diff --git a/components/mdns/include/mdns.h b/components/mdns/include/mdns.h
index ff0d76b09..4037fda6c 100644
--- a/components/mdns/include/mdns.h
+++ b/components/mdns/include/mdns.h
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ esp_err_t mdns_query_async_delete(mdns_search_once_t* search);
  *      True if search has finished before or at timeout
  *      False if search timeout is over
  */
-bool mdns_query_async_get_results(mdns_search_once_t* search, uint32_t timeout, mdns_result_t ** results);
+bool mdns_query_async_get_results(mdns_search_once_t* search, uint32_t timeout, mdns_result_t ** results, uint8_t * num_results);
 
 /**
  * @brief  Query mDNS for host or service asynchronousely.
diff --git a/components/mdns/mdns.c b/components/mdns/mdns.c
index bcea61117..cb150ebee 100644
--- a/components/mdns/mdns.c
+++ b/components/mdns/mdns.c
@@ -5573,10 +5573,15 @@ esp_err_t mdns_query_async_delete(mdns_search_once_t* search)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
-bool mdns_query_async_get_results(mdns_search_once_t* search, uint32_t timeout, mdns_result_t ** results)
+bool mdns_query_async_get_results(mdns_search_once_t* search, uint32_t timeout, mdns_result_t ** results, uint8_t * num_results)
 {
     if (xSemaphoreTake(search->done_semaphore, pdMS_TO_TICKS(timeout)) == pdTRUE) {
-        *results = search->result;
+        if (results) {
+            *results = search->result;
+        }
+        if (num_results) {
+            *num_results = search->num_results;
+        }
         return true;
     }
     return false;