diff --git a/django/core/paginator.py b/django/core/paginator.py
index 04cc4bf481..5fc6c80812 100644
--- a/django/core/paginator.py
+++ b/django/core/paginator.py
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ class ObjectPaginator(Paginator):
         if self._count is None:
             try:
                 self._count = self.object_list.count()
-            except TypeError:
+            except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+                # AttributeError if object_list has no count() method.
+                # TypeError if object_list.count() requires arguments
+                # (i.e. is of type list).
                 self._count = len(self.object_list)
         return self._count
     count = property(_get_count)
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py b/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py
index 277c5961e3..1f08a32903 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py
@@ -200,6 +200,29 @@ InvalidPage: ...
 >>> paginator.page_range
 [1]
 
+# ObjectPaginator can be passed lists too.
+>>> paginator = ObjectPaginator([1, 2, 3], 5)
+>>> paginator.hits
+3
+>>> paginator.pages
+1
+>>> paginator.page_range
+[1]
+
+
+# ObjectPaginator can be passed other objects with a count() method.
+>>> class Container:
+...     def __len__(self):
+...         return 42
+>>> paginator = ObjectPaginator(Container(), 10)
+>>> paginator.hits
+42
+>>> paginator.pages
+5
+>>> paginator.page_range
+[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+
+
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 # Orphan support #
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