diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d356b271c..91e57d37d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ver 0.19 (not yet released)
   - "playlistadd" supports file:///
   - "idle" with unrecognized event name fails
   - "list" on album artist falls back to the artist tag
-  - "list" allows grouping
+  - "list" and "count" allow grouping
 * database
   - proxy: forward "idle" events
   - proxy: copy "Last-Modified" from remote directories
diff --git a/doc/protocol.xml b/doc/protocol.xml
index e1fb08a84..e9c28995b 100644
--- a/doc/protocol.xml
+++ b/doc/protocol.xml
@@ -1493,12 +1493,15 @@ OK
       <title>The music database</title>
 
       <variablelist>
+
         <varlistentry id="command_count">
           <term>
             <cmdsynopsis>
               <command>count</command>
               <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TAG</replaceable></arg>
               <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NEEDLE</replaceable></arg>
+              <arg choice="opt">group</arg>
+              <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>GROUPTYPE</replaceable></arg>
             </cmdsynopsis>
           </term>
           <listitem>
@@ -1506,8 +1509,15 @@ OK
               Counts the number of songs and their total playtime in
               the db matching <varname>TAG</varname> exactly.
             </para>
+            <para>
+              The <parameter>group</parameter> keyword may be used to
+              group the results by a tag.  The following prints
+              per-artist counts:
+            </para>
+            <programlisting>count group artist</programlisting>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
+
         <varlistentry id="command_find">
           <term>
             <cmdsynopsis>
diff --git a/src/command/DatabaseCommands.cxx b/src/command/DatabaseCommands.cxx
index 0f23dc959..f41c89c45 100644
--- a/src/command/DatabaseCommands.cxx
+++ b/src/command/DatabaseCommands.cxx
@@ -153,14 +153,28 @@ handle_count(Client &client, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	ConstBuffer<const char *> args(argv + 1, argc - 1);
 
+	TagType group = TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES;
+	if (args.size >= 2 && strcmp(args[args.size - 2], "group") == 0) {
+		const char *s = args[args.size - 1];
+		group = tag_name_parse_i(s);
+		if (group == TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES) {
+			command_error(client, ACK_ERROR_ARG,
+				      "Unknown tag type: %s", s);
+			return CommandResult::ERROR;
+		}
+
+		args.pop_back();
+		args.pop_back();
+	}
+
 	SongFilter filter;
-	if (!filter.Parse(args, false)) {
+	if (!args.IsEmpty() && !filter.Parse(args, false)) {
 		command_error(client, ACK_ERROR_ARG, "incorrect arguments");
 		return CommandResult::ERROR;
 	}
 
 	Error error;
-	return PrintSongCount(client, "", &filter, error)
+	return PrintSongCount(client, "", &filter, group, error)
 		? CommandResult::OK
 		: print_error(client, error);
 }
diff --git a/src/db/Count.cxx b/src/db/Count.cxx
index 8c61e4c21..ec3eacd1f 100644
--- a/src/db/Count.cxx
+++ b/src/db/Count.cxx
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 #include "Interface.hxx"
 #include "client/Client.hxx"
 #include "LightSong.hxx"
+#include "tag/Set.hxx"
 
 #include <functional>
+#include <map>
 
 struct SearchStats {
 	unsigned n_songs;
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ struct SearchStats {
 		:n_songs(0), total_time_s(0) {}
 };
 
+class TagCountMap : public std::map<std::string, SearchStats> {
+};
+
 static void
 PrintSearchStats(Client &client, const SearchStats &stats)
 {
@@ -43,6 +48,18 @@ PrintSearchStats(Client &client, const SearchStats &stats)
 		      stats.n_songs, stats.total_time_s);
 }
 
+static void
+Print(Client &client, TagType group, const TagCountMap &m)
+{
+	assert(unsigned(group) < TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES);
+
+	for (const auto &i : m) {
+		client_printf(client, "%s: %s\n",
+			      tag_item_names[group], i.first.c_str());
+		PrintSearchStats(client, i.second);
+	}
+}
+
 static bool
 stats_visitor_song(SearchStats &stats, const LightSong &song)
 {
@@ -52,9 +69,45 @@ stats_visitor_song(SearchStats &stats, const LightSong &song)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+CollectGroupCounts(TagCountMap &map, TagType group, const Tag &tag)
+{
+	bool found = false;
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < tag.num_items; ++i) {
+		const TagItem &item = *tag.items[i];
+
+		if (item.type == group) {
+			auto r = map.insert(std::make_pair(item.value,
+							   SearchStats()));
+			SearchStats &s = r.first->second;
+			++s.n_songs;
+			if (tag.time > 0)
+				s.total_time_s += tag.time;
+
+			found = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return found;
+}
+
+static bool
+GroupCountVisitor(TagCountMap &map, TagType group, const LightSong &song)
+{
+	assert(song.tag != nullptr);
+
+	const Tag &tag = *song.tag;
+	if (!CollectGroupCounts(map, group, tag) && group == TAG_ALBUM_ARTIST)
+		/* fall back to "Artist" if no "AlbumArtist" was found */
+		CollectGroupCounts(map, TAG_ARTIST, tag);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool
 PrintSongCount(Client &client, const char *name,
 	       const SongFilter *filter,
+	       TagType group,
 	       Error &error)
 {
 	const Database *db = client.GetDatabase(error);
@@ -63,14 +116,32 @@ PrintSongCount(Client &client, const char *name,
 
 	const DatabaseSelection selection(name, true, filter);
 
-	SearchStats stats;
+	if (group == TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES) {
+		/* no grouping */
 
-	using namespace std::placeholders;
-	const auto f = std::bind(stats_visitor_song, std::ref(stats),
-				 _1);
-	if (!db->Visit(selection, f, error))
-		return false;
+		SearchStats stats;
+
+		using namespace std::placeholders;
+		const auto f = std::bind(stats_visitor_song, std::ref(stats),
+					 _1);
+		if (!db->Visit(selection, f, error))
+			return false;
+
+		PrintSearchStats(client, stats);
+	} else {
+		/* group by the specified tag: store counts in a
+		   std::map */
+
+		TagCountMap map;
+
+		using namespace std::placeholders;
+		const auto f = std::bind(GroupCountVisitor, std::ref(map),
+					 group, _1);
+		if (!db->Visit(selection, f, error))
+			return false;
+
+		Print(client, group, map);
+	}
 
-	PrintSearchStats(client, stats);
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/db/Count.hxx b/src/db/Count.hxx
index 5c5fca1bd..d22a3210d 100644
--- a/src/db/Count.hxx
+++ b/src/db/Count.hxx
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 #include "Compiler.h"
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+enum TagType : uint8_t;
 class Client;
 class SongFilter;
 class Error;
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ gcc_nonnull(2)
 bool
 PrintSongCount(Client &client, const char *name,
 	       const SongFilter *filter,
+	       TagType group,
 	       Error &error);
 
 #endif