diff --git a/docu/mars-user-manual.lyx b/docu/mars-user-manual.lyx
index dd9ccb50..00e2be41 100644
--- a/docu/mars-user-manual.lyx
+++ b/docu/mars-user-manual.lyx
@@ -35486,6 +35486,35 @@ df
 \begin_layout Labeling
 \labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
 
+\family typewriter
+total-space
+\family default
+ (available since mars0.1astable140, global, no resource argument necessary)
+ Shows the 
+\emph on
+logically present
+\emph default
+ space in 
+\family typewriter
+/mars/
+\family default
+, which may deviate from the physically available space as indicated by
+ the 
+\family typewriter
+df
+\family default
+ command.
+ Similarly to 
+\family typewriter
+rest-space
+\family default
+ but independently from it, this is also safeguarded and rounded down.
+ Computational details may change in future MARS releases.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Labeling
+\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
+
 \family typewriter
 get-{disk,device}
 \family default
diff --git a/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c b/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c
index cdbbaaf7..68e35f4f 100644
--- a/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c
+++ b/kernel/sy_old/mars_main.c
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ int compute_emergency_mode(void)
 
 	present = raw_total_space - limit;
 	global_total_space = present;
+	__make_alivelink("total-space", present / (1024 * 1024), true);
 
 	if (mars_throttle_start > 0 &&
 	    mars_throttle_end > mars_throttle_start &&
diff --git a/userspace/marsadm b/userspace/marsadm
index dba31555..92dc57e4 100755
--- a/userspace/marsadm
+++ b/userspace/marsadm
@@ -6103,7 +6103,7 @@ sub link_purge_global {
   # only when a new kernel is running
   if (defined($kernel_compat) && $kernel_compat ne "") {
     my $keep_hours = 0;
-    my $glob = "{alive,buildtag,emergency,features,rest-space,time,tree,usable,used,compat-alivelinks}";
+    my $glob = "{alive,buildtag,emergency,features,{rest,total}-space,time,tree,usable,used,compat-alivelinks}";
     # Notice: $kernel_compat might differ from $compat_alivelinks
     # For example, this can happen temporarily during join-cluster & co
     if (!$kernel_compat) {
@@ -8141,7 +8141,7 @@ sub eval_fn {
       $lnk = correct_path($lnk);
       return get_link($lnk, 1);
     }
-    if (/^(tree|rest-space)$/) {
+    if (/^(tree|(rest|total)-space)$/) {
       my $what = $1;
       return get_alive_link($what, $$env{"host"}, 1)
     }
@@ -9207,7 +9207,7 @@ my %trivial_globs =
    => "",
    "is-{member,guest}"
    => "",
-   "rest-space"
+   "{rest,total}-space"
    => "",
    "get-{disk,device}"
    => "",