diff --git a/gss.module b/gss.module
index 959d87b..e19dd14 100644
--- a/gss.module
+++ b/gss.module
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ function gss_settings() {
     '#description' => t('Let the user filter the search result by labels. <a href="@link">Click here</a> to read more about search labels.', array('@link' => url('https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/ref_prebuiltlabels'))),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('gss_labels', TRUE),
   );
+  $form['gss']['miscellaneous']['gss_number_of_results'] = array(
+    '#title' => t('Show number of results'),
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('gss_number_of_results', TRUE),
+  );
   $form['gss']['miscellaneous']['gss_info'] = array(
     '#title' => t('Show extra information for each search result'),
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
diff --git a/includes/GoogleSiteSearch.inc b/includes/GoogleSiteSearch.inc
index e4d8593..a5f3d88 100644
--- a/includes/GoogleSiteSearch.inc
+++ b/includes/GoogleSiteSearch.inc
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class GoogleSiteSearch {
       $html .= '</ul>';
     }
 
-    if($totalResults !== 0) {
+    if(variable_get('gss_number_of_results', TRUE) == 1 && $totalResults !== 0) {
       $html .= t('Shows @show_start to @show_end of approximately @totalResults hits', array('@show_start' => $show_start, '@show_end' => $show_end, '@totalResults' => $totalResults));
     }