diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/boards/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/boards/issues_controller.rb
index 1a4f6b50e8f4b2fe72f2354d65c47be8711acb0a..9404612a993b3c6f27d610b7679d5792f639d9ed 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/boards/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/boards/issues_controller.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ module Projects
         issues = ::Boards::Issues::ListService.new(project, current_user, filter_params).execute
         issues = issues.page(params[:page])
 
-        render json: issues.as_json(
-          only: [:iid, :title, :confidential],
-          include: {
-            assignee: { only: [:id, :name, :username], methods: [:avatar_url] },
-            labels:   { only: [:id, :title, :description, :color, :priority], methods: [:text_color] }
-          })
+        render json: {
+          issues: issues.as_json(
+            only: [:iid, :title, :confidential],
+            include: {
+              assignee: { only: [:id, :name, :username], methods: [:avatar_url] },
+              labels:   { only: [:id, :title, :description, :color, :priority], methods: [:text_color] }
+            }),
+          size: issues.total_count
+        }
       end
 
       def update
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/issues.json b/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/issues.json
index 0d2067f704a1877ac765d2fc273e0c9c8a7089c2..70771b21c969d119e7ebf6397d16b9c0c9c31fc0 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/issues.json
+++ b/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/issues.json
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 {
-  "type": "array",
-  "items": { "$ref": "issue.json" }
+  "type": "object",
+  "required" : [
+    "issues",
+    "size"
+  ],
+  "properties" : {
+    "issues": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "issue.json" }
+    },
+    "size": { "type": "integer" }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
 }