diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BasicCollectionToDtoMapper.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BasicCollectionToDtoMapper.java
index dfa8702849..4700d22841 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BasicCollectionToDtoMapper.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BasicCollectionToDtoMapper.java
@@ -39,9 +39,18 @@ abstract class BasicCollectionToDtoMapper<E extends ModelObject, D extends HalRe
       embedDtos(dtos)
     );
     collectionDto.setPage(pageNumber);
+    collectionDto.setPageTotal(computePageTotal(pageSize, pageResult));
     return collectionDto;
   }
 
+  private int computePageTotal(int pageSize, PageResult<E> pageResult) {
+    if (pageResult.getOverallCount() % pageSize > 0) {
+      return pageResult.getOverallCount() / pageSize + 1;
+    } else {
+      return pageResult.getOverallCount() / pageSize;
+    }
+  }
+
   private Links createLinks(NumberedPaging page) {
     String baseUrl = createSelfLink();
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/UserCollectionToDtoMapperTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/UserCollectionToDtoMapperTest.java
index 93cacaaf6d..4fb9402dfc 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/UserCollectionToDtoMapperTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/UserCollectionToDtoMapperTest.java
@@ -119,6 +119,30 @@ public class UserCollectionToDtoMapperTest {
     assertEquals("Wurst", ((UserDto) users.get(1)).getName());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void shouldCreatePageTotal_forSparsePages() {
+    PageResult<User> pageResult = createPage(createUsers("Hannes", "Karl", "Piet"), 0, 1);
+
+    CollectionDto collectionDto = mapper.map(0, 2, pageResult);
+    assertEquals(2, collectionDto.getPageTotal());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldCreatePageTotal_forCompletePages() {
+    PageResult<User> pageResult = createPage(createUsers("Hannes", "Karl", "Piet", "Hein"), 0, 1);
+
+    CollectionDto collectionDto = mapper.map(0, 2, pageResult);
+    assertEquals(2, collectionDto.getPageTotal());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldCreatePageTotal_forNoPages() {
+    PageResult<User> pageResult = createPage(createUsers(), 0, 1);
+
+    CollectionDto collectionDto = mapper.map(0, 1, pageResult);
+    assertEquals(0, collectionDto.getPageTotal());
+  }
+
   private PageResult<User> mockPageResult(String... userNames) {
     return createPage(createUsers(userNames), 0, userNames.length);
   }