diff --git a/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb b/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb
index e388146..a5f7d99 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/mixins/collection.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 module CouchRest
   module Mixins
+    module PaginatedResults
+      def amount_pages
+        @amount_pages ||= 0
+      end   
+      def amount_pages=(value)
+        @amount_pages = value
+      end               
+    end
+    
     module Collection
   
       def self.included(base)
@@ -115,7 +124,10 @@ module CouchRest
           results = @database.view(@view_name, pagination_options(page, per_page)) 
           @amount_pages ||= (results['total_rows'].to_f / per_page.to_f).ceil
           remember_where_we_left_off(results, page)
-          convert_to_container_array(results)
+          results = convert_to_container_array(results)
+          results.extend(PaginatedResults)
+          results.amount_pages = @amount_pages
+          results
         end
 
         # See Collection.paginated_each
@@ -181,7 +193,7 @@ module CouchRest
           @target.inspect
         end
 
-        def convert_to_container_array(results)
+        def convert_to_container_array(results) 
           if @container_class.nil?
             results
           else
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb
index f532e95..d23061a 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb
@@ -375,8 +375,7 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument views" do
     end 
     it "should have the amount of paginated pages" do
       articles = Article.by_date :key => Date.today
-      articles.paginate(:per_page => 3) 
-      articles.amount_pages.should == 3
+      articles.paginate(:per_page => 3).amount_pages.should == 3
     end
     it "should provide a class method to access the collection directly" do
       articles = Article.collection_proxy_for('Article', 'by_date', :descending => true,