diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb
index 9839263..af6e5f9 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ module Noosfero
         expose :votes_against
         expose :setting
         expose :position
+        expose :hits
       end
 
       class Article < ArticleBase
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb
index 6ca0e36..0e20aa4 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module Noosfero
               articles = articles.joins('left join votes on articles.id=votes.voteable_id').group('articles.id').reorder('sum(coalesce(votes.vote, 0)) DESC')
             end
 
+            Article.hit(articles)
             present articles, :with => Entities::Article, :fields => params[:fields]
           end
   
diff --git a/test/unit/api/articles_test.rb b/test/unit/api/articles_test.rb
index 9edaa46..5469f43 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/articles_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/api/articles_test.rb
@@ -473,4 +473,14 @@ class ArticlesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 'SuggestArticle', json['type']
   end
 
+  should 'update hit attribute of article children' do
+    a1 = fast_create(Article, :profile_id => user.person.id)
+    a2 = fast_create(Article, :parent_id => a1.id, :profile_id => user.person.id)
+    a3 = fast_create(Article, :parent_id => a1.id, :profile_id => user.person.id)
+    get "/api/v1/articles/#{a1.id}/children?#{params.to_query}"
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+    assert_equal [1, 1], json['articles'].map { |a| a['hits']}
+    assert_equal [0, 1, 1], [a1.reload.hits, a2.reload.hits, a3.reload.hits]
+  end
+
 end
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