diff --git a/keras/api/_tf_keras/keras/distribution/__init__.py b/keras/api/_tf_keras/keras/distribution/__init__.py
index 66fed24c761d..25ca527ebb32 100644
--- a/keras/api/_tf_keras/keras/distribution/__init__.py
+++ b/keras/api/_tf_keras/keras/distribution/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     distribute_tensor as distribute_tensor,
 )
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import distribution as distribution
+from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import (
+    get_device_count as get_device_count,
+)
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import initialize as initialize
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import list_devices as list_devices
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import (
diff --git a/keras/api/distribution/__init__.py b/keras/api/distribution/__init__.py
index 66fed24c761d..25ca527ebb32 100644
--- a/keras/api/distribution/__init__.py
+++ b/keras/api/distribution/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     distribute_tensor as distribute_tensor,
 )
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import distribution as distribution
+from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import (
+    get_device_count as get_device_count,
+)
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import initialize as initialize
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import list_devices as list_devices
 from keras.src.distribution.distribution_lib import (
diff --git a/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib.py b/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib.py
index 6b5bf37314c0..1407c008910e 100644
--- a/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib.py
+++ b/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib.py
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ def list_devices(device_type=None):
     return [f"{device.platform}:{device.id}" for device in jax_devices]
 
 
+def get_device_count(device_type=None):
+    """Returns the number of available JAX devices.
+    Args:
+        device_type: Optional device type to count (e.g., "cpu", "gpu", "tpu").
+            If `None`, it defaults to counting "gpu" or "tpu" devices if
+            available, otherwise it counts "cpu" devices. It does not
+            return the sum of all device types.
+    Returns:
+        int: The total number of JAX devices for the specified type.
+    """
+    device_type = device_type.lower() if device_type else None
+    return jax.device_count(device_type)
+
+
 def distribute_variable(value, layout):
     """Create a distributed variable for JAX.
 
diff --git a/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib_test.py b/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib_test.py
index 8938c14fc50a..3ee3a2bc91b7 100644
--- a/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib_test.py
+++ b/keras/src/backend/jax/distribution_lib_test.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
-    backend.backend() != "jax",
-    reason="Backend specific test",
+    backend.backend() != "jax" or len(jax.devices()) != 8,
+    reason="Backend specific test and requires 8 devices",
 )
 class JaxDistributionLibTest(testing.TestCase):
     def _create_jax_layout(self, sharding):
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ def _create_jax_layout(self, sharding):
 
         return sharding
 
+    def test_get_device_count(self):
+        self.assertEqual(backend_dlib.get_device_count(), 8)
+        self.assertEqual(backend_dlib.get_device_count("cpu"), 8)
+
     def test_list_devices(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(distribution_lib.list_devices()), 8)
         self.assertEqual(len(distribution_lib.list_devices("cpu")), 8)
diff --git a/keras/src/distribution/distribution_lib.py b/keras/src/distribution/distribution_lib.py
index 2daef40a2ed8..abf2b79e2c62 100644
--- a/keras/src/distribution/distribution_lib.py
+++ b/keras/src/distribution/distribution_lib.py
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ def list_devices(device_type=None):
     return distribution_lib.list_devices(device_type)
 
 
+@keras_export("keras.distribution.get_device_count")
+def get_device_count(device_type=None):
+    """Returns the number of available JAX devices.
+    Args:
+        device_type: Optional device type to count (e.g., "cpu", "gpu", "tpu").
+            If `None`, it defaults to counting "gpu" or "tpu" devices if
+            available, otherwise it counts "cpu" devices. It does not
+            return the sum of all device types.
+    Returns:
+        int: The total number of JAX devices for the specified type.
+    """
+    return distribution_lib.get_device_count(device_type=device_type)
+
+
 @keras_export("keras.distribution.initialize")
 def initialize(job_addresses=None, num_processes=None, process_id=None):
     """Initialize the distribution system for multi-host/process setting.