enum {
     OUTPUT_THREADS,
     OUTPUT_MESSAGES,
+    OUTPUT_FILES,
 };
 
 /* The following is to allow future options to be added more easily */
     EXCLUDE_FALSE,
 };
 
+static unsigned int
+count_files (notmuch_query_t *query)
+{
+    notmuch_messages_t *messages;
+    notmuch_message_t *message;
+    notmuch_filenames_t *filenames;
+    unsigned int count = 0;
+
+    messages = notmuch_query_search_messages (query);
+    if (messages == NULL)
+       return 0;
+
+    for (;
+        notmuch_messages_valid (messages);
+        notmuch_messages_move_to_next (messages)) {
+       message = notmuch_messages_get (messages);
+       filenames = notmuch_message_get_filenames (message);
+
+       for (;
+            notmuch_filenames_valid (filenames);
+            notmuch_filenames_move_to_next (filenames))
+           count++;
+
+       notmuch_filenames_destroy (filenames);
+       notmuch_message_destroy (message);
+    }
+
+    notmuch_messages_destroy (messages);
+
+    return count;
+}
+
 static int
 print_count (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *query_str,
             const char **exclude_tags, size_t exclude_tags_length, int output)
     case OUTPUT_THREADS:
        printf ("%u\n", notmuch_query_count_threads (query));
        break;
+    case OUTPUT_FILES:
+       printf ("%u\n", count_files (query));
+       break;
     }
 
     notmuch_query_destroy (query);
        { NOTMUCH_OPT_KEYWORD, &output, "output", 'o',
          (notmuch_keyword_t []){ { "threads", OUTPUT_THREADS },
                                  { "messages", OUTPUT_MESSAGES },
+                                 { "files", OUTPUT_FILES },
                                  { 0, 0 } } },
        { NOTMUCH_OPT_KEYWORD, &exclude, "exclude", 'x',
          (notmuch_keyword_t []){ { "true", EXCLUDE_TRUE },