diff --git a/include/sidebar_admin.php b/include/sidebar_admin.php
index f15f38e..b705c52 100644
--- a/include/sidebar_admin.php
+++ b/include/sidebar_admin.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function global_admin_menu() {
     $g->add("List Users", $apidb_root."admin/");
     $g->add("View App Queue (".getQueuedAppCount().")", $apidb_root."admin/adminAppQueue.php");
     $g->add("View Maintainer Queue (".getQueuedMaintainerCount().")", $apidb_root."admin/adminMaintainerQueue.php");
-    $g->add("View Maintainers", $apidb_root."admin/adminMaintainers.php");
+    $g->add("View Maintainers (".getMaintainerCount().")", $apidb_root."admin/adminMaintainers.php");
 
     $g->addmisc(" ");
     $g->add("Comment manager", $apidb_root."admin/adminCommentView.php");
diff --git a/include/util.php b/include/util.php
index 11d5bd7..08f8efa 100644
--- a/include/util.php
+++ b/include/util.php
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ function getQueuedMaintainerCount()
     return $ob->queued_maintainers;
 }
 
+/* get the total number of maintainers and applications in the appMaintainers table */
+function getMaintainerCount()
+{
+    $qstring = "SELECT count(*) as maintainers FROM appMaintainers";
+    $result = mysql_query($qstring);
+    $ob = mysql_fetch_object($result);
+    return $ob->maintainers;
+}
+
 /* Get the number of users in the database */
 function getNumberOfComments()
 {