diff --git a/wakuv2/nwaku.go b/wakuv2/nwaku.go
index 58f04bb4b97..da92e1ea770 100644
--- a/wakuv2/nwaku.go
+++ b/wakuv2/nwaku.go
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ package wakuv2
 		WAKU_CALL (waku_relay_get_num_connected_peers(ctx, pubSubTopic, (WakuCallBack) callback, resp) );
 	}
 
+	static void cGoWakuGetConnectedPeers(void* wakuCtx, void* resp) {
+		WAKU_CALL (waku_get_connected_peers(wakuCtx, (WakuCallBack) callback, resp) );
+	}
+
 	static void cGoWakuGetPeerIdsFromPeerStore(void* wakuCtx, void* resp) {
 		WAKU_CALL (waku_get_peerids_from_peerstore(wakuCtx, (WakuCallBack) callback, resp) );
 	}
@@ -2821,6 +2825,42 @@ func (self *Waku) GetNumConnectedRelayPeers(paramPubsubTopic ...string) (int, er
 	return 0, errors.New(errMsg)
 }
 
+func (self *Waku) GetConnectedPeers() (peer.IDSlice, error) {
+	var resp = C.allocResp()
+	defer C.freeResp(resp)
+	C.cGoWakuGetConnectedPeers(self.wakuCtx, resp)
+
+	if C.getRet(resp) == C.RET_OK {
+		peersStr := C.GoStringN(C.getMyCharPtr(resp), C.int(C.getMyCharLen(resp)))
+		if peersStr == "" {
+			return peer.IDSlice{}, nil
+		}
+		// peersStr contains a comma-separated list of peer ids
+		itemsPeerIds := strings.Split(peersStr, ",")
+
+		var peers peer.IDSlice
+		for _, peerId := range itemsPeerIds {
+			id, err := peer.Decode(peerId)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("GetConnectedPeers - decoding peerId: %w", err)
+			}
+			peers = append(peers, id)
+		}
+
+		return peers, nil
+	}
+	errMsg := C.GoStringN(C.getMyCharPtr(resp), C.int(C.getMyCharLen(resp)))
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("GetConnectedPeers: %s", errMsg)
+}
+
+func (self *Waku) GetNumConnectedPeers() (int, error) {
+	connecterPeers, err := self.GetConnectedPeers()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return len(connecterPeers), nil
+}
+
 func (self *Waku) GetPeerIdsFromPeerStore() (peer.IDSlice, error) {
 	var resp = C.allocResp()
 	defer C.freeResp(resp)
diff --git a/wakuv2/nwaku_test.go b/wakuv2/nwaku_test.go
index 8c2d1952ff1..f1853ed8063 100644
--- a/wakuv2/nwaku_test.go
+++ b/wakuv2/nwaku_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/ping"
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/store"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ func TestBasicWakuV2(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, isDisconnected, "nwaku should be disconnected from the store node")
 
 	// Re-connect
-	err = w.DialPeerByID(storeNode.ID)
+	err = w.DialPeerByID(storeNode.ID, ping.ID)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ func TestDial(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, receiverPeerCount == 0, "Receiver node should have no connected peers")
 
 	// Dial
-	err = dialerNode.DialPeer(receiverMultiaddr[0])
+	err = dialerNode.DialPeer(receiverMultiaddr[0], ping.ID)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)