diff --git a/src/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
index fc29801c364..8ae9869bf56 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends Helper {
  *
  * @var array
  */
-	public $helpers = ['Url'];
+	public $helpers = ['Url', 'Number'];
 
 /**
  * Defualt config for this class
@@ -556,13 +556,16 @@ public function counter($options = []) {
 				$template = 'counterCustom';
 				$this->templater()->add([$template => $options['format']]);
 		}
-		$map = [
+		$map = array_map([$this->Number, 'format'], [
 			'page' => $paging['page'],
 			'pages' => $paging['pageCount'],
 			'current' => $paging['current'],
 			'count' => $paging['count'],
 			'start' => $start,
-			'end' => $end,
+			'end' => $end
+		]);
+
+		$map += [
 			'model' => strtolower(Inflector::humanize(Inflector::tableize($options['model'])))
 		];
 		return $this->templater()->format($template, $map);
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
index ad5a708ea84..f3afbc0a3e6 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
@@ -1869,6 +1869,36 @@ public function testCounter() {
 		$this->assertEquals('Showing 1 of 5 clients', $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests that numbers are formatted according to the locale when using counter()
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testCounterBigNumbers() {
+		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging'] = [
+			'Client' => [
+				'page' => 1523,
+				'current' => 1230,
+				'count' => 234567,
+				'perPage' => 3000,
+				'prevPage' => false,
+				'nextPage' => true,
+				'pageCount' => 1000,
+				'limit' => 5000,
+				'sort' => 'Client.name',
+				'order' => 'DESC',
+			]
+		];
+
+		$input = 'Page {{page}} of {{pages}}, showing {{current}} records out of {{count}} total, ';
+		$input .= 'starting on record {{start}}, ending on {{end}}';
+
+		$expected = 'Page 1,523 of 1,000, showing 1,230 records out of 234,567 total, ';
+		$expected .= 'starting on record 4,566,001, ending on 234,567';
+		$result = $this->Paginator->counter($input);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testHasPage method
  *