diff --git a/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmobject.c b/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmobject.c
--- a/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmobject.c
+++ b/lib/libutil/kinfo_getvmobject.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 #include "libutil.h"
 
-struct kinfo_vmobject *
-kinfo_getvmobject(int *cntp)
+static struct kinfo_vmobject *
+kinfo_getvmobject_impl(int *cntp, const char *vmobjsysctl)
 {
 	char *buf, *bp, *ep;
 	struct kinfo_vmobject *kvo, *list, *kp;
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
 
 	buf = NULL;
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-		if (sysctlbyname("vm.objects", NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+		if (sysctlbyname(vmobjsysctl, NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
 			free(buf);
 			return (NULL);
 		}
 		buf = reallocf(buf, len);
 		if (buf == NULL)
 			return (NULL);
-		if (sysctlbyname("vm.objects", buf, &len, NULL, 0) == 0)
+		if (sysctlbyname(vmobjsysctl, buf, &len, NULL, 0) == 0)
 			goto unpack;
 		if (errno != ENOMEM) {
 			free(buf);
@@ -94,3 +94,15 @@
 	*cntp = cnt;
 	return (list);
 }
+
+struct kinfo_vmobject *
+kinfo_getvmobject(int *cntp)
+{
+	return (kinfo_getvmobject_impl(cntp, "vm.objects"));
+}
+
+struct kinfo_vmobject *
+kinfo_getswapvmobject(int *cntp)
+{
+	return (kinfo_getvmobject_impl(cntp, "vm.swap_objects"));
+}
diff --git a/lib/libutil/libutil.h b/lib/libutil/libutil.h
--- a/lib/libutil/libutil.h
+++ b/lib/libutil/libutil.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 	kinfo_getvmmap(pid_t _pid, int *_cntp);
 struct kinfo_vmobject *
 	kinfo_getvmobject(int *_cntp);
+struct kinfo_vmobject *
+	kinfo_getswapvmobject(int *_cntp);
 struct kinfo_proc *
 	kinfo_getallproc(int *_cntp);
 struct kinfo_proc *