diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
index b7dd9cff79..9b55addd4b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ def forum_form_discussion(request, course_id, discussion_id):
                       'commentable_id': discussion_id},
     )
 
+    trending_tags = comment_client.search_trending_tags(
+        course_id,
+        query_params={'commentable_id': discussion_id},
+    )
+
     if request.is_ajax():
         return utils.HtmlResponse(content)
     else:
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ def forum_form_discussion(request, course_id, discussion_id):
             'content': content,
             'accordion': render_accordion(request, course, discussion_id),
             'recent_active_threads': recent_active_threads,
+            'trending_tags': trending_tags,
         }
         return render_to_response('discussion/index.html', context)
 
diff --git a/lms/lib/comment_client.py b/lms/lib/comment_client.py
index 7e53042ea0..d3a03ab3c2 100644
--- a/lms/lib/comment_client.py
+++ b/lms/lib/comment_client.py
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ def search_recent_active_threads(course_id, recursive=False, query_params={}, *a
     attributes = dict(default_params.items() + query_params.items())
     return _perform_request('get', _url_for_search_recent_active_threads(), attributes, *args, **kwargs)
 
+def search_trending_tags(course_id, query_params={}, *args, **kwargs):
+    default_params = {'course_id': course_id}
+    attributes = dict(default_params.items() + query_params.items())
+    return _perform_request('get', _url_for_search_trending_tags(), attributes, *args, **kwargs)
+
 def create_user(attributes, *args, **kwargs):
     return _perform_request('post', _url_for_users(), attributes, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -175,6 +180,9 @@ def _url_for_search_similar_threads():
 def _url_for_search_recent_active_threads():
     return "{prefix}/search/threads/recent_active".format(prefix=PREFIX)
 
+def _url_for_search_trending_tags():
+    return "{prefix}/search/tags/trending".format(prefix=PREFIX)
+
 def _url_for_threads_tags():
     return "{prefix}/threads/tags".format(prefix=PREFIX)
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_trending_tags.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_trending_tags.html
index 292c716cd9..d4400bc5d7 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_trending_tags.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_trending_tags.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Trending tags:
 
 <div class="trending-tags">
-  % for tag in ['artificial-intelligence', 'java-sucks', '2012']:
+  % for tag, count in trending_tags:
     <div class="trending-tag">
       <a class="trending-tag-link" href="javascript:void(0)">${tag}</a>
       &times;
-      <span class="trending-tag-count">100</span>
+      <span class="trending-tag-count">${count}</span>
     </div>
   % endfor
 </div>