diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
index 37531636a3..f2bb5ca908 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
@@ -5191,6 +5191,28 @@ public interface DSLContext {
      */
     int fetchCount(Select<?> query) throws DataAccessException;
 
+    /**
+     * Count the number of records in a table.
+     * <p>
+     * This executes <code><pre>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table</pre></code>
+     *
+     * @param table The table whose records to count
+     * @return The number or records in the table
+     * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     */
+    int fetchCount(Table<?> table) throws DataAccessException;
+
+    /**
+     * Count the number of records in a table.
+     * <p>
+     * This executes <code><pre>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table WHERE condition</pre></code>
+     *
+     * @param table The table whose records to count
+     * @return The number or records in the table
+     * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     */
+    int fetchCount(Table<?> table, Condition condition) throws DataAccessException;
+
     /**
      * Execute a {@link Query} in the context of this <code>DSLContext</code>.
      *
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
index bbfbfd53d2..55e381196a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
@@ -1807,6 +1807,16 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext implements DSLContext, Serializable {
         return new FetchCount(configuration(), query).fetchOne().value1();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int fetchCount(Table<?> table) {
+        return fetchCount(table, trueCondition());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int fetchCount(Table<?> table, Condition condition) {
+        return selectCount().from(table).where(condition).fetchOne(0, int.class);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int execute(Query query) {
         final Configuration previous = Utils.getConfiguration(query);