diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index 02c3866c6..4bb1ff8c1 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -1079,6 +1079,16 @@ class DocumentSerializer(
     )
 
     def get_page_count(self, obj) -> int | None:
+        # Like content versions get their own page count from the newest version,
+        # use the prefetched versions cache to avoid an extra query
+        prefetched_cache = getattr(obj, "_prefetched_objects_cache", None)
+        prefetched_versions = (
+            prefetched_cache.get("versions")
+            if isinstance(prefetched_cache, dict)
+            else None
+        )
+        if obj.root_document_id is None and prefetched_versions:
+            return sort_versions_newest_first(prefetched_versions)[0].page_count
         return obj.page_count
 
     @extend_schema_field(DuplicateDocumentSummarySerializer(many=True))
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_document_versions.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_document_versions.py
index 92c8ede99..bed38efcb 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_document_versions.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_document_versions.py
@@ -821,6 +821,58 @@ class TestDocumentVersioningApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
         self.assertEqual(resp.data["content"], "v1-content")
 
+    def _make_root_with_page_count_versions(self) -> tuple[Document, Document]:
+        root = Document.objects.create(
+            title="root",
+            checksum="root",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            page_count=2,
+        )
+        v1 = Document.objects.create(
+            title="v1",
+            checksum="v1",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            root_document=root,
+            version_index=1,
+            page_count=1,
+        )
+        return root, v1
+
+    def test_retrieve_returns_latest_version_page_count(self) -> None:
+        root, _ = self._make_root_with_page_count_versions()
+
+        resp = self.client.get(f"/api/documents/{root.id}/")
+
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.data["page_count"], 1)
+
+    def test_list_returns_latest_version_page_count(self) -> None:
+        self._make_root_with_page_count_versions()
+        Document.objects.create(
+            title="unversioned",
+            checksum="unversioned",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            page_count=5,
+        )
+
+        resp = self.client.get("/api/documents/?fields=title,page_count")
+
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {doc["title"]: doc["page_count"] for doc in resp.data["results"]},
+            {"root": 1, "unversioned": 5},
+        )
+
+    def test_retrieve_with_version_param_returns_selected_version_page_count(
+        self,
+    ) -> None:
+        root, _ = self._make_root_with_page_count_versions()
+
+        resp = self.client.get(f"/api/documents/{root.id}/?version={root.id}")
+
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.data["page_count"], 2)
+
     def _make_root_with_out_of_order_versions(self) -> tuple[Document, ...]:
         """
         A root whose newest version has a *lower* id than an older one, which is
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 7a9b90406..3bbd1c0df 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ class DocumentViewSet(
                     "version_label",
                     "root_document_id",
                     "version_index",
+                    "page_count",
                 ),
             ),
             "tags",
@@ -1271,13 +1272,16 @@ class DocumentViewSet(
         if (
             "version" not in request.query_params
             or not isinstance(response.data, dict)
-            or "content" not in response.data
+            or not ({"content", "page_count"} & response.data.keys())
         ):
             return response
 
         root_doc = self.get_object()
         content_doc = self._resolve_file_doc(root_doc, request)
-        response.data["content"] = content_doc.content or ""
+        if "content" in response.data:
+            response.data["content"] = content_doc.content or ""
+        if "page_count" in response.data:
+            response.data["page_count"] = content_doc.page_count
         return response
 
     def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):