diff --git a/db/migrations/5.3.1_add_show_folder_size_config.php b/db/migrations/5.3.1_add_show_folder_size_config.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe45a4cc4016f05c7b1d91cecb0889a84f8428dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/5.3.1_add_show_folder_size_config.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+
+class AddShowFolderSizeConfig extends Migration
+{
+    public function description()
+    {
+        return 'Adds the configuration SHOW_FOLDER_SIZE.';
+    }
+
+
+    protected function up()
+    {
+        DBManager::get()->exec(
+            "INSERT IGNORE INTO `config`
+            (`field`, `value`, `type`, `range`,
+            `section`, `mkdate`, `chdate`,
+            `description`)
+            VALUES
+            ('SHOW_FOLDER_SIZE', '1', 'boolean', 'global',
+            'files', UNIX_TIMESTAMP(), UNIX_TIMESTAMP(),
+            'SHOW_FOLDER_SIZE gibt an, ob die Anzahl der Objekte (Dateien und Unterordner) in einem Ordner angezeigt werden sollen.')"
+        );
+    }
+
+    protected function down()
+    {
+        DBManager::get()->exec(
+            "DELETE FROM `config_values` WHERE `field` = 'SHOW_FOLDER_SIZE'"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/filesystem/FilesystemVueDataManager.php b/lib/filesystem/FilesystemVueDataManager.php
index 84fbedb7282ba3b7d686d7de84e3b29cf68bf676..9054de628a32dcb9222b8482c2a1541335b92558 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem/FilesystemVueDataManager.php
+++ b/lib/filesystem/FilesystemVueDataManager.php
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ class FilesystemVueDataManager
             'name' => $folder->name,
             'url' => URLHelper::getURL('dispatch.php/' . $controllerpath . '/' . $folder->getId()),
             'user_id' => $folder->user_id,
+            'object_count' => (Config::get()->SHOW_FOLDER_SIZE
+                ? count($folder->getFiles()) + count($folder->getSubfolders())
+                : 0
+            ),
             'author_name' => $folder->owner ? $folder->owner->getFullname('no_title_rev') : '',
             'author_url' => $folder->owner && $folder->owner->id !== $GLOBALS['user']->id? URLHelper::getURL('dispatch.php/profile', ['username' => $folder->owner->username]) : '',
             'chdate' => (int) $folder->chdate,
diff --git a/resources/vue/base-components.js b/resources/vue/base-components.js
index 97231d2827d47162ce34672b2cec476f0e55646c..09dbac3fb5403958e3ffc3ba6fc9a6281c5cb27d 100644
--- a/resources/vue/base-components.js
+++ b/resources/vue/base-components.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import StudipAssetImg from './components/StudipAssetImg.vue';
 import StudipDateTime from './components/StudipDateTime.vue';
 import StudipDialog from './components/StudipDialog.vue';
 import StudipFileSize from './components/StudipFileSize.vue';
+import StudipFolderSize from './components/StudipFolderSize.vue';
 import StudipIcon from './components/StudipIcon.vue';
 import RangeInput from './components/RangeInput.vue';
 import Datetimepicker from './components/Datetimepicker.vue';
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const BaseComponents = {
     Datetimepicker,
     StudipDialog,
     StudipFileSize,
+    StudipFolderSize,
     StudipIcon,
     I18nTextarea,
 //    StudipLoadingIndicator,
diff --git a/resources/vue/components/FilesTable.vue b/resources/vue/components/FilesTable.vue
index 88abdeca723b8805d8fc1fde58991bb3ff8b7ab0..15f2d49802f8edd3656859c1ae27e4e284918083 100644
--- a/resources/vue/components/FilesTable.vue
+++ b/resources/vue/components/FilesTable.vue
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@
                             <span v-html="highlightString(folder.name)"></span>
                         </a>
                     </td>
-                    <td class="responsive-hidden"></td>
+                    <td class="responsive-hidden" :data-sort-value="folder.object_count">
+                        <studip-folder-size v-if="folder.object_count"
+                                            :object_count="folder.object_count"></studip-folder-size>
+                    </td>
                     <td v-if="showdownloads"
                         class="responsive-hidden">
                     </td>
diff --git a/resources/vue/components/StudipFolderSize.vue b/resources/vue/components/StudipFolderSize.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0c6e0bc6d1221871666154358bfed3e6ced228f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/vue/components/StudipFolderSize.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<template>
+    <span>{{ folder_size }}</span>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+    name: 'studip-folder-size',
+    props: {
+        object_count: Number
+    },
+    computed: {
+        folder_size() {
+            if (this.object_count < 1) {
+                return '';
+            }
+
+            return this.$gettextInterpolate(
+                this.$ngettext('%{count} Objekt', '%{count} Objekte', this.object_count),
+                {count: this.object_count}
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+</script>