diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml
index 2d9e2f169..4962d10dd 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Channels.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ Pane {
                 icon.source: '../../icons/status_waiting.png'
             }
         }
+        MenuSeparator {}
+        MenuItem {
+            icon.color: 'transparent'
+            action: Action {
+                text: qsTr('Open Channel');
+                onTriggered: app.stack.push(Qt.resolvedUrl('OpenChannel.qml'))
+                icon.source: '../../icons/lightning.png'
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     ColumnLayout {
@@ -39,7 +48,7 @@ Pane {
 
             Label {
                 Layout.columnSpan: 2
-                text: qsTr('You have %1 open channels').arg(listview.count)
+                text: qsTr('You have %1 open channels').arg(Daemon.currentWallet.channelModel.numOpenChannels)
                 color: Material.accentColor
             }
 
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py
index 82c4103a2..272c68d52 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QAbstractListModel, QModelIndex
 from electrum.logging import get_logger
 from electrum.util import Satoshis, register_callback, unregister_callback
 from electrum.lnutil import LOCAL, REMOTE
+from electrum.lnchannel import ChannelState
 
 from .qetypes import QEAmount
 
@@ -88,12 +89,18 @@ class QEChannelListModel(QAbstractListModel):
         item['node_alias'] = lnworker.get_node_alias(lnc.node_id) or lnc.node_id.hex()
         item['short_cid'] = lnc.short_id_for_GUI()
         item['state'] = lnc.get_state_for_GUI()
+        item['state_code'] = lnc.get_state()
         item['capacity'] = QEAmount(amount_sat=lnc.get_capacity())
         item['can_send'] = QEAmount(amount_msat=lnc.available_to_spend(LOCAL))
         item['can_receive'] = QEAmount(amount_msat=lnc.available_to_spend(REMOTE))
         self._logger.debug(repr(item))
         return item
 
+    numOpenChannelsChanged = pyqtSignal()
+    @pyqtProperty(int, notify=numOpenChannelsChanged)
+    def numOpenChannels(self):
+        return sum([1 if x['state_code'] == ChannelState.OPEN else 0 for x in self.channels])
+
     @pyqtSlot()
     def init_model(self):
         self._logger.debug('init_model')
@@ -129,6 +136,7 @@ class QEChannelListModel(QAbstractListModel):
 
         mi = self.createIndex(modelindex, 0)
         self.dataChanged.emit(mi, mi, self._ROLE_KEYS)
+        self.numOpenChannelsChanged.emit()
 
     @pyqtSlot(str)
     def new_channel(self, cid):
@@ -141,3 +149,4 @@ class QEChannelListModel(QAbstractListModel):
                 self.beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(), 0, 0)
                 self.channels.insert(0,item)
                 self.endInsertRows()
+                self.numOpenChannelsChanged.emit()