diff --git a/command/daemon.go b/command/daemon.go
index aedc2a1c0..afa177f07 100644
--- a/command/daemon.go
+++ b/command/daemon.go
@@ -170,8 +170,11 @@ func daemonAction(cctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// Create indexer core
 	indexerCore := engine.New(valueStore, engine.WithCache(resultCache))
 
-	indexCounts := counter.NewIndexCounts(dstore)
-	indexCounts.SetTotalAddend(cfg.Indexer.IndexCountTotalAddend)
+	var indexCounts *counter.IndexCounts
+	if cfg.Ingest.IndexCountsEnabled || cfg.Finder.IndexCountsEnabled {
+		indexCounts = counter.NewIndexCounts(dstore)
+		indexCounts.SetTotalAddend(cfg.Indexer.IndexCountTotalAddend)
+	}
 
 	// Create registry
 	reg, err := registry.New(cctx.Context, cfg.Discovery, dstore,
@@ -192,14 +195,17 @@ func daemonAction(cctx *cli.Context) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("bad find address %s: %s", findAddr, err)
 		}
-		findSvr, err = httpfind.New(findNetAddr.String(), indexerCore, reg,
+		opts := []httpfind.Option{
 			httpfind.WithReadTimeout(time.Duration(cfg.Finder.ApiReadTimeout)),
 			httpfind.WithWriteTimeout(time.Duration(cfg.Finder.ApiWriteTimeout)),
 			httpfind.WithMaxConnections(cfg.Finder.MaxConnections),
 			httpfind.WithHomepage(cfg.Finder.Webpage),
-			httpfind.WithIndexCounts(indexCounts),
 			httpfind.WithVersion(cctx.App.Version),
-		)
+		}
+		if cfg.Finder.IndexCountsEnabled {
+			opts = append(opts, httpfind.WithIndexCounts(indexCounts))
+		}
+		findSvr, err = httpfind.New(findNetAddr.String(), indexerCore, reg, opts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -247,9 +253,12 @@ func daemonAction(cctx *cli.Context) error {
 			cfg.Ingest.ResendDirectAnnounce = false
 		}
 
+		var ingestOpts []ingest.Option
+		if cfg.Ingest.IndexCountsEnabled {
+			ingestOpts = append(ingestOpts, ingest.WithIndexCounts(indexCounts))
+		}
 		// Initialize ingester.
-		ingester, err = ingest.NewIngester(cfg.Ingest, p2pHost, indexerCore, reg, dstore, dsTmp,
-			ingest.WithIndexCounts(indexCounts))
+		ingester, err = ingest.NewIngester(cfg.Ingest, p2pHost, indexerCore, reg, dstore, dsTmp, ingestOpts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/config/finder.go b/config/finder.go
index 75d5e0575..80e03c0ba 100644
--- a/config/finder.go
+++ b/config/finder.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ type Finder struct {
 	// Webpage is a domain to display when the homepage of the finder is
 	// accessed over HTTP.
 	Webpage string
+	// IndexCountsEnabled sets whether showing provider index count is enabled on the find server at /providers.
+	// Disabled by default. See Ingest.IndexCountsEnabled.
+	IndexCountsEnabled bool
 }
 
 func NewFinder() Finder {
diff --git a/config/ingest.go b/config/ingest.go
index 762400cf4..21bcd4cc1 100644
--- a/config/ingest.go
+++ b/config/ingest.go
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ type Ingest struct {
 	// or a chain of advertisement entries. The value is an integer string
 	// ending in "s", "m", "h" for seconds. minutes, hours.
 	SyncTimeout Duration
+	// IndexCountsEnabled sets whether ingest process should count the number of index records per provider.
+	// Disabled by default. See: Finder.IndexCountsEnabled.
+	IndexCountsEnabled bool
 }
 
 type Mirror struct {