diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightCollectionSerializer.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightCollectionSerializer.cs
index fbfa74b029..69e4a03ff7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightCollectionSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/JsonLight/ODataJsonLightCollectionSerializer.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ internal void WriteCollectionStart(ODataCollectionStart collectionStart, IEdmTyp
                 // "@odata.context":...
                 this.WriteContextUriProperty(ODataPayloadKind.Collection, () => ODataContextUrlInfo.Create(collectionStart.SerializationInfo, itemTypeReference));
 
+                // "@odata.count":...
+                if (collectionStart.Count.HasValue)
+                {
+                    this.JsonWriter.WriteInstanceAnnotationName(ODataAnnotationNames.ODataCount);
+                    this.JsonWriter.WriteValue(collectionStart.Count.Value);
+                }
+
+                // "@odata.nextlink":...
+                if (collectionStart.NextPageLink != null)
+                {
+                    this.JsonWriter.WriteInstanceAnnotationName(ODataAnnotationNames.ODataNextLink);
+                    this.JsonWriter.WriteValue(this.UriToString(collectionStart.NextPageLink));
+                }
+
                 // "value":
                 this.JsonWriter.WriteValuePropertyName();
             }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/ODataCollectionStart.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/ODataCollectionStart.cs
index ce6d1305c6..a312bbd444 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/ODataCollectionStart.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Core/ODataCollectionStart.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.OData.Core
 {
+    using System;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// OData representation of a top-level collection.
     /// </summary>
@@ -23,6 +25,22 @@ public string Name
             get;
             set;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>Gets or sets the number of items in the feed.</summary>
+        /// <returns>The number of items in the feed.</returns>
+        public long? Count
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Gets or sets the URI representing the next page link.</summary>
+        /// <returns>The URI representing the next page link.</returns>
+        public Uri NextPageLink
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Provides additional serialization information to the <see cref="ODataCollectionWriter"/> for this <see cref="ODataCollectionStart"/>.