diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index d175aa27..c61cd264 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  07.09.2016
   - bugfix using nocache like attribute with value true like {plugin nocache=true} did not work https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/285
   - bugfix uppercase TRUE, FALSE and NULL did not work when security was enabled https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/282
-
+  - bugfix when {foreach} was looping over an object the total property like {$item@total} did always return 1 https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/281
+  
  01.09.2016
   - performance require_once should be called only once for shared plugins https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/280
   
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 436589ad..94c4f0e4 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.31-dev/10';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.31-dev/11';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_foreach.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_foreach.php
index bdefe692..c93c6276 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_foreach.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_foreach.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Foreach
                 return 1;
             }
         } elseif (is_object($value)) {
-            return count($value);
+            return count((array)$value);
         }
         return 0;
     }