diff --git a/src/simpleweightedgraph.jl b/src/simpleweightedgraph.jl
index 8750b67..f2bbb21 100644
--- a/src/simpleweightedgraph.jl
+++ b/src/simpleweightedgraph.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ mutable struct SimpleWeightedGraph{T<:Integer, U<:Real} <: AbstractSimpleWeighte
 
 end
 
-ne(g::SimpleWeightedGraph) = nnz(g.weights) ÷ 2
+ne(g::SimpleWeightedGraph) = (nnz(g.weights) + nselfloop(g)) ÷ 2
+
+function nselfloop(g::SimpleWeightedGraph)
+    n = 0
+    for i in axes(g.weights, 1)
+        n += g.weights[i, i] != 0
+    end
+    return n
+end
 
 SimpleWeightedGraph{T}(adjmx::SparseMatrixCSC{U, T}) where {T <: Integer, U <: Real} =
     SimpleWeightedGraph{T, U}(adjmx)
diff --git a/test/simpleweightedgraph.jl b/test/simpleweightedgraph.jl
index f526c91..0850a0c 100644
--- a/test/simpleweightedgraph.jl
+++ b/test/simpleweightedgraph.jl
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@ using SimpleWeightedGraphs
 
 @testset "SimpleWeightedGraphs" begin
     @info("Ignore warnings relating to adding and removing vertices and edges")
-    adjmx1 = [0 1 0; 1 0 1; 0 1 0] # SimpleWeightedGraph
-    adjmx2 = [0 1 0; 1 0 1; 1 1 0] # SimpleWeightedDiGraph
+    adjmx1 = [0 1 0; 1 1 1; 0 1 0] # SimpleWeightedGraph
+    adjmx2 = [0 1 0; 1 1 1; 1 1 0] # SimpleWeightedDiGraph
     # specific concrete generators - no need for loop
     @test @inferred(eltype(SimpleWeightedGraph())) == Int
     @test @inferred(eltype(SimpleWeightedGraph(adjmx1))) == Int
     @test_throws ErrorException SimpleWeightedGraph(adjmx2)
 
     @test @inferred(ne(SimpleWeightedGraph(path_digraph(5)))) == 4
+    @test @inferred(ne(SimpleWeightedGraph(adjmx1))) == 3
     @test @inferred(!is_directed(SimpleWeightedGraph))
 
     @test @inferred(eltype(SimpleWeightedDiGraph())) == Int
     @test @inferred(eltype(SimpleWeightedDiGraph(adjmx2))) == Int
     @test @inferred(ne(SimpleWeightedDiGraph(path_graph(5)))) == 8
+    @test @inferred(ne(SimpleWeightedDiGraph(adjmx2))) == 6
     @test @inferred(is_directed(SimpleWeightedDiGraph))