diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/ping/broadcast/TransportBroadcastPingAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/ping/broadcast/TransportBroadcastPingAction.java
index e1572739b08..ce350b68bab 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/ping/broadcast/TransportBroadcastPingAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/ping/broadcast/TransportBroadcastPingAction.java
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public class TransportBroadcastPingAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAct
         return new BroadcastPingRequest();
     }
 
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(BroadcastPingRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterService.operationRouting().searchShards(clusterState, request.indices(), request.queryHint(), null, null);
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(BroadcastPingRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterService.operationRouting().searchShards(clusterState, concreteIndices, request.queryHint(), null, null);
     }
 
     @Override protected BroadcastPingResponse newResponse(BroadcastPingRequest request, AtomicReferenceArray shardsResponses, ClusterState clusterState) {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
index 67509e385e6..7ed18f27f70 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class TransportClearIndicesCacheAction extends TransportBroadcastOperatio
     /**
      * The refresh request works against *all* shards.
      */
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(ClearIndicesCacheRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(request.indices());
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(ClearIndicesCacheRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(concreteIndices);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportFlushAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportFlushAction.java
index 17038da2370..a184b4536f7 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportFlushAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/TransportFlushAction.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class TransportFlushAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Flus
     /**
      * The refresh request works against *all* shards.
      */
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(FlushRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(request.indices());
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(FlushRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(concreteIndices);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/gateway/snapshot/TransportGatewaySnapshotAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/gateway/snapshot/TransportGatewaySnapshotAction.java
index 114c6e6e7c3..233e789fdcc 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/gateway/snapshot/TransportGatewaySnapshotAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/gateway/snapshot/TransportGatewaySnapshotAction.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class TransportGatewaySnapshotAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationA
     /**
      * The snapshot request works against all primary shards.
      */
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(GatewaySnapshotRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterState.routingTable().primaryShardsGrouped(request.indices());
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(GatewaySnapshotRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterState.routingTable().primaryShardsGrouped(concreteIndices);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/optimize/TransportOptimizeAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/optimize/TransportOptimizeAction.java
index 531041dfbaa..b32a5a06496 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/optimize/TransportOptimizeAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/optimize/TransportOptimizeAction.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class TransportOptimizeAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAction<O
     /**
      * The refresh request works against *all* shards.
      */
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(OptimizeRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(request.indices());
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(OptimizeRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(concreteIndices);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/TransportRefreshAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/TransportRefreshAction.java
index 7fe58901756..2fd46c423fb 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/TransportRefreshAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/refresh/TransportRefreshAction.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class TransportRefreshAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Re
     /**
      * The refresh request works against *all* shards.
      */
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(RefreshRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(request.indices());
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(RefreshRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(concreteIndices);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java
index 5327761f2ed..dd58219287e 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ public class TransportIndicesStatusAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAct
     /**
      * Status goes across *all* shards.
      */
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(IndicesStatusRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(request.indices());
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(IndicesStatusRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterState.routingTable().allShardsGrouped(concreteIndices);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/ShardCountRequest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/ShardCountRequest.java
index 8bfdeaa1a49..d62a0f3d06c 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/ShardCountRequest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/ShardCountRequest.java
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ class ShardCountRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
     private String[] types = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;
     @Nullable private String queryParserName;
 
+    @Nullable private String[] filteringAliases;
+
     ShardCountRequest() {
 
     }
 
-    public ShardCountRequest(String index, int shardId, CountRequest request) {
+    public ShardCountRequest(String index, int shardId, @Nullable String[] filteringAliases, CountRequest request) {
         super(index, shardId);
         this.minScore = request.minScore();
         this.querySource = request.querySource();
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ class ShardCountRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
         this.querySourceLength = request.querySourceLength();
         this.queryParserName = request.queryParserName();
         this.types = request.types();
+        this.filteringAliases = filteringAliases;
     }
 
     public float minScore() {
@@ -81,6 +84,10 @@ class ShardCountRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
         return this.types;
     }
 
+    public String[] filteringAliases() {
+        return filteringAliases;
+    }
+
     @Override public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);
         minScore = in.readFloat();
@@ -98,6 +105,13 @@ class ShardCountRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
                 types[i] = in.readUTF();
             }
         }
+        int aliasesSize = in.readVInt();
+        if (aliasesSize > 0) {
+            filteringAliases = new String[aliasesSize];
+            for (int i = 0; i < aliasesSize; i++) {
+                filteringAliases[i] = in.readUTF();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
@@ -115,5 +129,13 @@ class ShardCountRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
         for (String type : types) {
             out.writeUTF(type);
         }
+        if (filteringAliases != null) {
+            out.writeVInt(filteringAliases.length);
+            for (String alias : filteringAliases) {
+                out.writeUTF(alias);
+            }
+        } else {
+            out.writeVInt(0);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/TransportCountAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/TransportCountAction.java
index a299bf1fa2f..f2158e3abbb 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/TransportCountAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/count/TransportCountAction.java
@@ -75,19 +75,20 @@ public class TransportCountAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Coun
     }
 
