diff --git a/rest/resource-server/src/docs/asciidoc/projects.adoc b/rest/resource-server/src/docs/asciidoc/projects.adoc
index ebe757be91..000ca7f2e2 100644
--- a/rest/resource-server/src/docs/asciidoc/projects.adoc
+++ b/rest/resource-server/src/docs/asciidoc/projects.adoc
@@ -650,3 +650,17 @@ include::{snippets}/should_document_import_sbom/curl-request.adoc[]
 
 ===== Example response
 include::{snippets}/should_document_import_sbom/http-response.adoc[]
+
+[[resources-project-getprojectcount]]
+==== Get project count of a user
+
+A `GET` request will get project count of a user.
+
+===== Example request
+include::{snippets}/should_document_get_project_count/curl-request.adoc[]
+
+===== Response structure
+include::{snippets}/should_document_get_project_count/response-fields.adoc[]
+
+===== Example response
+include::{snippets}/should_document_get_project_count/http-response.adoc[]
diff --git a/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/project/ProjectController.java b/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/project/ProjectController.java
index 4529e50140..f2048fcf94 100644
--- a/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/project/ProjectController.java
+++ b/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/project/ProjectController.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.ReleaseRelationship;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.RequestStatus;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.RequestSummary;
+import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.SW360Exception;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.Source;
+import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.ThriftClients;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.attachments.Attachment;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.attachments.AttachmentContent;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.attachments.AttachmentType;
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.projects.ProjectClearingState;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.projects.ProjectLink;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.projects.ProjectProjectRelationship;
+import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.projects.ProjectService;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.users.User;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.vendors.Vendor;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.vulnerabilities.ProjectVulnerabilityRating;
@@ -1209,4 +1214,17 @@ public static TSerializer getJsonSerializer() {
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = PROJECTS_URL + "/projectcount", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    public void getUserProjectCount(HttpServletResponse response) throws TException {
+        User sw360User = restControllerHelper.getSw360UserFromAuthentication();
+        try {
+            JsonObject resultJson = new JsonObject();
+            resultJson.addProperty("status", "success");
+            resultJson.addProperty("count", projectService.getMyAccessibleProjectCounts(sw360User));
+            response.getWriter().write(resultJson.toString());
+        }catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new SW360Exception(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rest/resource-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/restdocs/ProjectSpecTest.java b/rest/resource-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/restdocs/ProjectSpecTest.java
index 5f8c6bb200..87aff92c57 100644
--- a/rest/resource-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/restdocs/ProjectSpecTest.java
+++ b/rest/resource-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/restdocs/ProjectSpecTest.java
@@ -1666,4 +1666,19 @@ public void should_document_import_sbom() throws Exception {
                 .queryParam("type", "SPDX");
         this.mockMvc.perform(builder).andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(this.documentationHandler.document());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_document_get_project_count() throws Exception {
+        String accessToken = TestHelper.getAccessToken(mockMvc, testUserId, testUserPassword);
+        this.mockMvc.perform(get("/api/projects/projectcount")
+                .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken)
+                .accept(MediaTypes.HAL_JSON)
+                .contentType(MediaTypes.HAL_JSON))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andDo(this.documentationHandler.document(
+                       responseFields(
+                               fieldWithPath("status").description("status of the API. Possible values are `<success|failure>`").optional(),
+                               fieldWithPath("count").description("Count of projects for a user.").optional()
+                       )));
+    }
 }