diff --git a/library/Icinga/Data/Db/DbQuery.php b/library/Icinga/Data/Db/DbQuery.php
index 50bdecf00..5062c8caf 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Data/Db/DbQuery.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Data/Db/DbQuery.php
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ class DbQuery extends SimpleQuery
     {
         // TODO: there may be situations where we should clone the "select"
         $count = $this->dbSelect();
-
+        if ($this->group) {
+            $count->group($this->group);
+        }
         $this->applyFilterSql($count);
         if ($this->useSubqueryCount || $this->group) {
             $count->columns($this->columns);