diff --git a/src/QueryDataTable.php b/src/QueryDataTable.php
index aea42844..9dda5f14 100644
--- a/src/QueryDataTable.php
+++ b/src/QueryDataTable.php
@@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ public function prepareQuery(): static
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set total records manually.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setTotalRecords(int $total): static
+    {
+        parent::setTotalRecords($total);
+        $this->performedTotalRecordsCount = true;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Count total items.
      */
diff --git a/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php b/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
index d2b4a028..09c8f356 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public function it_can_set_total_records()
         $crawler->assertJson([
             'draw' => 0,
             'recordsTotal' => 10,
-            'recordsFiltered' => 20,
+            'recordsFiltered' => 10,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function it_can_set_zero_total_records()
         $crawler->assertJson([
             'draw' => 0,
             'recordsTotal' => 0,
-            'recordsFiltered' => 20,
+            'recordsFiltered' => 0,
         ]);
     }