diff --git a/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/Accounts.java b/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/Accounts.java
index eb2848934e7..44582ea7416 100644
--- a/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/Accounts.java
+++ b/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/Accounts.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public AccountListResult simpleQuery(
             @QueryParam("recursive") boolean recursive, //
             @QueryParam("sortParam") String sortParam,
             @QueryParam("sortDir") @DefaultValue("ASCENDING") SortOrder sortDir,
+            @QueryParam("askTotalCount") boolean askTotalCount,
             @QueryParam("offset") @DefaultValue("0") int offset, //
             @QueryParam("limit") @DefaultValue("50") int limit) throws KapuaException {
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public AccountListResult simpleQuery(
         }
 
         AccountQuery query = accountFactory.newQuery(scopeId);
+        query.setAskTotalCount(askTotalCount);
 
         AndPredicate andPredicate = query.andPredicate();
         if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(name)) {
diff --git a/rest-api/resources/src/main/resources/openapi/accounts/accounts-scopeId.yaml b/rest-api/resources/src/main/resources/openapi/accounts/accounts-scopeId.yaml
index 09fe28f8cc3..6cffb645171 100644
--- a/rest-api/resources/src/main/resources/openapi/accounts/accounts-scopeId.yaml
+++ b/rest-api/resources/src/main/resources/openapi/accounts/accounts-scopeId.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ paths:
             type: boolean
         - $ref: '../openapi.yaml#/components/parameters/sortParam'
         - $ref: '../openapi.yaml#/components/parameters/sortDir'
+        - $ref: '../openapi.yaml#/components/parameters/askTotalCount'
         - $ref: '../openapi.yaml#/components/parameters/limit'
         - $ref: '../openapi.yaml#/components/parameters/offset'
       responses: