diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_mysql.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_mysql.php
index e671ffbd78..3c630aa89b 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_mysql.php
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends base implements search_backend_interface
 		);
 		extract($this->phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.search_mysql_keywords_main_query_before', compact($vars)));
 
-		$sql_select			= ($type == 'posts') ? 'p.post_id' : 'DISTINCT t.topic_id';
+		$sql_select			= ($type == 'posts') ? 'DISTINCT p.post_id' : 'DISTINCT t.topic_id';
 		$sql_select			.= $sort_by_sql[$sort_key] ? ", {$sort_by_sql[$sort_key]}" : '';
 		$sql_from			= ($join_topic) ? TOPICS_TABLE . ' t, ' : '';
 		$field				= ($type == 'posts') ? 'post_id' : 'topic_id';
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends base implements search_backend_interface
 		// if the total result count is not cached yet, retrieve it from the db
 		if (!$result_count && count($id_ary))
 		{
-			$sql_found_rows = str_replace("SELECT $sql_select", "SELECT COUNT(*) as result_count", $sql);
+			$sql_found_rows = str_replace("SELECT $sql_select", "SELECT COUNT($sql_select) as result_count", $sql);
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_found_rows);
 			$result_count = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('result_count');
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_native.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_native.php
index ed3e53ed89..fb340b2d98 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_native.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_native.php
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ class fulltext_native extends base implements search_backend_interface
 		$w_num = 0;
 
 		$sql_array = array(
-			'SELECT'	=> ($type == 'posts') ? 'p.post_id' : 'p.topic_id',
+			'SELECT'	=> ($type == 'posts') ? 'DISTINCT p.post_id' : 'DISTINCT p.topic_id',
 			'FROM'		=> array(
 				SEARCH_WORDMATCH_TABLE	=> array(),
 				SEARCH_WORDLIST_TABLE	=> array(),
@@ -955,9 +955,9 @@ class fulltext_native extends base implements search_backend_interface
 		// If using mysql and the total result count is not calculated yet, get it from the db
 		if (!$total_results && $is_mysql)
 		{
-			$sql_count = str_replace("SELECT {$sql_array['SELECT']}", "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT {$sql_array['SELECT']}) as total_results", $sql);
+			$sql_count = str_replace("SELECT {$sql_array['SELECT']}", "SELECT COUNT({$sql_array['SELECT']})", $sql);
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_count);
-			$total_results = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('total_results');
+			$total_results = count($this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 			if (!$total_results)
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/base.php b/tests/functional/search/base.php
index 8f50e8b4d1..f60e404622 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/base.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/base.php
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 		$this->create_search_index('phpbb\\search\\backend\\fulltext_native');
 
 		$post = $this->create_topic(2, 'Test Topic 1 foosubject', 'This is a test topic posted by the barsearch testing framework.');
+		$topic_multiple_results_count1 = $this->create_topic(2, 'Test Topic for multiple search results', 'This is a test topic posted to test multiple results count.');
+		$this->create_post(2, $topic_multiple_results_count1['topic_id'], 'Re: Test Topic for multiple search results', 'This is a test post 2 posted to test multiple results count.');
+		$topic_multiple_results_count2 = $this->create_topic(2, 'Test Topic 2 for multiple search results', 'This is a test topic 2 posted to test multiple results count.');
 		$this->set_flood_interval(15);
 
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=settings&sid=' . $this->sid);
@@ -113,6 +116,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 				// Search backed is not supported because don't appear in the select
 				$this->delete_topic($post['topic_id']);
 				$this->delete_topic($topic_by_author['topic_id']);
+				$this->delete_topic($topic_multiple_results_count1['topic_id']);
+				$this->delete_topic($topic_multiple_results_count2['topic_id']);
 				$this->markTestSkipped("Search backend is not supported/running");
 			}
 
@@ -140,6 +145,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 			$this->assert_search_found('foosubject+barsearch', 1, 2, $sort_key);
 			$this->assert_search_found('barsearch-testing', 1, 2, $sort_key); // test hyphen ignored
 			$this->assert_search_found('barsearch+-+testing', 1, 2, $sort_key); // test hyphen wrapped with space ignored
+			$this->assert_search_found('multiple+results+count', 3, 15, $sort_key); // test multiple results count - posts
+			$this->assert_search_found_topics('multiple+results+count', 2, $sort_key); // test multiple results count - topics
 			$this->assert_search_found_topics('phpbb3+installation', 1, $sort_key);
 			$this->assert_search_found_topics('foosubject+barsearch', 1, $sort_key);
 
@@ -156,6 +163,8 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 		$this->delete_search_index();
 		$this->delete_topic($post['topic_id']);
 		$this->delete_topic($topic_by_author['topic_id']);
+		$this->delete_topic($topic_multiple_results_count1['topic_id']);
+		$this->delete_topic($topic_multiple_results_count2['topic_id']);
 	}
 
 	protected function create_search_index($backend = null)