diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/AdaptiveStreamSearcher.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/AdaptiveStreamSearcher.java
index d718fde..8bb5c3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/AdaptiveStreamSearcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/AdaptiveStreamSearcher.java
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ public class AdaptiveStreamSearcher implements LuceneStreamSearcher {
 	private final SimpleStreamSearcher simpleStreamSearcher;
 	private final ParallelCollectorStreamSearcher parallelCollectorStreamSearcher;
 	private final PagedStreamSearcher pagedStreamSearcher;
+	private final CountStreamSearcher countStreamSearcher;
 
 	public AdaptiveStreamSearcher() {
 		this.simpleStreamSearcher = new SimpleStreamSearcher();
 		this.parallelCollectorStreamSearcher = new ParallelCollectorStreamSearcher();
 		this.pagedStreamSearcher = new PagedStreamSearcher(simpleStreamSearcher);
+		this.countStreamSearcher = new CountStreamSearcher();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ public class AdaptiveStreamSearcher implements LuceneStreamSearcher {
 			@Nullable Sort luceneSort,
 			String keyFieldName,
 			Consumer<String> consumer) throws IOException {
-		if (luceneSort == null) {
+		if (limit == 0) {
+			return countStreamSearcher.count(indexSearcher, query);
+		} else if (luceneSort == null) {
 			return parallelCollectorStreamSearcher.streamSearch(indexSearcher, query, limit, null, keyFieldName, consumer);
 		} else {
 			if (limit > PagedStreamSearcher.MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/CountStreamSearcher.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/CountStreamSearcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..473d7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/luceneutil/CountStreamSearcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package it.cavallium.dbengine.database.luceneutil;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * Search that only count approximate results without returning any result
+ */
+public class CountStreamSearcher implements LuceneStreamSearcher {
+
+	@Override
+	public Long streamSearch(IndexSearcher indexSearcher,
+			Query query,
+			int limit,
+			@Nullable Sort luceneSort,
+			String keyFieldName,
+			Consumer<String> consumer) throws IOException {
+		if (limit != 0) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("CountStream doesn't support a limit different than 0");
+		}
+		if (luceneSort != null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("CountStream doesn't support sorting");
+		}
+		if (consumer != null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("CountStream doesn't support a results consumer");
+		}
+		if (keyFieldName != null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("CountStream doesn't support a key field");
+		}
+		return count(indexSearcher, query);
+	}
+
+	public long count(IndexSearcher indexSearcher, Query query) throws IOException {
+		return indexSearcher.count(query);
+	}
+}