     @Override protected ShardCountRequest newShardRequest(ShardRouting shard, CountRequest request) {
-        return new ShardCountRequest(shard.index(), shard.id(), request);
+        String[] filteringAliases = clusterService.state().metaData().filteringAliases(shard.index(), request.indices());
+        return new ShardCountRequest(shard.index(), shard.id(), filteringAliases, request);
     }
 
     @Override protected ShardCountResponse newShardResponse() {
         return new ShardCountResponse();
     }
 
-    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(CountRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return clusterService.operationRouting().searchShards(clusterState, request.indices(), request.queryHint(), request.routing(), null);
+    @Override protected GroupShardsIterator shards(CountRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        return clusterService.operationRouting().searchShards(clusterState, concreteIndices, request.queryHint(), request.routing(), null);
     }
 
-    @Override protected void checkBlock(CountRequest request, ClusterState state) {
-        for (String index : request.indices()) {
+    @Override protected void checkBlock(CountRequest request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState state) {
+        for (String index : concreteIndices) {
             state.blocks().indexBlocked(ClusterBlockLevel.READ, index);
         }
     }
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public class TransportCountAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Coun
     @Override protected ShardCountResponse shardOperation(ShardCountRequest request) throws ElasticSearchException {
         IndexShard indexShard = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(request.index()).shardSafe(request.shardId());
         long count = indexShard.count(request.minScore(), request.querySource(), request.querySourceOffset(), request.querySourceLength(),
-                request.queryParserName(), request.types());
+                request.queryParserName(), request.filteringAliases(), request.types());
         return new ShardCountResponse(request.index(), request.shardId(), count);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java
index a7ea011e177..a7cbccbbf24 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/TransportBroadcastOperationAction.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public abstract class TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Request extends Broadcas
 
     protected abstract ShardResponse shardOperation(ShardRequest request) throws ElasticSearchException;
 
-    protected abstract GroupShardsIterator shards(Request request, ClusterState clusterState);
+    protected abstract GroupShardsIterator shards(Request request, String[] concreteIndices, ClusterState clusterState);
 
     /**
      * Allows to override how shard routing is iterated over. Default implementation uses
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public abstract class TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Request extends Broadcas
         return false;
     }
 
-    protected void checkBlock(Request request, ClusterState state) {
+    protected void checkBlock(Request request, String[] indices, ClusterState state) {
 
     }
 
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ public abstract class TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Request extends Broadcas
 
         private final AtomicReferenceArray shardsResponses;
 
+        private final String[] concreteIndices;
+
         AsyncBroadcastAction(Request request, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
             this.request = request;
             this.listener = listener;
@@ -150,11 +152,11 @@ public abstract class TransportBroadcastOperationAction<Request extends Broadcas
             clusterState = clusterService.state();
 
             // update to concrete indices
-            request.indices(clusterState.metaData().concreteIndices(request.indices()));
-            checkBlock(request, clusterState);
+            concreteIndices = clusterState.metaData().concreteIndices(request.indices());
+            checkBlock(request, concreteIndices, clusterState);
 
             nodes = clusterState.nodes();
-            shardsIts = shards(request, clusterState);
+            shardsIts = shards(request, concreteIndices, clusterState);
             expectedOps = shardsIts.size();
 
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
index af6d7bae055..9a37f33774e 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ public class Lucene {
     }
 
     public static long count(IndexSearcher searcher, Query query, float minScore) throws IOException {
+        return count(searcher, query, null, minScore);
+    }
+
+    public static long count(IndexSearcher searcher, Query query, Filter filter, float minScore) throws IOException {
         CountCollector countCollector = new CountCollector(minScore);
-        searcher.search(query, countCollector);
+        searcher.search(query, filter, countCollector);
         return countCollector.count();
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/IndexShard.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/IndexShard.java
index d126367814e..441b68d2578 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/IndexShard.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/IndexShard.java
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ public interface IndexShard extends IndexShardComponent {
 
     byte[] get(String type, String id) throws ElasticSearchException;
 
-    long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, @Nullable String queryParserName, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException;
+    long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, @Nullable String queryParserName, @Nullable String[] filteringAliases, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException;
 
-    long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, int querySourceOffset, int querySourceLength, @Nullable String queryParserName, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException;
+    long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, int querySourceOffset, int querySourceLength, @Nullable String queryParserName, @Nullable String[] filteringAliases, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException;
 
     void refresh(Engine.Refresh refresh) throws ElasticSearchException;
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/InternalIndexShard.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/InternalIndexShard.java
index 0dad9ed4837..627ae567936 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/InternalIndexShard.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/service/InternalIndexShard.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.CheckIndex;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Filter;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.FilteredQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.ThreadInterruptedException;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.aliases.IndexAliasesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.IndexCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.engine.*;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.*;
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ public class InternalIndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements I
 
     private final Translog translog;
 
+    private final IndexAliasesService indexAliasesService;
+
     private final Object mutex = new Object();
 
 
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ public class InternalIndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements I
     private final AtomicLong totalRefreshTime = new AtomicLong();
 
