diff --git a/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
index 35694b3ee..4baf35f2d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 class CountsController < ApplicationController
-  respond_to :xml, :json
+  respond_to :html, :xml, :json
 
   def posts
     estimate_count = params.fetch(:estimate_count, "true").truthy?
     skip_cache = params.fetch(:skip_cache, "false").truthy?
     @count = PostQueryBuilder.new(params[:tags], CurrentUser.user).normalized_query.fast_count(timeout: CurrentUser.statement_timeout, estimate_count: estimate_count, skip_cache: skip_cache)
+
+    if request.format.xml?
+      respond_with({ posts: @count }, root: "counts")
+    else
+      respond_with({ counts: { posts: @count }})
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/counts/posts.json.erb b/app/views/counts/posts.json.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c68802cb..000000000
--- a/app/views/counts/posts.json.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"counts": {"posts": <%= @count %>}}
diff --git a/app/views/counts/posts.xml.erb b/app/views/counts/posts.xml.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ae07f67d..000000000
--- a/app/views/counts/posts.xml.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<counts>
-  <posts>
-    <%= @count %>
-  </posts>
-</counts>
diff --git a/test/functional/counts_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/counts_controller_test.rb
index 24c6dad03..b400521de 100644
--- a/test/functional/counts_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/counts_controller_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ class CountsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
         get posts_counts_path
         assert_response :success
       end
+
+      should "render for json" do
+        get posts_counts_path(format: :json)
+        assert_response :success
+      end
+
+      should "render for xml" do
+        get posts_counts_path(format: :xml)
+        assert_response :success
+      end
     end
   end
 end