diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index 287240e20c..4b64a9fe2e 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 						<div class="hover-overlay">
 							{main_posts.username}<br />
 							<i class="icon-star"></i><span class="user_rep_{main_posts.uid}">{main_posts.user_rep}</span>
-							<i class="icon-pencil"></i><span class="user_posts_{main_posts.uid}">8</span>
+							<i class="icon-pencil"></i><span class="user_posts_{main_posts.uid}">{main_posts.user_postcount}</span>
 						</div>
 					</a>
 					<h3><p id="topic_title_{main_posts.pid}" class="topic-title">{topic_name}</p></h3>
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index ce850eaee6..a033fc3bfb 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ marked.setOptions({
 	}
 	
 	Posts.addUserInfoToPost = function(post, callback) {
-		user.getUserFields(post.uid, ['username', 'userslug', 'reputation', 'picture', 'signature'], function(userData) {
+		user.getUserFields(post.uid, ['username', 'userslug', 'reputation', 'postcount', 'picture', 'signature'], function(userData) {
 
 			post.username = userData.username || 'anonymous';
 			post.userslug = userData.userslug || '';
 			post.user_rep = userData.reputation || 0;
+			post.user_postcount = userData.postcount || 0;
 			post.picture = userData.picture || require('gravatar').url('', {}, https=global.nconf.get('https'));
 			post.signature = marked(userData.signature || '');