diff --git a/datapi/api_client.py b/datapi/api_client.py
index 11a54c7..f521b22 100644
--- a/datapi/api_client.py
+++ b/datapi/api_client.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def get_collections(
         -------
         datapi.Collections
         """
-        params = {
+        params: dict[str, Any] = {
             k: v
             for k, v in zip(
                 ["limit", "sortby", "q", "kw"], [limit, sortby, query, keywords]
diff --git a/datapi/catalogue.py b/datapi/catalogue.py
index faf546a..c6184e8 100644
--- a/datapi/catalogue.py
+++ b/datapi/catalogue.py
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ def _request_kwargs(self) -> RequestKwargs:
             log_callback=self.log_callback,
         )
 
-    def get_collections(self, **params: Any) -> Collections:
+    def get_collections(self, search_stats: bool = False, **params: Any) -> Collections:
         url = f"{self.url}/datasets"
+        params["search_stats"] = search_stats
         return Collections.from_request(
             "get", url, params=params, **self._request_kwargs
         )
diff --git a/tests/integration_test_10_catalogue.py b/tests/integration_test_10_catalogue.py
index e2e9eaf..0496b64 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test_10_catalogue.py
+++ b/tests/integration_test_10_catalogue.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def test_catalogue_collections(api_anon_client: ApiClient) -> None:
 
     collection_ids = list(collections.collection_ids)
     while len(collection_ids) != collections.json["numberMatched"]:
+        assert "search" not in collections.json
         assert (next_collections := collections.next) is not None
         collections = next_collections
         collection_ids.extend(collections.collection_ids)