diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 119ce0cc..6133e539 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+v1.5.4
+ - Fix a problem with fetching counts with the http_method_override: true option supplied.
+
 v1.5.3
  - Add support for http_method_override (true/false) option to client, which when supplied results in a POST with appropriate X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8af85beb..94fe62c2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.3
+1.5.4
diff --git a/lib/spark_api/faraday_middleware.rb b/lib/spark_api/faraday_middleware.rb
index fd057614..17436d2c 100644
--- a/lib/spark_api/faraday_middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/spark_api/faraday_middleware.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ def on_complete(env)
       if paging.nil?
         results = response
       else
-        q = CGI.parse(env[:url].query)
+        q = if http_method_override_request?(env)
+              CGI.parse(env[:request_body])
+            else
+              CGI.parse(env[:url].query)
+            end
         if q.key?("_pagination") && q["_pagination"].first == "count"
           results = paging['TotalRows']
         else
@@ -87,7 +91,13 @@ def decompress_body(env)
 
       env[:body]
     end
-    
+
+    private
+
+    def http_method_override_request?(env)
+      env[:request_headers]["X-HTTP-Method-Override"] == "GET"
+    end
+
   end
 
   Faraday::Response.register_middleware :spark_api => FaradayMiddleware
diff --git a/spec/support/stub_api_requests.rb b/spec/support/stub_api_requests.rb
index 857aba33..7dea277c 100644
--- a/spec/support/stub_api_requests.rb
+++ b/spec/support/stub_api_requests.rb
@@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ def stub_api_request(meth, service_path, stub_fixture, body, opts, &block)
 
   def with_args(service_path, opts, body=nil)
     if body.is_a?(Hash)
-      body = { :D => body } unless body.empty? 
-    elsif !body.nil?
+      body = { :D => body } unless body.empty?
+      body_str = body.nil? ? body : MultiJson.dump(body)
+    elsif body =~ /\.json\z/
       body = MultiJson.load(fixture(body).read)
+      body_str = body.nil? ? body : MultiJson.dump(body)
+    else
+      body_str = body
     end
-    body_str = body.nil? ? body : MultiJson.dump(body)
 
     params = {:ApiUser => "foobar", :AuthToken => "c401736bf3d3f754f07c04e460e09573"}.merge(opts)
     query = {:ApiSig => get_signature(service_path, params, body_str) }
diff --git a/spec/unit/spark_api/models/listing_spec.rb b/spec/unit/spark_api/models/listing_spec.rb
index c5386de8..6f731ece 100644
--- a/spec/unit/spark_api/models/listing_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/spark_api/models/listing_spec.rb
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@
         count = Listing.count()
         expect(count).to eq(2001)
       end
+
+      on_get_it "should return the count even if http_method_override: true is passed" do
+        stub_api_post('/listings', '_pagination=count', 'count.json')
+        count = Listing.count(http_method_override: true)
+        expect(count).to eq(2001)
+      end
     end
 
     context "/listings/<listing_id>", :support do