diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f886e3..7c85af3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - Made `exclude` option work with match all
 - Added `case_sensitive` option
 - Added `stem` option
+- Added `total_entries` option
 
 ## 3.1.0
 
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index 83bfb39..2b023ad 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Searchkick
         :boost_by, :boost_by_distance, :boost_by_recency, :boost_where, :conversions, :conversions_term, :debug, :emoji, :exclude, :execute, :explain,
         :fields, :highlight, :includes, :index_name, :indices_boost, :limit, :load,
         :match, :misspellings, :model_includes, :offset, :operator, :order, :padding, :page, :per_page, :profile,
-        :request_params, :routing, :scope_results, :select, :similar, :smart_aggs, :suggest, :track, :type, :where]
+        :request_params, :routing, :scope_results, :select, :similar, :smart_aggs, :suggest, :total_entries, :track, :type, :where]
       raise ArgumentError, "unknown keywords: #{unknown_keywords.join(", ")}" if unknown_keywords.any?
 
       term = term.to_s
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ module Searchkick
         misspellings: @misspellings,
         term: term,
         scope_results: options[:scope_results],
-        index_name: options[:index_name]
+        index_name: options[:index_name],
+        total_entries: options[:total_entries]
       }
 
       if options[:debug]
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/results.rb b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
index 5f0a277..70f14f3 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/results.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module Searchkick
     end
 
     def total_count
-      response["hits"]["total"]
+      options[:total_entries] || response["hits"]["total"]
     end
     alias_method :total_entries, :total_count
 
diff --git a/test/pagination_test.rb b/test/pagination_test.rb
index e5fbc1d..00ab7f4 100644
--- a/test/pagination_test.rb
+++ b/test/pagination_test.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ class PaginationTest < Minitest::Test
     assert products.first_page?
   end
 
+  def test_total_entries
+    products = Product.search("product", total_entries: 4)
+    assert_equal 4, products.total_entries
+  end
+
   def test_kaminari
     skip unless defined?(Kaminari)
 
--
libgit2 0.21.0