diff --git a/src/ORM/Query.php b/src/ORM/Query.php
index 7f9c6b02424..291a8c6e78b 100644
--- a/src/ORM/Query.php
+++ b/src/ORM/Query.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 namespace Cake\ORM;
 
 use ArrayObject;
+use Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface;
 use Cake\Database\Query as DatabaseQuery;
 use Cake\Database\ValueBinder;
 use Cake\Datasource\QueryTrait;
@@ -510,15 +511,27 @@ public function count()
     {
         $query = $this->cleanCopy();
         $counter = $this->_counter;
-
         if ($counter) {
             $query->counter(null);
             return (int)$counter($query);
         }
 
+        $complex = (
+            $query->clause('distinct') ||
+            count($query->clause('group')) ||
+            count($query->clause('union'))
+        );
+        if (!$complex) {
+            // Expression fields could have bound parameters.
+            foreach ($query->clause('select') as $field) {
+                if ($field instanceof ExpressionInterface) {
+                    $complex = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         $count = ['count' => $query->func()->count('*')];
-        $complex = count($query->clause('group')) || $query->clause('distinct');
-        $complex = $complex || count($query->clause('union'));
 
         if (!$complex) {
             $query->eagerLoader()->autoFields(false);
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryTest.php b/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryTest.php
index d243ae0cb5e..c10ab7e7387 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryTest.php
@@ -1458,6 +1458,55 @@ public function testCountWithContain()
         $this->assertSame(3, $result);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test getting counts from queries with contain.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testCountWithSubselect()
+    {
+        $table = TableRegistry::get('Articles');
+        $table->belongsTo('Authors');
+        $table->hasMany('ArticlesTags');
+
+        $counter = $table->ArticlesTags->find();
+        $counter->select([
+                'total' => $counter->func()->count('*')
+            ])
+            ->where(['ArticlesTags.tag_id' => 1])
+            ->where(['ArticlesTags.article_id = Articles.id']);
+
+        $result = $table->find('all')
+            ->select([
+                'Articles.title',
+                'tag_count' => $counter
+            ])
+            ->matching('Authors', function ($q) {
+                return $q->where(['Authors.id' => 1]);
+            })
+            ->count();
+        $this->assertSame(2, $result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test getting counts with complex fields.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testCountWithExpressions()
+    {
+        $table = TableRegistry::get('Articles');
+        $query = $table->find();
+        $query->select([
+            'admin' => $query->func()->concat(
+                ['Articles.title' => 'literal', 'test'],
+                ['string']
+            ),
+        ]);
+        $query->where(['Articles.id' => 1]);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $query->all());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $query->count());
+    }
 
     /**
      * test count with a beforeFind.