diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
index 14d2dbc1e..1867217bf 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ namespace kiwix {
     this->resultOffset = this->results.begin();
 
     oData["results"] = resultsCDT;
+    oData["count"] = this->estimatedResultCount;
 
     STLW::string sResult;
     StringOutputCollector oDataCollector(sResult);