diff --git a/modules/node/node.module b/modules/node/node.module
index dc6532483cfdc8fb330e83f7714a4f27d154ff1d..8ea70f98b15a13faf58c7463e22328259ac22a02 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1542,16 +1542,10 @@ function node_search_execute($keys = NULL) {
   // Add the ranking expressions.
   _node_rankings($query);
 
-  // Add a count query.
-  $inner_query = clone $query;
-  $count_query = db_select($inner_query->fields('i', array('sid')), NULL, array('target' => 'slave'));
-  $count_query->addExpression('COUNT(*)');
-  $query->setCountQuery($count_query);
+  // Load results.
   $find = $query
     ->limit(10)
     ->execute();
-
-  // Load results.
   $results = array();
   foreach ($find as $item) {
     // Render the node.
diff --git a/modules/search/search.api.php b/modules/search/search.api.php
index 408cff34fb33dab01e4b2b6b2ad58843a30ed138..21f4174b943e220e6e1504dee4ebf65a6a78359d 100644
--- a/modules/search/search.api.php
+++ b/modules/search/search.api.php
@@ -177,16 +177,10 @@ function hook_search_execute($keys = NULL) {
   // Add the ranking expressions.
   _node_rankings($query);
 
-  // Add a count query.
-  $inner_query = clone $query;
-  $count_query = db_select($inner_query->fields('i', array('sid')));
-  $count_query->addExpression('COUNT(*)');
-  $query->setCountQuery($count_query);
+  // Load results.
   $find = $query
     ->limit(10)
     ->execute();
-
-  // Load results.
   $results = array();
   foreach ($find as $item) {
     // Build the node body.
diff --git a/modules/search/search.extender.inc b/modules/search/search.extender.inc
index 047853a9c2ab8ce7f1c1a83623418685df2f4678..1eae2caa6c629bd5dedb8c919c77b763fdff3030 100644
--- a/modules/search/search.extender.inc
+++ b/modules/search/search.extender.inc
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ public function execute()
       return new DatabaseStatementEmpty();
     }
 
+    // Add conditions to query.
     $this->join('search_dataset', 'd', 'i.sid = d.sid AND i.type = d.type');
     $this->condition($this->conditions);
 
@@ -443,4 +444,35 @@ public function execute()
 
     return $this->query->execute();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Build the default count query for SearchQuery.
+   *
+   * Since SearchQuery always uses GROUP BY, we can default to a subquery. Also
+   * adding the same conditions as execute() because countQuery() is called
+   * first.
+   */
+  public function countQuery() {
+    // Clone the inner query.
+    $inner = clone $this->query;
+
+    // Add conditions to query.
+    $inner->join('search_dataset', 'd', 'i.sid = d.sid AND i.type = d.type');
+    $inner->condition($this->conditions);
+
+    // Remove existing fields and expressions, they are not needed for a count
+    // query.
+    $fields =& $inner->getFields();
+    $fields = array();
+    $expressions =& $inner->getExpressions();
+    $expressions = array();
+
+    // Add the sid as the only field and count them as a subquery.
+    $count = db_select($inner->fields('i', array('sid')), NULL, array('target' => 'slave'));
+
+    // Add the COUNT() expression.
+    $count->addExpression('COUNT(*)');
+
+    return $count;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/search/search.test b/modules/search/search.test
index 1a78c9eb46d756aa69f72e577fe28d469932b9d8..0a5e069e3294567ff2f0c52d300af1062c64c321 100644
--- a/modules/search/search.test
+++ b/modules/search/search.test
@@ -593,6 +593,66 @@ class SearchBlockTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Tests that searching for a phrase gets the correct page count.
+ */
+class SearchExactTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Search engine phrase queries',
+      'description' => 'Tests that searching for a phrase gets the correct page count.',
+      'group' => 'Search',
+    );
+  }
+
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp('search');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the correct number of pager links are found for both keywords and phrases.
+   */
+  function testExactQuery() {
+    // Login with sufficient privileges.
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(array('create page content', 'search content')));
+
+    $settings = array(
+      'type' => 'page',
+      'title' => 'Simple Node',
+    );
+    // Create nodes with exact phrase.
+    for ($i = 0; $i <= 17; $i++) {
+      $settings['body'] = array(LANGUAGE_NONE => array(array('value' => 'love pizza')));
+      $this->drupalCreateNode($settings);
+    }
+    // Create nodes containing keywords.
+    for ($i = 0; $i <= 17; $i++) {
+      $settings['body'] = array(LANGUAGE_NONE => array(array('value' => 'love cheesy pizza')));
+      $this->drupalCreateNode($settings);
+    }
+
+    // Update the search index.
+    module_invoke_all('update_index');
+    search_update_totals();
+
+    // Refresh variables after the treatment.
+    $this->refreshVariables();
+
+    // Test that the correct number of pager links are found for keyword search.
+    $edit = array('keys' => 'love pizza');
+    $this->drupalPost('search/node', $edit, t('Search'));
+    $this->assertLinkByHref('page=1', 0, '2nd page link is found for keyword search.');
+    $this->assertLinkByHref('page=2', 0, '3rd page link is found for keyword search.');
+    $this->assertLinkByHref('page=3', 0, '4th page link is found for keyword search.');
+    $this->assertNoLinkByHref('page=4', '5th page link is not found for keyword search.');
+
+    // Test that the correct number of pager links are found for exact phrase search.
+    $edit = array('keys' => '"love pizza"');
+    $this->drupalPost('search/node', $edit, t('Search'));
+    $this->assertLinkByHref('page=1', 0, '2nd page link is found for exact phrase search.');
+    $this->assertNoLinkByHref('page=2', '3rd page link is not found for exact phrase search.');
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * Test integration searching comments.