diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.h b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.h
index 150f2745aaa8e2c520c7e72d3825a189121d9498..8f5fdd8eef34f0a57fc50faaa0b314d092a990d4 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.h
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.h
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 @interface RCTAppleHealthKit (Methods_Fitness)
 
 - (void)fitness_getStepCountForToday:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback;
+- (void)fitness_getStepCountForDay:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback;
 
 @end
diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.m
index 31ac748ce524b6430b2d45a2238391f72f80e2dd..abd99385b8ac40f6d15f493a238a688412783523 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.m
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #import "RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Fitness.h"
 #import "RCTAppleHealthKit+Queries.h"
+#import "RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.h"
 
 @implementation RCTAppleHealthKit (Methods_Fitness)
 
@@ -27,4 +28,27 @@
     }];
 }
 
+
+- (void)fitness_getStepCountForDay:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback
+{
+    NSDate *date = [RCTAppleHealthKit dateFromOptions:input];
+    if(date == nil) {
+        callback(@[RCTMakeError(@"could not parse date from options.date", nil, nil)]);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    HKQuantityType *stepCountType = [HKObjectType quantityTypeForIdentifier:HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount];
+    HKUnit *stepsUnit = [HKUnit countUnit];
+
+    [self fetchSumOfSamplesOnDayForType:stepCountType unit:stepsUnit day:date completion:^(double totalSteps, NSError *error) {
+        if (!totalSteps) {
+            NSLog(@"could not fetch step count for day: %@", error);
+            callback(@[RCTMakeError(@"could not fetch step count for day", error, nil)]);
+            return;
+        }
+        callback(@[[NSNull null], @(totalSteps)]);
+    }];
+}
+
+
 @end