diff --git a/src/Query/Builder.php b/src/Query/Builder.php
index 62b977b..a7e7eb4 100644
--- a/src/Query/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Query/Builder.php
@@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ public function aggregations(): Aggregation
         return $this->aggregations;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the Dsl Query object.
+     *
+     * @return \AviationCode\Elasticsearch\Query\Dsl\Query
+     */
+    public function query(): Query
+    {
+        return $this->query;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Perform a raw elastic query.
      *
@@ -378,6 +388,16 @@ public function get()
         ], $this->model->getIndexName(), ['typed_keys' => true]), $this->model);
     }
 
+    public function count(): int
+    {
+        return (int) ($this->getClient()->count(
+            [
+                'index' => $this->model->getIndexName(),
+                'body' => array_filter(['query' => $this->query->toArray()]),
+            ]
+        )['count']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Force a clone of the underlying query builder when cloning.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CountTest.php b/tests/Feature/CountTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823624d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/CountTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace AviationCode\Elasticsearch\Tests\Feature;
+
+use AviationCode\Elasticsearch\Query\Dsl\Boolean\Must;
+use AviationCode\Elasticsearch\Tests\Feature\TestModels\Article;
+use Elasticsearch\Client;
+
+class CountTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var Client|\Mockery\LegacyMockInterface|\Mockery\MockInterface
+     */
+    private $client;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->app->instance('elasticsearch.client', $this->client = \Mockery::mock(Client::class));
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_count_the_documents_without_filtering()
+    {
+        $this->client
+            ->shouldReceive('count')
+            ->with(['index' => 'article', 'body' => []])
+            ->andReturn(
+                [
+                    'count' => 122,
+                    '_shards' => [
+                        'total' => 1,
+                        'successful' => 1,
+                        'skipped' => 0,
+                        'failed' => 0,
+                    ],
+                ]
+            );
+
+        $this->assertSame(122, $this->elastic->query(Article::class)->count());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_count_the_documents_without_an_eloquent_model()
+    {
+        $this->client
+            ->shouldReceive('count')
+            ->with(['index' => 'article', 'body' => []])
+            ->andReturn(
+                [
+                    'count' => 6,
+                    '_shards' => [
+                        'total' => 1,
+                        'successful' => 1,
+                        'skipped' => 0,
+                        'failed' => 0,
+                    ],
+                ]
+            );
+
+        $this->assertSame(6, $this->elastic->query('article')->count());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_count_the_matching_documents_with_filter()
+    {
+        $this->client
+            ->shouldReceive('count')
+            ->with(
+                [
+                    'index' => 'article',
+                    'body' => [
+                        'query' => [
+                            'bool' => [
+                                'must' => [
+                                    [
+                                        'exists' => [
+                                            'field' => 'published_at',
+                                        ],
+                                    ],
+                                ],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ]
+            )
+            ->andReturn(
+                [
+                    'count' => 12,
+                    '_shards' => [
+                        'total' => 1,
+                        'successful' => 1,
+                        'skipped' => 0,
+                        'failed' => 0,
+                    ],
+                ]
+            );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            12,
+            $this->elastic
+                ->query('article')
+                ->must(
+                    function (Must $must) {
+                        $must->exists('published_at');
+                    }
+                )
+                ->count()
+        );
+    }
+}