diff --git a/docs/Cube.js-Backend/REST-API.md b/docs/Cube.js-Backend/REST-API.md
index 8af425d344d6a..3f1616a27d53c 100644
--- a/docs/Cube.js-Backend/REST-API.md
+++ b/docs/Cube.js-Backend/REST-API.md
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ Example response:
           shortTitle:"Count",
           aliasName:"users.count",
           type:"number",
+          aggType:"count"
           drillMembers:[
             "Users.id",
             "Users.city",
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/compiler/CubeToMetaTransformer.js b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/compiler/CubeToMetaTransformer.js
index 1e62faf6a82eb..b38d2de2d85a2 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/compiler/CubeToMetaTransformer.js
+++ b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/compiler/CubeToMetaTransformer.js
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class CubeToMetaTransformer {
       cumulativeTotal: nameToMetric[1].cumulative || BaseMeasure.isCumulative(nameToMetric[1]),
       cumulative: nameToMetric[1].cumulative || BaseMeasure.isCumulative(nameToMetric[1]),
       type: 'number', // TODO
+      aggType: nameToMetric[1].type,
       drillMembers: drillMembers && this.cubeEvaluator.evaluateReferences(cubeName, drillMembers, { originalSorting: true })
     };
   }