diff --git a/rpc.js b/rpc.js
index 15e06c8a4..72991450b 100644
--- a/rpc.js
+++ b/rpc.js
@@ -212,14 +212,45 @@ var getChannelList = function (store, Sessions, publicKey, cb) {
 
 var getFileSize = function (store, channel, cb) {
     if (!isValidChannel(channel)) { return void cb('INVALID_CHAN'); }
+    if (typeof(store.getChannelSize) !== 'function') {
+        return cb('GET_CHANNEL_SIZE_UNSUPPORTED');
+    }
 
-    // TODO don't blow up if their store doesn't have this API
     return void store.getChannelSize(channel, function (e, size) {
         if (e) { return void cb(e.code); }
         cb(void 0, size);
     });
 };
 
+var getMultipleFileSize = function (store, channels, cb) {
+    if (!isValidChannel(channel)) { }
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(channels)) { return cb('INVALID_LIST'); }
+    if (typeof(store.getChannelSize) !== 'function') {
+        return cb('GET_CHANNEL_SIZE_UNSUPPORTED');
+    }
+
+    var i = channels.length;
+    var counts = {};
+
+    var done = function () {
+        i--;
+        if (i === 0) { return cb(void 0, counts); }
+    };
+
+    channels.forEach(function (channel) {
+        store.getChannelSize(channel, function (e, size) {
+            if (e) {
+                counts[channel] = -1;
+                return done();
+            }
+
+            counts[channel] = size;
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+};
+
 var getTotalSize = function (pinStore, messageStore, Sessions, publicKey, cb) {
     var bytes = 0;
 
@@ -430,6 +461,13 @@ RPC.create = function (config, cb) {
                 });
             case 'GET_FILE_SIZE':
                 return void getFileSize(ctx.store, msg[1], Respond);
+            case 'GET_MULTIPLE_FILE_SIZE':
+                return void getMultipleFileSize(ctx.store, msg[1], function (e, dict) {
+                    if (e) { return void Respond(e); }
+                    Respond(void 0, dict);
+                });
+                return void Respond('NOT_IMPLEMENTED');
+                break;
             default:
                 return void Respond('UNSUPPORTED_RPC_CALL', msg);
         }
diff --git a/www/common/pinpad.js b/www/common/pinpad.js
index f4d789a5e..b3e97ca24 100644
--- a/www/common/pinpad.js
+++ b/www/common/pinpad.js
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ define([
                 });
             };
 
+            // take a list of channels and return a dictionary of their sizes
+            exp.getMultipleFileSize = function (files, cb) {
+                if (!Array.isArray(files)) {
+                    return window.setTimeout(function () {
+                        cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
+                    });
+                }
+                rpc.send('GET_MULTIPLE_FILE_SIZE', files, function (e, res) {
+                    if (e) { return void cb(e); }
+                    if (typeof(res) !== 'object') {
+                        return void cb('INVALID_RESPONSE');
+                    }
+                })
+            };
+
             // get the combined size of all channels (in bytes) for all the
             // channels which the server has pinned for your publicKey
             exp.getFileListSize = function (cb) {