diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/models.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/models.py
index 059c1d73ed..d7941480cc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/models.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 import re
 from operator import attrgetter
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import (Qt, QAbstractItemModel, QVariant, QPixmap, QModelIndex, QSize)
+from PyQt4.Qt import (Qt, QAbstractItemModel, QVariant, QPixmap, QModelIndex, QSize,
+                      pyqtSignal)
 
 from calibre.gui2 import NONE
 from calibre.gui2.store.search_result import SearchResult
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ def comparable_price(text):
 
 class Matches(QAbstractItemModel):
 
+    total_changed = pyqtSignal(int)
+
     HEADERS = [_('Cover'), _('Title'), _('Price'), _('DRM'), _('Store')]
     HTML_COLS = (1, 4)
 
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ class Matches(QAbstractItemModel):
         self.query = ''
         self.cover_pool.abort()
         self.details_pool.abort()
+        self.total_changed.emit(self.rowCount())
         self.reset()
 
     def add_result(self, result, store_plugin):
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ class Matches(QAbstractItemModel):
             self.matches = list(self.search_filter.parse(self.query))
         else:
             self.matches = list(self.search_filter.universal_set())
+        self.total_changed.emit(self.rowCount())
         self.sort(self.sort_col, self.sort_order, False)
         self.layoutChanged.emit()
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py
index e76f15c58e..18ea50f125 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ class SearchDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.checker.timeout.connect(self.get_results)
         self.progress_checker.timeout.connect(self.check_progress)
         self.results_view.activated.connect(self.open_store)
+        self.results_view.model().total_changed.connect(self.update_book_total)
         self.select_all_stores.clicked.connect(self.stores_select_all)
         self.select_invert_stores.clicked.connect(self.stores_select_invert)
         self.select_none_stores.clicked.connect(self.stores_select_none)
+        self.configure.clicked.connect(self.do_config)
         self.finished.connect(self.dialog_closed)
 
         self.progress_checker.start(100)
@@ -221,6 +223,9 @@ class SearchDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.cover_thread_count = self.config.get('cover_thread_count', 2)
         self.details_thread_count = self.config.get('details_thread_count', 4)
 
+    def do_config(self):
+        pass
+
     def config_finished(self):
         self.load_settings()
         
@@ -249,6 +254,8 @@ class SearchDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         if not self.search_pool.threads_running() and not self.results_view.model().has_results():
             info_dialog(self, _('No matches'), _('Couldn\'t find any books matching your query.'), show=True, show_copy_button=False)
 
+    def update_book_total(self, total):
+        self.total.setText('%s' % total)
 
     def open_store(self, index):
         result = self.results_view.model().get_result(index)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui
index 42f91de735..905620f688 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.ui
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
            <rect>
             <x>0</x>
             <y>0</y>
-            <width>207</width>
-            <height>130</height>
+            <width>102</width>
+            <height>129</height>
            </rect>
           </property>
          </widget>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="book_count">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="total">
        <property name="text">
         <string>0</string>
        </property>