diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c49eaed2b1..21c3251b22d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We updated EditionChecker to permit edition to start with a number. [#6144](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6144)
 - We added tooltips for most fields in the entry editor containing a short description. [#5847](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5847)
 - We added support for basic markdown in custom formatted previews [#6194](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6194)
+- We now show the number of items found and selected to import in the online search dialog. [#6248](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6248)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.fxml
index 005abb8ca28..0a161e436ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.fxml
@@ -4,23 +4,42 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.control.ButtonType?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.DialogPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.RowConstraints?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
+
 <?import org.controlsfx.control.CheckListView?>
-<DialogPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml"
-            xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx"
-            fx:controller="org.jabref.gui.importer.ImportEntriesDialog"
-            prefHeight="700.0" prefWidth="1000.0">
+
+<DialogPane prefHeight="700.0" prefWidth="1000.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/10.0.2-internal"
+            xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="org.jabref.gui.importer.ImportEntriesDialog">
     <content>
-        <VBox spacing="10">
+        <VBox spacing="10.0">
             <Label text="%Select the entries to be imported:"/>
             <CheckListView fx:id="entriesListView" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS"/>
-            <HBox>
-                <Button text="%Select all new entries" styleClass="text-button" onAction="#selectAllNewEntries"/>
-                <Button text="%Unselect all" styleClass="text-button" onAction="#unselectAll"/>
+            <HBox spacing="4">
+                <Button onAction="#selectAllNewEntries" styleClass="text-button" text="%Select all new entries"/>
+                <Button onAction="#unselectAll" styleClass="text-button" text="%Unselect all"/>
+                <HBox HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
+                <GridPane hgap="4.0" vgap="4.0">
+                    <columnConstraints>
+                        <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES"/>
+                        <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="30" halignment="RIGHT"/>
+                    </columnConstraints>
+                    <rowConstraints>
+                        <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0"/>
+                        <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0"/>
+                    </rowConstraints>
+                    <Label styleClass="info-section" text="%Total items found:"/>
+                    <Label fx:id="totalItems" GridPane.columnIndex="1"/>
+                    <Label styleClass="info-section" text="%Selected items:" GridPane.rowIndex="1"/>
+                    <Label fx:id="selectedItems" GridPane.rowIndex="1" GridPane.columnIndex="1"/>
+                </GridPane>
             </HBox>
         </VBox>
     </content>
-    <ButtonType fx:id="importButton" text="%Import entries" buttonData="OK_DONE"/>
+    <ButtonType fx:id="importButton" buttonData="OK_DONE" text="%Import entries"/>
     <ButtonType fx:constant="CANCEL"/>
 </DialogPane>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.java
index 3a3073567c8..a24bc091261 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/ImportEntriesDialog.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public class ImportEntriesDialog extends BaseDialog<Void> {
 
     public CheckListView<BibEntry> entriesListView;
     public ButtonType importButton;
+    public Label totalItems;
+    public Label selectedItems;
     private final BackgroundTask<ParserResult> task;
     private ImportEntriesViewModel viewModel;
     @Inject private TaskExecutor taskExecutor;
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@ public class ImportEntriesDialog extends BaseDialog<Void> {
     public ImportEntriesDialog(BibDatabaseContext database, BackgroundTask<ParserResult> task) {
         this.database = database;
         this.task = task;
-
         ViewLoader.view(this)
                   .load()
                   .setAsDialogPane(this);
@@ -90,7 +91,6 @@ public ImportEntriesDialog(BibDatabaseContext database, BackgroundTask<ParserRes
     @FXML
     private void initialize() {
         viewModel = new ImportEntriesViewModel(task, taskExecutor, database, dialogService, undoManager, preferences, stateManager, fileUpdateMonitor);
-
         Label placeholder = new Label();
         placeholder.textProperty().bind(viewModel.messageProperty());
         entriesListView.setPlaceholder(placeholder);
@@ -126,18 +126,21 @@ private void initialize() {
                     }).executeWith(Globals.TASK_EXECUTOR);
 
                     /*
-                    inserted the if-statement here, since a Platforn.runLater() call did not work.
+                    inserted the if-statement here, since a Platform.runLater() call did not work.
                     also tried to move it to the end of the initialize method, but it did not select the entry.
                     */
                     if (entriesListView.getItems().size() == 1) {
                         selectAllNewEntries();
-                      }
+                    }
 
                     return container;
                 })
                 .withOnMouseClickedEvent((entry, event) -> entriesListView.getCheckModel().toggleCheckState(entry))
                 .withPseudoClass(entrySelected, entriesListView::getItemBooleanProperty)
                 .install(entriesListView);
+
+        selectedItems.textProperty().bind(Bindings.size(entriesListView.getCheckModel().getCheckedItems()).asString());
+        totalItems.textProperty().bind(Bindings.size(entriesListView.getItems()).asString());
         entriesListView.setSelectionModel(new NoSelectionModel<>());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
index 7c7dca115eb..c94562d5689 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
@@ -1902,6 +1902,8 @@ Cancel\ import=Cancel import
 Continue\ with\ import=Continue with import
 Import\ canceled=Import canceled
 Select\ all\ new\ entries=Select all new entries
+Total\ items\ found\:=Total items found:
+Selected\ items\:=Selected items:
 Select\ the\ entries\ to\ be\ imported\:=Select the entries to be imported\:
 Add\ new\ String=Add new String
 Remove\ selected\ Strings=Remove selected Strings