diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/index.ts
index 9622466ad795..b248776c884f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/index.ts
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@ export * from './fielddata_parameter';
 export * from './split_queries_on_whitespace_parameter';
 
 export * from './locale_parameter';
+
+export * from './max_shingle_size_parameter';
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/max_shingle_size_parameter.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/max_shingle_size_parameter.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc1917b2da96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/field_parameters/max_shingle_size_parameter.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+
+import { getFieldConfig } from '../../../lib';
+import { EditFieldFormRow } from '../fields/edit_field';
+import { UseField, Field } from '../../../shared_imports';
+
+interface Props {
+  defaultToggleValue: boolean;
+}
+
+export const MaxShingleSizeParameter = ({ defaultToggleValue }: Props) => (
+  <EditFieldFormRow
+    title={i18n.translate('xpack.idxMgmt.mappingsEditor.maxShingleSizeFieldTitle', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Set max shingle size',
+    })}
+    description={i18n.translate('xpack.idxMgmt.mappingsEditor.maxShingleSizeFieldDescription', {
+      defaultMessage:
+        'The default is three shingle subfields. More subfields enables more specific queries, but increases index size.',
+    })}
+    defaultToggleValue={defaultToggleValue}
+  >
+    <UseField
+      path="max_shingle_size"
+      component={Field}
+      config={getFieldConfig('max_shingle_size')}
+      componentProps={{
+        euiFieldProps: {
+          options: [
+            { value: 2, text: '2' },
+            { value: 3, text: '3' },
+            { value: 4, text: '4' },
+          ],
+        },
+      }}
+    />
+  </EditFieldFormRow>
+);
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/fields/field_types/search_as_you_type.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/fields/field_types/search_as_you_type.tsx
index 83541ec982ee..dafbebd24b3f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/fields/field_types/search_as_you_type.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/components/document_fields/fields/field_types/search_as_you_type.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   NormsParameter,
   SimilarityParameter,
   TermVectorParameter,
+  MaxShingleSizeParameter,
 } from '../../field_parameters';
 import { BasicParametersSection, AdvancedParametersSection } from '../edit_field';
 
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ interface Props {
 const getDefaultToggleValue = (param: string, field: FieldType) => {
   switch (param) {
     case 'similarity':
-    case 'term_vector': {
+    case 'term_vector':
+    case 'max_shingle_size': {
       return field[param] !== undefined && field[param] !== getFieldConfig(param).defaultValue;
     }
     case 'analyzers': {
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ export const SearchAsYouType = React.memo(({ field }: Props) => {
       <AdvancedParametersSection>
         <AnalyzersParameter field={field} withSearchQuoteAnalyzer={true} />
 
+        <MaxShingleSizeParameter
+          defaultToggleValue={getDefaultToggleValue('max_shingle_size', field.source)}
+        />
+
         <NormsParameter />
 
         <SimilarityParameter
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/constants/parameters_definition.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/constants/parameters_definition.tsx
index 64888253ecab..ba6a121eb7cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/constants/parameters_definition.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/constants/parameters_definition.tsx
@@ -894,4 +894,15 @@ export const PARAMETERS_DEFINITION = {
     },
     schema: t.string,
   },
+  max_shingle_size: {
+    fieldConfig: {
+      type: FIELD_TYPES.SELECT,
+      label: i18n.translate('xpack.idxMgmt.mappingsEditor.largestShingleSizeFieldLabel', {
+        defaultMessage: 'Max shingle size',
+      }),
+      defaultValue: 3,
+      formatters: [toInt],
+    },
+    schema: t.union([t.literal(2), t.literal(3), t.literal(4)]),
+  },
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/lib/mappings_validator.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/lib/mappings_validator.test.ts
index bb86c6277ffe..c8bb7e5b60fb 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/lib/mappings_validator.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/lib/mappings_validator.test.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ describe('Properties validator', () => {
         enable_position_increments: [],
         depth_limit: true,
         dims: false,
+        max_shingle_size: 'string_not_allowed',
       },
       // All the parameters in "goodField" have the correct format
       // and should still be there after the validation ran.
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ describe('Properties validator', () => {
         enable_position_increments: true,
         depth_limit: 20,
         dims: 'abc',
+        max_shingle_size: 2,
       },
     };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/types.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/types.ts
index 0fce3422344b..b7bf4e6b112d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_management/public/app/components/mappings_editor/types.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ export type ParameterName =
   | 'points_only'
   | 'path'
   | 'dims'
-  | 'depth_limit';
+  | 'depth_limit'
+  | 'max_shingle_size';
 
 export interface Parameter {
   fieldConfig: FieldConfig;