diff --git a/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.html b/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.html
index 26f4062df..a9f9454a9 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.html
+++ b/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.html
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ <h2>{{title}}</h2>
       <span data-test="radioVersion">
         <label class="radio-inline control-label" for="radio2">
           <input type="radio" name="inlineRadioOptions" data-test="version2" id="radio2" checked [value]="2"
-            (change)="setOdataVersion(2)"> 2
+                 (change)="setOdataVersion(2)"> 2
         </label>
         <label class="radio-inline control-label" for="radio4">
           <input type="radio" name="inlineRadioOptions" data-test="version4" id="radio4" [value]="4"
-            (change)="setOdataVersion(4)"> 4
+                 (change)="setOdataVersion(4)"> 4
         </label>
       </span>
       <label class="checkbox-inline control-label" for="enableCount" style="margin-left: 20px">
         <input type="checkbox" id="enableCount" data-test="enable-count" [checked]="isCountEnabled"
-          (click)="changeCountEnableFlag()">
+               (click)="changeCountEnableFlag()">
         <span style="font-weight: bold">Enable Count</span> (add to OData query)
       </label>
     </div>
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ <h2>{{title}}</h2>
     </button>
   </div>
 
-  <angular-slickgrid gridId="grid5" [columnDefinitions]="columnDefinitions" [gridOptions]="gridOptions"
-    [dataset]="dataset" (onGridStateChanged)="gridStateChanged($event)"
-    (onAngularGridCreated)="angularGridReady($event)">
+  <angular-slickgrid gridId="grid5"
+                     [columnDefinitions]="columnDefinitions"
+                     [gridOptions]="gridOptions"
+                     [paginationOptions]="paginationOptions"
+                     [dataset]="dataset"
+                     (onGridStateChanged)="gridStateChanged($event)"
+                     (onAngularGridCreated)="angularGridReady($event)">
   </angular-slickgrid>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.ts b/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.ts
index 669bfb51d..612affc72 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/examples/grid-odata.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   OdataOption,
   OdataServiceApi,
   OperatorType,
+  Pagination,
 } from './../modules/angular-slickgrid';
 
 const defaultPageSize = 20;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export class GridOdataComponent implements OnInit {
   gridOptions: GridOption;
   dataset = [];
   metrics: Metrics;
+  paginationOptions: Pagination;
 
   isCountEnabled = true;
   odataVersion = 2;
@@ -139,11 +141,10 @@ export class GridOdataComponent implements OnInit {
     if (this.isCountEnabled) {
       countPropName = (this.odataVersion === 4) ? '@odata.count' : 'odata.count';
     }
-    this.gridOptions.pagination.totalItems = data[countPropName];
+    this.paginationOptions = { ...this.gridOptions.pagination, totalItems: data[countPropName] };
     if (this.metrics) {
       this.metrics.totalItemCount = data[countPropName];
     }
-    this.gridOptions = Object.assign({}, this.gridOptions);
 
     // once pagination totalItems is filled, we can update the dataset
     this.dataset = data['items'];
diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/angular-slickgrid-constructor.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/angular-slickgrid-constructor.spec.ts
index 48259aa7d..91544b5d1 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/angular-slickgrid-constructor.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/angular-slickgrid-constructor.spec.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ const paginationServiceStub = {
   totalItems: 0,
   init: jest.fn(),
   dispose: jest.fn(),
+  updateTotalItems: jest.fn(),
   onPaginationVisibilityChanged: new Subject<boolean>(),
   onPaginationChanged: new Subject<ServicePagination>(),
 } as unknown as PaginationService;
@@ -1249,6 +1250,29 @@ describe('Angular-Slickgrid Custom Component instantiated via Constructor', () =
         component.destroy();
       });
 
+      it('should merge paginationOptions when some already exist', () => {
+        const mockPagination = { pageSize: 2, pageSizes: [] };
+        const paginationSrvSpy = jest.spyOn(paginationServiceStub, 'updateTotalItems');
+
+        component.ngAfterViewInit();
+        component.paginationOptions = mockPagination;
+
+        expect(component.paginationOptions).toEqual({ ...mockPagination, totalItems: 0 });
+        expect(paginationSrvSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, true);
+      });
+
+      it('should set brand new paginationOptions when none previously exist', () => {
+        const mockPagination = { pageSize: 2, pageSizes: [], totalItems: 1 };
+        const paginationSrvSpy = jest.spyOn(paginationServiceStub, 'updateTotalItems');
+
+        component.ngAfterViewInit();
+        component.paginationOptions = undefined;
+        component.paginationOptions = mockPagination;
+
+        expect(component.paginationOptions).toEqual(mockPagination);
+        expect(paginationSrvSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 1, true);
+      });
+
       it('should call trigger a gridStage change event when pagination change is triggered', () => {
         const mockPagination = { pageNumber: 2, pageSize: 20 } as Pagination;
         const spy = jest.spyOn(gridStateServiceStub.onGridStateChanged, 'next');
diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts
index 9b70d02eb..a82599f46 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/angular-slickgrid.component.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
   private _isDatasetInitialized = false;
   private _isPaginationInitialized = false;
   private _isLocalGrid = true;
+  private _paginationOptions: Pagination | undefined;
   private slickEmptyWarning: SlickEmptyWarningComponent;
   dataView: any | null;
   grid: any | null;
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
   customFooterOptions: CustomFooterOption;
   locales: Locale;
   metrics: Metrics;
-  paginationOptions: Pagination;
   showCustomFooter = false;
   showPagination = false;
   totalItems = 0;
@@ -168,6 +168,20 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
   @Input() gridId: string;
   @Input() gridOptions: GridOption;
 
