diff --git a/packages/interface-connection-manager/src/index.ts b/packages/interface-connection-manager/src/index.ts
index 23f4f3827..d7f849ec4 100644
--- a/packages/interface-connection-manager/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/interface-connection-manager/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ import type { Connection, MultiaddrConnection } from '@libp2p/interface-connecti
 import type { PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface-peer-id'
 import type { Multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
 
+export type PendingDialStatus = 'queued' | 'active' | 'error' | 'success'
+
+export interface PendingDial {
+  id: string
+  status: PendingDialStatus
+  peerId?: PeerId
+  multiaddrs: Multiaddr[]
+}
+
 export interface ConnectionManagerEvents {
   /**
    * This event will be triggered any time a new Connection is established to another peer.
@@ -93,4 +102,15 @@ export interface ConnectionManager extends EventEmitter<ConnectionManagerEvents>
    * Invoked after upgrading a multiaddr connection has finished
    */
   afterUpgradeInbound: () => void
+
+  /**
+   * Return the list of in-progress or queued dials
+   *
+   * @example
+   *
+   * ```js
+   * const dials = libp2p.connectionManager.getDialQueue()
+   * ```
+   */
+  getDialQueue: () => PendingDial[]
 }
diff --git a/packages/interface-mocks/src/connection-manager.ts b/packages/interface-mocks/src/connection-manager.ts
index 6165f7988..9fd57280c 100644
--- a/packages/interface-mocks/src/connection-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/interface-mocks/src/connection-manager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from '@libp2p/interfaces/events'
 import type { Startable } from '@libp2p/interfaces/startable'
 import type { Connection } from '@libp2p/interface-connection'
 import { isPeerId, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface-peer-id'
-import type { ConnectionManager, ConnectionManagerEvents } from '@libp2p/interface-connection-manager'
+import type { ConnectionManager, ConnectionManagerEvents, PendingDial } from '@libp2p/interface-connection-manager'
 import { connectionPair } from './connection.js'
 import { CodeError } from '@libp2p/interfaces/errors'
 import type { Registrar } from '@libp2p/interface-registrar'
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ class MockConnectionManager extends EventEmitter<ConnectionManagerEvents> implem
   afterUpgradeInbound (): void {
 
   }
+
+  getDialQueue (): PendingDial[] {
+    return []
+  }
 }
 
 export function mockConnectionManager (components: MockConnectionManagerComponents): ConnectionManager {