diff --git a/autotests/src/configinterface_test.cpp b/autotests/src/configinterface_test.cpp
--- a/autotests/src/configinterface_test.cpp
+++ b/autotests/src/configinterface_test.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@
     iface->setConfigValue(QLatin1String("word-count"), false);
     QCOMPARE(iface->configValue(QLatin1String("word-count")).toBool(), false);
 
+    iface->setConfigValue(QLatin1String("line-count"), true);
+    QCOMPARE(iface->configValue(QLatin1String("line-count")).toBool(), true);
+    iface->setConfigValue(QLatin1String("line-count"), false);
+    QCOMPARE(iface->configValue(QLatin1String("line-count")).toBool(), false);
+
     iface->setConfigValue(QLatin1String("scrollbar-minimap"), true);
     QCOMPARE(iface->configValue(QLatin1String("scrollbar-minimap")).toBool(), true);
     iface->setConfigValue(QLatin1String("scrollbar-minimap"), false);
diff --git a/src/include/ktexteditor/configinterface.h b/src/include/ktexteditor/configinterface.h
--- a/src/include/ktexteditor/configinterface.h
+++ b/src/include/ktexteditor/configinterface.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
  *  - current-line-number-color [QColor] read/set current line number color (in the icon border)
  *  - modification-markers [bool] read/set whether the modification markers are shown
  *  - word-count [bool] enable/disable the counting of words and characters in the statusbar
+ *  - line-count [bool] show/hide the total number of lines in the status bar
  *  - scrollbar-minimap [bool] enable/disable scrollbar minimap
  *  - scrollbar-preview [bool] enable/disable scrollbar text preview on hover
  *  - font [QFont] change the font
diff --git a/src/utils/kateconfig.h b/src/utils/kateconfig.h
--- a/src/utils/kateconfig.h
+++ b/src/utils/kateconfig.h
@@ -1222,6 +1222,11 @@
         return value(ShowLineCount).toBool();
     }
 
+    void setShowLineCount(bool on)
+    {
+        setValue(ShowLineCount, on);
+    }
+
     bool autoBrackets() const
     {
         return value(AutoBrackets).toBool();
diff --git a/src/view/kateview.cpp b/src/view/kateview.cpp
--- a/src/view/kateview.cpp
+++ b/src/view/kateview.cpp
@@ -3274,6 +3274,7 @@
                                      QStringLiteral("modification-markers"),
                                      QStringLiteral("keyword-completion"),
                                      QStringLiteral("word-count"),
+                                     QStringLiteral("line-count"),
                                      QStringLiteral("scrollbar-minimap"),
                                      QStringLiteral("scrollbar-preview"),
                                      QStringLiteral("font")};
@@ -3318,6 +3319,8 @@
         return config()->keywordCompletion();
     } else if (key == QLatin1String("word-count")) {
         return config()->showWordCount();
+    } else if (key == QLatin1String("line-count")) {
+        return config()->showLineCount();
     } else if (key == QLatin1String("scrollbar-minimap")) {
         return config()->scrollBarMiniMap();
     } else if (key == QLatin1String("scrollbar-preview")) {
@@ -3367,6 +3370,8 @@
             config()->setDynWordWrap(value.toBool());
         } else if (key == QLatin1String("word-count")) {
             config()->setShowWordCount(value.toBool());
+        } else if (key == QLatin1String("line-count")) {
+            config()->setShowLineCount(value.toBool());
         }
 
     } else if (value.canConvert(QVariant::Font)) {