diff --git a/src/lib/db/user-store.ts b/src/lib/db/user-store.ts
index fb3d749ba5..18e5b43092 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/user-store.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,19 @@ class UserStore implements IUserStore {
             .then((res) => Number(res[0].count));
     }
 
+    async countRecentlyDeleted(): Promise<number> {
+        return this.db(TABLE)
+            .whereNotNull('deleted_at')
+            .andWhere(
+                'deleted_at',
+                '>=',
+                this.db.raw(`NOW() - INTERVAL '1 month'`),
+            )
+            .andWhere({ is_service: false, is_system: false })
+            .count('*')
+            .then((res) => Number(res[0].count));
+    }
+
     destroy(): void {}
 
     async exists(id: number): Promise<boolean> {
diff --git a/src/lib/types/stores/user-store.ts b/src/lib/types/stores/user-store.ts
index 2ca1f39a1e..e3fe1aea44 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/stores/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/stores/user-store.ts
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ export interface IUserStore extends Store<IUser, number> {
     incLoginAttempts(user: IUser): Promise<void>;
     successfullyLogin(user: IUser): Promise<number>;
     count(): Promise<number>;
+    countRecentlyDeleted(): Promise<number>;
     countServiceAccounts(): Promise<number>;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/stores/user-store.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/stores/user-store.e2e.test.ts
index 93f587fa97..230699e41f 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/stores/user-store.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/stores/user-store.e2e.test.ts
@@ -192,4 +192,7 @@ test('should delete user', async () => {
     await expect(() => stores.userStore.get(user.id)).rejects.toThrow(
         new NotFoundError('No user found'),
     );
+
+    const deletedCount = await stores.userStore.countRecentlyDeleted();
+    expect(deletedCount).toBe(1);
 });
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/fake-user-store.ts b/src/test/fixtures/fake-user-store.ts
index a201d70c40..f37b6c67d3 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/fake-user-store.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/fake-user-store.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ class UserStoreMock implements IUserStore {
         return this.data.length;
     }
 
+    async countRecentlyDeleted(): Promise<number> {
+        return Promise.resolve(0);
+    }
+
     async get(key: number): Promise<IUser> {
         return this.data.find((u) => u.id === key)!;
     }