diff --git a/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/Daemon.py b/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/Daemon.py
index ba8e2ad62..f19d62d28 100644
--- a/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/Daemon.py
+++ b/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/Daemon.py
@@ -1816,6 +1816,8 @@ class Daemon(metaclass=JSONRPCServerType):
                                                     'publish_time', 'amount', 'effective_amount',
                                                     'support_amount', 'trending_group', 'trending_mixed',
                                                     'trending_local', 'trending_global', 'activation_height'
+            --no_totals                     : (bool) do not calculate the total number of pages and items in result set
+                                                     (significant performance boost)
 
         Returns: {Paginated[Output]}
         """
@@ -1826,11 +1828,11 @@ class Daemon(metaclass=JSONRPCServerType):
         page_num, page_size = abs(kwargs.pop('page', 1)), min(abs(kwargs.pop('page_size', 10)), 50)
         kwargs.update({'offset': page_size * (page_num-1), 'limit': page_size})
         txos, offset, total = await self.ledger.claim_search(**kwargs)
-        return {
-            "items": txos, "page": page_num, "page_size": page_size,
-            "total_pages": int((total + (page_size-1)) / page_size),
-            "total_items": total
-        }
+        result = {"items": txos, "page": page_num, "page_size": page_size}
+        if not kwargs.pop('no_totals', False):
+            result['total_pages'] = int((total + (page_size-1)) / page_size)
+            result['total_items'] = total
+        return result
 
     CHANNEL_DOC = """
     Create, update, abandon and list your channel claims.
diff --git a/lbry/lbry/schema/result.py b/lbry/lbry/schema/result.py
index c91392b13..f8fef7b29 100644
--- a/lbry/lbry/schema/result.py
+++ b/lbry/lbry/schema/result.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class Outputs:
     def to_bytes(cls, txo_rows, extra_txo_rows, offset=0, total=None) -> bytes:
         page = OutputsMessage()
         page.offset = offset
-        page.total = total or len(txo_rows)
+        if total is not None:
+            page.total = total
         for row in txo_rows:
             cls.row_to_message(row, page.txos.add())
         for row in extra_txo_rows:
diff --git a/lbry/lbry/wallet/server/db.py b/lbry/lbry/wallet/server/db.py
index 044820d63..dae79af60 100644
--- a/lbry/lbry/wallet/server/db.py
+++ b/lbry/lbry/wallet/server/db.py
@@ -923,7 +923,8 @@ class SQLDB:
         'any_tags', 'all_tags', 'not_tags',
         'any_locations', 'all_locations', 'not_locations',
         'any_languages', 'all_languages', 'not_languages',
-        'is_controlling', 'limit', 'offset', 'order_by'
+        'is_controlling', 'limit', 'offset', 'order_by',
+        'no_totals',
     } | INTEGER_PARAMS
 
     ORDER_FIELDS = {
@@ -933,7 +934,9 @@ class SQLDB:
     def search(self, constraints) -> Tuple[List, List, int, int]:
         assert set(constraints).issubset(self.SEARCH_PARAMS), \
             f"Search query contains invalid arguments: {set(constraints).difference(self.SEARCH_PARAMS)}"
-        total = self.get_claims_count(**constraints)
+        total = None
+        if not constraints.pop('no_totals', False):
+            total = self.get_claims_count(**constraints)
         constraints['offset'] = abs(constraints.get('offset', 0))
         constraints['limit'] = min(abs(constraints.get('limit', 10)), 50)
         if 'order_by' not in constraints:
diff --git a/lbry/tests/integration/test_claim_commands.py b/lbry/tests/integration/test_claim_commands.py
index 1ce02aa6d..24685e8d1 100644
--- a/lbry/tests/integration/test_claim_commands.py
+++ b/lbry/tests/integration/test_claim_commands.py
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ class ClaimSearchCommand(ClaimTestCase):
         out_of_bounds = await self.claim_search(page=2, page_size=20, channel='@abc')
         self.assertEqual(out_of_bounds, [])
 
+        results = await self.daemon.jsonrpc_claim_search()
+        self.assertEqual(results['total_pages'], 2)
+        self.assertEqual(results['total_items'], 13)
+
+        results = await self.daemon.jsonrpc_claim_search(no_totals=True)
+        self.assertNotIn('total_pages', results)
+        self.assertNotIn('total_items', results)
+
     async def test_tag_search(self):
         claim1 = await self.stream_create('claim1', tags=['aBc'])
         claim2 = await self.stream_create('claim2', tags=['#abc', 'def'])