diff --git a/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f5b16285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class CountsController < ApplicationController
+  respond_to :xml, :json
+
+  def posts
+    @count = Post.fast_count(params[:tags])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/counts/posts.json.erb b/app/views/counts/posts.json.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..002fead90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/counts/posts.json.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"counts": {"posts": <%= @count %>}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/counts/posts.xml.erb b/app/views/counts/posts.xml.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e89efa3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/counts/posts.xml.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<counts>
+  <posts>
+    <%= @count %>
+  </posts>
+</counts>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6d43b60b6..8886f94b2 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Danbooru::Application.routes.draw do
       get :index_all
     end
   end
+  resources :counts do
+    collection do
+      get :posts
+    end
+  end
   resources :delayed_jobs, :only => [:index]
   resources :dmails do
     collection do