diff --git modules/hs_taxonomy_views.module modules/hs_taxonomy_views.module
index c1f9c52..16e7ac2 100644
--- modules/hs_taxonomy_views.module
+++ modules/hs_taxonomy_views.module
@@ -548,6 +548,10 @@ function hs_taxonomy_views_hierarchical_select_entity_count($item, $params) {
       }
     }
 
+    // Apply placeholders
+    $replacements = module_invoke_all('views_query_substitutions', $temp_view);
+    $count_query = str_replace(array_keys($replacements), $replacements, $count_query);
+        
     // Apply the same query transformations as view::execute() does.
     $count_query = db_rewrite_sql($count_query, $temp_view->base_table, $temp_view->base_field, array('view' => &$temp_view));
     $count_query = 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (' . $count_query . ') count_alias';