diff --git a/_includes/postslist.njk b/_includes/postslist.njk
index b9517f4de2..d93750c4ae 100644
--- a/_includes/postslist.njk
+++ b/_includes/postslist.njk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ol reversed class="postlist" style="counter-reset: start-from {{ postslist.length + 1 }}">
+<ol reversed class="postlist" style="counter-reset: start-from {{ (counterOffset or postslist.length) + 1 }}">
 {% for post in postslist | reverse %}
   <li class="postlist-item{% if post.url == url %} postlist-item-active{% endif %}">
     <a href="{{ post.url | url }}" class="postlist-link">{% if post.data.title %}{{ post.data.title }}{% else %}<code>{{ post.url }}</code>{% endif %}</a>
diff --git a/index.njk b/index.njk
index 69b53ab8e1..4d89b886dd 100644
--- a/index.njk
+++ b/index.njk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ eleventyNavigation:
 <h1>Latest 3 Posts</h1>
 
 {% set postslist = collections.posts | head(-3) %}
+{% set counterOffset = collections.posts | length %}
 {% include "postslist.njk" %}
 
 <p>More posts can be found in <a href="{{ '/posts/' | url }}">the archive</a>.</p>