     @Inject public InternalIndexShard(ShardId shardId, @IndexSettings Settings indexSettings, IndexSettingsService indexSettingsService, IndicesLifecycle indicesLifecycle, Store store, Engine engine, MergeSchedulerProvider mergeScheduler, Translog translog,
-                                      ThreadPool threadPool, MapperService mapperService, IndexQueryParserService queryParserService, IndexCache indexCache) {
+                                      ThreadPool threadPool, MapperService mapperService, IndexQueryParserService queryParserService, IndexCache indexCache, IndexAliasesService indexAliasesService) {
         super(shardId, indexSettings);
         this.indicesLifecycle = (InternalIndicesLifecycle) indicesLifecycle;
         this.indexSettingsService = indexSettingsService;
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ public class InternalIndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements I
         this.mapperService = mapperService;
         this.queryParserService = queryParserService;
         this.indexCache = indexCache;
+        this.indexAliasesService = indexAliasesService;
         state = IndexShardState.CREATED;
 
         this.refreshInterval = indexSettings.getAsTime("engine.robin.refresh_interval", indexSettings.getAsTime("index.refresh_interval", engine.defaultRefreshInterval()));
@@ -361,12 +366,12 @@ public class InternalIndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements I
         }
     }
 
-    @Override public long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, @Nullable String queryParserName, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException {
-        return count(minScore, querySource, 0, querySource.length, queryParserName, types);
+    @Override public long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, @Nullable String queryParserName, @Nullable String[] filteringAliases, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException {
+        return count(minScore, querySource, 0, querySource.length, queryParserName, filteringAliases, types);
     }
 
     @Override public long count(float minScore, byte[] querySource, int querySourceOffset, int querySourceLength,
-                                @Nullable String queryParserName, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException {
+                                @Nullable String queryParserName, @Nullable String[] filteringAliases, String... types) throws ElasticSearchException {
         readAllowed();
         IndexQueryParser queryParser = queryParserService.defaultIndexQueryParser();
         if (queryParserName != null) {
@@ -380,9 +385,10 @@ public class InternalIndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements I
         // Don't cache it, since it might be very different queries each time...
 //        query = new ConstantScoreQuery(filterCache.cache(new QueryWrapperFilter(query)));
         query = filterByTypesIfNeeded(query, types);
+        Filter aliasFilter = indexAliasesService.aliasFilter(filteringAliases);
         Engine.Searcher searcher = engine.searcher();
         try {
-            long count = Lucene.count(searcher.searcher(), query, minScore);
+            long count = Lucene.count(searcher.searcher(), query, aliasFilter, minScore);
             if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                 logger.trace("count of [{}] is [{}]", query, count);
             }
diff --git a/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/aliases/IndexAliasesTests.java b/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/aliases/IndexAliasesTests.java
index 4c22fec4f88..416d54da374 100644
--- a/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/aliases/IndexAliasesTests.java
+++ b/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/aliases/IndexAliasesTests.java
@@ -229,22 +229,32 @@ public class IndexAliasesTests extends AbstractNodesTests {
         logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for two indices");
         SearchResponse searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("foos").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "1", "5");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("foos").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(2L));
 
         logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for one index");
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("bars").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "2");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("bars").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(1L));
 
         logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for two indices and one complete index");
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("foos", "test1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "1", "2", "3", "4", "5");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("foos", "test1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(5L));
 
         logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for two indices and non-filtering alias for one index");
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("foos", "aliasToTest1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "1", "2", "3", "4", "5");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("foos", "aliasToTest1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(5L));
 
         logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for two indices and non-filtering alias for both indices");
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("foos", "aliasToTests").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertThat(searchResponse.hits().totalHits(), equalTo(8L));
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("foos", "aliasToTests").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(8L));
+
+        logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for two indices and non-filtering alias for both indices");
+        searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("foos", "aliasToTests").setQuery(QueryBuilders.termQuery("name", "something")).execute().actionGet();
+        assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "4", "8");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("foos", "aliasToTests").setQuery(QueryBuilders.termQuery("name", "something")).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(2L));
     }
 
     @Test public void testSearchingFilteringAliasesMultipleIndices() throws Exception {
@@ -290,21 +300,27 @@ public class IndexAliasesTests extends AbstractNodesTests {
         logger.info("--> checking filtering alias for multiple indices");
         SearchResponse searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("filter23", "filter13").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "21", "31", "13", "33");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("filter23", "filter13").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(4L));
 
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("filter23", "filter1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "21", "31", "11", "12", "13");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("filter23", "filter1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(5L));
 
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("filter13", "filter1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "11", "12", "13", "33");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("filter13", "filter1").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(4L));
 
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("filter13", "filter1", "filter23").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "11", "12", "13", "21", "31", "33");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("filter13", "filter1", "filter23").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(6L));
 
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("filter23", "filter13", "test2").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "21", "22", "23", "31", "13", "33");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("filter23", "filter13", "test2").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(6L));
 
         searchResponse = client1.prepareSearch("filter23", "filter13", "test1", "test2").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet();
         assertHits(searchResponse.hits(), "11", "12", "13", "21", "22", "23", "31", "33");
+        assertThat(client1.prepareCount("filter23", "filter13", "test1", "test2").setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).execute().actionGet().count(), equalTo(8L));
 
     }