Index: wp-includes/update.php
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--- wp-includes/update.php	(revision 19777)
+++ wp-includes/update.php	(working copy)
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@
 	}
 
 	$counts['total'] = $counts['plugins'] + $counts['themes'] + $counts['wordpress'];
+    $counts = apply_filters('update_count', $counts);
 	$update_title = array();
 	if ( $counts['wordpress'] )
 		$update_title[] = sprintf(__('%d WordPress Update'), $counts['wordpress']);