler"_a, "drop_unreachable_states"_a = true)
         .def("__str__", &getModelInfoPrinter)
     ;