diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
index 32bd0b95d4..7dcf0d5fe7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ namespace MWLua
                     const ObjectT& o) mutable { return types[getLiveCellRefType(o.ptr().mRef)]; });
 
             objectT["count"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ObjectT& o) { return o.ptr().getRefData().getCount(); });
+            objectT["baseCount"]
+                = sol::readonly_property([](const ObjectT& o) { return o.ptr().getRefData().getCount(false); });
             objectT[sol::meta_function::equal_to] = [](const ObjectT& a, const ObjectT& b) { return a.id() == b.id(); };
             objectT[sol::meta_function::to_string] = &ObjectT::toString;
             objectT["sendEvent"] = [context](const ObjectT& dest, std::string eventName, const sol::object& eventData) {
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
index 7a43cd2c3f..8500993208 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 -- @field #Cell cell The cell where the object currently is. During loading a game and for objects in an inventory or a container `cell` is nil.
 -- @field #any type Type of the object (one of the tables from the package @{openmw.types#types}).
 -- @field #number count Count (>1 means a stack of objects).
+-- @field #number baseCount Base Count (<1 means a restocking item).
 -- @field #string recordId Returns record ID of the object in lowercase.
 
 ---