diff --git a/css/GridField.css b/css/GridField.css
index d17ce34a2..3cd59c8bb 100644
--- a/css/GridField.css
+++ b/css/GridField.css
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 .cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr th span.non-sortable { padding: 1em 1em; display: block; }
 .cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr td { border-right: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); padding: 6.4px 12px; color: #666666; }
 .cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr td.bottom-all { -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 7px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; -ms-border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 7px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; -ms-border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, #b1c0c5), color-stop(100%, #7f9198)); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#b1c0c5, #7f9198); background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(#b1c0c5, #7f9198); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(#b1c0c5, #7f9198); background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(#b1c0c5, #7f9198); background-image: linear-gradient(#b1c0c5, #7f9198); }
+.cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr td.bottom-all .datagrid-footer-message { text-align: center; padding-top: 6px; color: white; }
 .cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr td.bottom-all .datagrid-pagination { padding-top: 2px; position: absolute; left: 50%; margin-left: -116px; }
 .cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr td.bottom-all .datagrid-pagination .pagination-page-number { color: white; }
 .cms table.ss-gridfield-table tr td.bottom-all .datagrid-pagination .pagination-page-number input { width: 35px; height: 18px; margin-bottom: -6px; padding: 0px; }
diff --git a/forms/gridfield/GridFieldFooter.php b/forms/gridfield/GridFieldFooter.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9baaeb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/gridfield/GridFieldFooter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Adding this class to a {@link GridFieldConfig} of a {@link GridField} adds a footer bar to that field.
+ * The footer looks just like the {@link GridFieldPaginator} control, except without the pagination controls.
+ * It only display the "Viewing 1-8 of 8" status text and (optionally) a configurable status message.
+ *
+ * The purpose of this class is to have a footer that can round off GridField without having to use pagination.
+ *
+ * @package sapphire
+ * @subpackage gridfield
+ */
+class GridFieldFooter implements GridField_HTMLProvider {
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string - a message to display in the footer
+	 */
+	protected $message = null;
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param string $message - a message to display in the footer
+	 */
+	public function __construct($message = null) {
+		if($message) $this->message = $message;
+	}
+
+
+	public function getHTMLFragments($gridField) {
+		$count = $gridField->getList()->count();
+
+		$forTemplate = new ArrayData(array(
+			'Message' => $this->message,
+			'FirstShownRecord' => 1,
+			'LastShownRecord' => $count,
+			'NumRecords' => $count
+		));
+
+		return array(
+			'footer' => $forTemplate->renderWith('GridFieldFooter', array('Colspan'=>count($gridField->getColumns()))),
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/scss/GridField.scss b/scss/GridField.scss
index 6ad3838e3..dcb0f808f 100644
--- a/scss/GridField.scss
+++ b/scss/GridField.scss
@@ -471,6 +471,11 @@ $gf_grid_x:	16px;
 				&.bottom-all {
 					@include border-bottom-radius($gf_border_radius);
 					@include background-image(linear-gradient($gf_colour_gradient_light, $gf_colour_gradient_dark));
+					.datagrid-footer-message {
+					    text-align: center;
+						padding-top: 6px;
+				        color:$color-text-light;
+					}
 					.datagrid-pagination {
 						padding-top:2px;
 						position:absolute;
diff --git a/templates/Includes/GridFieldFooter.ss b/templates/Includes/GridFieldFooter.ss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97060c7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/Includes/GridFieldFooter.ss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<tr>
+	<td class="bottom-all" colspan="$Colspan">
+		<span class="pagination-records-number">$FirstShownRecord - $LastShownRecord of $NumRecords</span>
+
+		<% if Message %>
+		<div class="datagrid-footer-message">$Message</div>
+		<% end_if %>
+	</td>
+</tr>
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