diff -urN mantis.orig/api/soap/mantisconnect.wsdl mantis/api/soap/mantisconnect.wsdl
--- mantis.orig/api/soap/mantisconnect.wsdl     2015-01-25 18:00:30.000000000 -0500
+++ mantis/api/soap/mantisconnect.wsdl  2015-10-25 16:34:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -738,6 +738,13 @@
   <part name="per_page" type="xsd:integer" /></message>
 <message name="mc_filter_get_issuesResponse">
   <part name="return" type="tns:IssueDataArray" /></message>
+<message name="mc_filter_get_issue_countRequest">
+  <part name="username" type="xsd:string" />
+  <part name="password" type="xsd:string" />
+  <part name="project_id" type="xsd:integer" />
+  <part name="filter_id" type="xsd:integer" /></message>
+<message name="mc_filter_get_issue_countResponse">
+  <part name="return" type="xsd:integer" /></message>
 <message name="mc_filter_get_issue_headersRequest">
   <part name="username" type="xsd:string" />
   <part name="password" type="xsd:string" />
@@ -1089,6 +1096,11 @@
     <input message="tns:mc_filter_get_issuesRequest"/>
     <output message="tns:mc_filter_get_issuesResponse"/>
   </operation>
+  <operation name="mc_filter_get_issue_count">
+    <documentation>Get the count of issues that match the specified filter.</documentation>
+    <input message="tns:mc_filter_get_issue_countRequest"/>
+    <output message="tns:mc_filter_get_issue_countResponse"/>
+  </operation>
   <operation name="mc_filter_get_issue_headers">
     <documentation>Get the issue headers that match the specified filter and paging details.  Pass &quot;-1&quot; for the per_page parameter to get all issues.</documentation>
     <input message="tns:mc_filter_get_issue_headersRequest"/>
@@ -1427,6 +1439,11 @@
     <input><soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/></input>
     <output><soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/></output>
   </operation>
+  <operation name="mc_filter_get_issue_count">
+    <soap:operation soapAction="http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/api/soap/mantisconnect.php/mc_filter_get_issue_count" style="rpc"/>
+    <input><soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/></input>
+    <output><soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/></output>
+  </operation>
   <operation name="mc_filter_get_issue_headers">
     <soap:operation soapAction="http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/api/soap/mantisconnect.php/mc_filter_get_issue_headers" style="rpc"/>
     <input><soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/></input>
diff -urN mantis.orig/api/soap/mc_filter_api.php mantis/api/soap/mc_filter_api.php
--- mantis.orig/api/soap/mc_filter_api.php      2015-01-25 18:00:30.000000000 -0500
+++ mantis/api/soap/mc_filter_api.php   2015-10-25 16:38:23.000000000 -0400
@@ -84,6 +84,46 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Get count of issues matching the specified filter.
+ *
+ * @param string $p_username  The name of the user trying to access the filters.
+ * @param string $p_password  The password of the user.
+ * @param integer $p_project_id  The id of the project to retrieve filters for.
+ * @param integer $p_filter_id  The id of the filter to apply.
+ * @return Array that represents an IssueDataArray structure
+ */
+function mc_filter_get_issue_count( $p_username, $p_password, $p_project_id, $p_filter_id) {
+       $t_user_id = mci_check_login( $p_username, $p_password );
+       if( $t_user_id === false ) {
+               return mci_soap_fault_login_failed();
+       }
+       $t_lang = mci_get_user_lang( $t_user_id );
+       
+       if( !mci_has_readonly_access( $t_user_id, $p_project_id ) ) {
+               return mci_soap_fault_access_denied( $t_user_id );
+       }
+
+       $p_page_number = 0;
+       $p_per_page = -1;
+
+       $t_orig_page_number = $p_page_number < 1 ? 1 : $p_page_number;
+       $t_page_count = 0;
+       $t_bug_count = 0;
+       $t_filter = filter_db_get_filter( $p_filter_id );
+       $t_filter_detail = explode( '#', $t_filter, 2 );
+       if( !isset( $t_filter_detail[1] ) ) {
+               return SoapObjectsFactory::newSoapFault( 'Server',  'Invalid Filter' );
+       }
+       $t_filter = unserialize( $t_filter_detail[1] );
+       $t_filter = filter_ensure_valid_filter( $t_filter );
+
+       $t_result = array();
+       $t_rows = filter_get_bug_rows( $p_page_number, $p_per_page, $t_page_count, $t_bug_count, $t_filter, $p_project_id );
+
+       return $t_bug_count;
+}
+
+/**
  * Get the issue headers that match the specified filter and paging details.
  *
  * @param string $p_username  The name of the user trying to access the filters.