+  @Input()
+  get paginationOptions(): Pagination | undefined {
+    return this._paginationOptions;
+  }
+  set paginationOptions(options: Pagination | undefined) {
+    if (options && this._paginationOptions) {
+      this._paginationOptions = { ...this._paginationOptions, ...options };
+    } else {
+      this._paginationOptions = options;
+    }
+    this.gridOptions.pagination = options;
+    this.paginationService.updateTotalItems(options && options.totalItems || 0, true);
+  }
+
   @Input()
   set gridHeight(height: number) {
     this._fixedHeight = height;
@@ -435,7 +449,7 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
       this.showPagination = (this.gridOptions && (this.gridOptions.enablePagination || (this.gridOptions.backendServiceApi && this.gridOptions.enablePagination === undefined))) ? true : false;
 
       if (this.gridOptions && this.gridOptions.backendServiceApi && this.gridOptions.pagination) {
-        const paginationOptions = this.setPaginationOptionsWhenPresetDefined(this.gridOptions, this.paginationOptions);
+        const paginationOptions = this.setPaginationOptionsWhenPresetDefined(this.gridOptions, this._paginationOptions);
         // when we have a totalCount use it, else we'll take it from the pagination object
         // only update the total items if it's different to avoid refreshing the UI
         const totalRecords = totalCount !== undefined ? totalCount : (this.gridOptions && this.gridOptions.pagination && this.gridOptions.pagination.totalItems);
@@ -783,7 +797,7 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
     // make sure the dataset is initialized (if not it will throw an error that it cannot getLength of null)
     this._dataset = this._dataset || [];
     this.gridOptions = this.mergeGridOptions(this.gridOptions);
-    this.paginationOptions = this.gridOptions.pagination;
+    this._paginationOptions = this.gridOptions.pagination;
     this.locales = this.gridOptions && this.gridOptions.locales || Constants.locales;
     this.backendServiceApi = this.gridOptions && this.gridOptions.backendServiceApi;
     this.createBackendApiInternalPostProcessCallback(this.gridOptions);
@@ -1007,14 +1021,14 @@ export class AngularSlickgridComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnIn
   private loadLocalGridPagination() {
     if (this.gridOptions) {
       this.totalItems = Array.isArray(this.dataset) ? this.dataset.length : 0;
-      if (this.paginationOptions && this.dataView && this.dataView.getPagingInfo) {
+      if (this._paginationOptions && this.dataView && this.dataView.getPagingInfo) {
         const slickPagingInfo = this.dataView.getPagingInfo() || {};
-        if (slickPagingInfo.hasOwnProperty('totalRows') && this.paginationOptions.totalItems !== slickPagingInfo.totalRows) {
+        if (slickPagingInfo.hasOwnProperty('totalRows') && this._paginationOptions.totalItems !== slickPagingInfo.totalRows) {
           this.totalItems = slickPagingInfo.totalRows;
         }
       }
-      this.paginationOptions.totalItems = this.totalItems;
-      const paginationOptions = this.setPaginationOptionsWhenPresetDefined(this.gridOptions, this.paginationOptions);
+      this._paginationOptions.totalItems = this.totalItems;
+      const paginationOptions = this.setPaginationOptionsWhenPresetDefined(this.gridOptions, this._paginationOptions);
       this.initializePaginationService(paginationOptions);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/pagination.service.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/pagination.service.ts
index ae55d767d..2a4ac25b3 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/pagination.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/services/pagination.service.ts
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ export class PaginationService {
     if (this._isLocalGrid && this.dataView) {
       this._eventHandler.subscribe(this.dataView.onPagingInfoChanged, (e, pagingInfo) => {
         if (this._totalItems !== pagingInfo.totalRows) {
-          this._totalItems = pagingInfo.totalRows;
-          this._paginationOptions.totalItems = this._totalItems;
-          this.refreshPagination(false, false);
+          this.updateTotalItems(pagingInfo.totalRows);
         }
       });
       dataView.setRefreshHints({ isFilterUnchanged: true });
@@ -367,6 +365,14 @@ export class PaginationService {
   // private functions
   // --------------------
 
+  updateTotalItems(totalItems: number, triggerChangedEvent = false) {
+    this._totalItems = totalItems;
+    if (this._paginationOptions) {
+      this._paginationOptions.totalItems = totalItems;
+      this.refreshPagination(false, triggerChangedEvent);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * When item is added or removed, we will refresh the numbers on the pagination however we won't trigger a backend change
    * This will have a side effect though, which is that the "To" count won't be matching the "items per page" count,
diff --git a/test/cypress/integration/example05.spec.js b/test/cypress/integration/example05.spec.js
index e31b50d10..ca030eb7f 100644
--- a/test/cypress/integration/example05.spec.js
+++ b/test/cypress/integration/example05.spec.js
@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ describe('Example 5 - OData Grid', () => {
 
       // wait for the query to finish
       cy.get('[data-test=status]').should('contain', 'done');
+
+      cy.get('.slick-empty-data-warning:visible')
+        .contains('No data to display.');
     });
 
     it('should display page 0 of 0 but hide pagination from/to numbers when filtered data "xy" returns an empty dataset', () => {
@@ -554,6 +557,10 @@ describe('Example 5 - OData Grid', () => {
       // wait for the query to finish
       cy.get('[data-test=status]').should('contain', 'done');
 
+      cy.get('.slick-empty-data-warning')
+        .contains('No data to display.')
+        .should('not.be.visible');
+
       cy.window().then((win) => {
         expect(win.console.log).to.have.callCount(2);
         expect(win.console.log).to.be.calledWith('Client sample, Grid State changed:: ', { newValues: [{ columnId: 'name', searchTerms: ['x'] }], type: 'filter' });