diff --git a/app/models/variant_override.rb b/app/models/variant_override.rb
index dcb281ea80..9549d02b2e 100644
--- a/app/models/variant_override.rb
+++ b/app/models/variant_override.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ class VariantOverride < ActiveRecord::Base
   }
 
   def self.price_for(hub, variant)
-    VariantOverride.where(variant_id: variant, hub_id: hub).first.andand.price
+    self.for(hub, variant).andand.price
   end
+
+  def self.count_on_hand_for(hub, variant)
+    self.for(hub, variant).andand.count_on_hand
+  end
+
+
+  private
+
+  def self.for(hub, variant)
+    VariantOverride.where(variant_id: variant, hub_id: hub).first
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/variant_override_spec.rb b/spec/models/variant_override_spec.rb
index d592262c97..af6ecb91b7 100644
--- a/spec/models/variant_override_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/variant_override_spec.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,18 @@ describe VariantOverride do
       VariantOverride.price_for(hub, variant).should be_nil
     end
   end
+
+  describe "looking up count on hand" do
+    let(:variant) { create(:variant) }
+    let(:hub)     { create(:distributor_enterprise) }
+
+    it "returns the numeric stock level when present" do
+      VariantOverride.create!(variant: variant, hub: hub, count_on_hand: 12)
+      VariantOverride.count_on_hand_for(hub, variant).should == 12
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil otherwise" do
+      VariantOverride.count_on_hand_for(hub, variant).should be_nil
+    end
+  end
 end