diff --git a/manilaclient/api_versions.py b/manilaclient/api_versions.py
index 774ded60f..90d0630a0 100644
--- a/manilaclient/api_versions.py
+++ b/manilaclient/api_versions.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from manilaclient import utils
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-MAX_VERSION = '2.40'
+MAX_VERSION = '2.42'
 MIN_VERSION = '2.0'
 DEPRECATED_VERSION = '1.0'
 _VERSIONED_METHOD_MAP = {}
diff --git a/manilaclient/base.py b/manilaclient/base.py
index 0964ea31a..e4724680c 100644
--- a/manilaclient/base.py
+++ b/manilaclient/base.py
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ class Manager(utils.HookableMixin):
 
         with self.completion_cache('human_id', obj_class, mode="w"):
             with self.completion_cache('uuid', obj_class, mode="w"):
-                return [obj_class(self, res, loaded=True)
-                        for res in data if res]
+                resource = [obj_class(self, res, loaded=True)
+                            for res in data if res]
+                if 'count' in body:
+                    return resource, body['count']
+                else:
+                    return resource
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def completion_cache(self, cache_type, obj_class, mode):
diff --git a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
index d0e3dfb58..bf24b53db 100644
--- a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
+++ b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ class FakeHTTPClient(fakes.FakeHTTPClient):
                          "rel": "self"},
                     ],
                 },
-            ]
+            ],
+            'count': 2,
         }
         return (200, {}, shares)
 
diff --git a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shares.py b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shares.py
index ef377f590..e0d9ca7f7 100644
--- a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shares.py
+++ b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shares.py
@@ -321,6 +321,16 @@ class SharesTest(utils.TestCase):
                         + value + '&is_public=True'))
 
     def test_list_shares_detailed(self):
+        search_opts = {
+            'with_count': 'True',
+        }
+        shares, count = cs.shares.list(detailed=True, search_opts=search_opts)
+        cs.assert_called(
+            'GET', '/shares/detail?is_public=True&with_count=True')
+        self.assertEqual(2, count)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(shares))
+
+    def test_list_shares_detailed_with_count(self):
         cs.shares.list(detailed=True)
         cs.assert_called('GET', '/shares/detail?is_public=True')
 
diff --git a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
index 517ba3134..650904e8b 100644
--- a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
+++ b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
@@ -397,6 +397,25 @@ class ShellTest(test_utils.TestCase):
         )
         self.assert_called('GET', '/share-networks/detail')
 
+    @ddt.data('True', 'False')
+    def test_list_filter_with_count(self, value):
+        except_url = '/shares/detail?with_count=' + value
+        if value == 'False':
+            except_url = '/shares/detail'
+
+        for separator in self.separators:
+            self.run_command('list --count' + separator + value)
+            self.assert_called('GET', except_url)
+
+    @ddt.data('True', 'False')
+    def test_list_filter_with_count_invalid_version(self, value):
+        self.assertRaises(
+            exceptions.CommandError,
+            self.run_command,
+            'list --count ' + value,
+            version='2.41'
+        )
+
     @mock.patch.object(cliutils, 'print_list', mock.Mock())
     def test_share_instance_list(self):
         self.run_command('share-instance-list')
diff --git a/manilaclient/v2/shell.py b/manilaclient/v2/shell.py
index b11c6d616..e9bee33b0 100644
--- a/manilaclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/manilaclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -1627,6 +1627,14 @@ def do_snapshot_access_list(cs, args):
     action='single_alias',
     help='ID or path of the share export location. '
          'Available only for microversion >= 2.35.')
+@cliutils.arg(
+    '--count',
+    dest='count',
+    metavar='<True|False>',
+    choices=['True', 'False'],
+    default=False,
+    help='Display total number of shares to return. '
+         'Available only for microversion >= 2.42.')
 @cliutils.service_type('sharev2')
 def do_list(cs, args):
     """List NAS shares with filters."""
@@ -1692,14 +1700,28 @@ def do_list(cs, args):
             "Filtering by export location is only "
             "available with manila API version >= 2.35")
 
+    if (args.count and
+            cs.api_version.matches(
+                api_versions.APIVersion(), api_versions.APIVersion("2.41"))):
+        raise exceptions.CommandError(
+            "Display total number of shares is only "
+            "available with manila API version >= 2.42")
+
     if share_group:
         search_opts['share_group_id'] = share_group.id
 
-    shares = cs.shares.list(
-        search_opts=search_opts,
-        sort_key=args.sort_key,
-        sort_dir=args.sort_dir,
-    )
+    total_count = 0
+    if strutils.bool_from_string(args.count, strict=True):
+        search_opts['with_count'] = args.count
+        shares, total_count = cs.shares.list(
+            search_opts=search_opts, sort_key=args.sort_key,
+            sort_dir=args.sort_dir,
+        )
+    else:
+        shares = cs.shares.list(
+            search_opts=search_opts, sort_key=args.sort_key,
+            sort_dir=args.sort_dir,
+        )
     # NOTE(vponomaryov): usage of 'export_location' and
     # 'export_locations' columns may cause scaling issue using API 2.9+ and
     # when lots of shares are returned.
@@ -1712,6 +1734,8 @@ def do_list(cs, args):
             setattr(share, 'export_locations', els)
             setattr(share, 'export_location', els[0] if els else None)
     cliutils.print_list(shares, list_of_keys)
+    if args.count:
+        print("Shares in total: %s" % total_count)
 
 
 @cliutils.arg(
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-count-info-in-share-21a6b36c0f4c87b2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-count-info-in-share-21a6b36c0f4c87b2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ebbb8bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-count-info-in-share-21a6b36c0f4c87b2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Added ``with_count`` option in share's list commands since 2.42.