diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/query/ReindexerRepositoryQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/query/ReindexerRepositoryQuery.java
index 166ad1f..220b781 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/query/ReindexerRepositoryQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/query/ReindexerRepositoryQuery.java
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ public Object execute(Object[] parameters) {
 		if (this.tree.isExistsProjection()) {
 			return query.exists();
 		}
+		if (this.tree.isCountProjection()) {
+			return query.count();
+		}
 		return query.findOne();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/ReindexerRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/ReindexerRepositoryTests.java
index b39a425..776a3ba 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/ReindexerRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/reindexer/repository/ReindexerRepositoryTests.java
@@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ public void existsByName() {
 		assertTrue(this.repository.existsByName(testItem.getName()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void countByValue() {
+		this.repository.save(new TestItem(1L, "TestName1", "TestValue"));
+		this.repository.save(new TestItem(2L, "TestName2", "TestValue"));
+		this.repository.save(new TestItem(3L, "TestName3", "TestValue1"));
+		assertEquals(2, this.repository.countByValue("TestValue"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void findByEnumStringIn() {
 		List<TestItem> expectedItems = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -837,6 +845,8 @@ Optional<TestItem> findOneSqlByNameAndValueManyParams(String name1, String name2
 		List<TestItem> findByTestEnumOrdinalIn(TestEnum... values);
 
 		boolean existsByName(String name);
+
+		int countByValue(String name);
 	}
 
 	@Namespace(name = NAMESPACE_NAME)