diff --git a/docs-site/content/docs/the-app/controller.md b/docs-site/content/docs/the-app/controller.md
index 7c424d7be..bbd32272d 100644
--- a/docs-site/content/docs/the-app/controller.md
+++ b/docs-site/content/docs/the-app/controller.md
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ impl PaginationResponse {
                 page: pagination_query.page,
                 page_size: pagination_query.page_size,
                 total_pages: data.total_pages,
+                total_items: data.total_items,
             },
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/controller/views/pagination.rs b/src/controller/views/pagination.rs
index 09d53f966..8fb31fcf2 100644
--- a/src/controller/views/pagination.rs
+++ b/src/controller/views/pagination.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pub struct PagerMeta {
     pub page_size: u64,
     #[serde(rename(serialize = "total_pages"))]
     pub total_pages: u64,
+    #[serde(rename(serialize = "total_items"))]
+    pub total_items: u64,
 }
 
 impl<T> Pager<T> {
diff --git a/src/model/query/paginate/mod.rs b/src/model/query/paginate/mod.rs
index 04ef388b9..af2a19a9b 100644
--- a/src/model/query/paginate/mod.rs
+++ b/src/model/query/paginate/mod.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ where
 pub struct PageResponse<T> {
     pub page: Vec<T>,
     pub total_pages: u64,
+    pub total_items: u64,
 }
 
 use crate::Result as LocoResult;
@@ -163,10 +164,14 @@ where
     };
 
     let query = entity.paginate(db, pagination_query.page_size);
-    let total_pages = query.num_pages().await?;
+    let total_pages_and_items = query.num_items_and_pages().await?;
     let page: Vec<<E as EntityTrait>::Model> = query.fetch_page(page).await?;
 
-    let paginated_response = PageResponse { page, total_pages };
+    let paginated_response = PageResponse {
+        page,
+        total_pages: total_pages_and_items.number_of_pages,
+        total_items: total_pages_and_items.number_of_items,
+    };
 
     Ok(paginated_response)
 }
@@ -211,8 +216,12 @@ where
     };
 
     let query = selector.paginate(db, pagination_query.page_size);
-    let total_pages = query.num_pages().await?;
+    let total_pages_and_items = query.num_items_and_pages().await?;
     let page = query.fetch_page(page).await?;
 
-    Ok(PageResponse { page, total_pages })
+    Ok(PageResponse {
+        page,
+        total_pages: total_pages_and_items.number_of_pages,
+        total_items: total_pages_and_items.number_of_items,
+    })
 }