diff --git a/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.indexpatternselectprops.md b/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.indexpatternselectprops.md
index 5cfd5e1bc992..80f4832ba564 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.indexpatternselectprops.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.indexpatternselectprops.md
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ export declare type IndexPatternSelectProps = Required<Omit<EuiComboBoxProps<any
     indexPatternId: string;
     fieldTypes?: string[];
     onNoIndexPatterns?: () => void;
+    maxIndexPatterns?: number;
 };
 ```
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md b/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
index 05e5c8577ebe..884873f4535c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
@@ -1531,6 +1531,7 @@ export type IndexPatternSelectProps = Required<Omit<EuiComboBoxProps<any>, 'isLo
     indexPatternId: string;
     fieldTypes?: string[];
     onNoIndexPatterns?: () => void;
+    maxIndexPatterns?: number;
 };
 
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "IndexPatternSpec" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index_pattern_select/index_pattern_select.tsx b/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index_pattern_select/index_pattern_select.tsx
index 96e7a6d83d2d..aa36323d11bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index_pattern_select/index_pattern_select.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index_pattern_select/index_pattern_select.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export type IndexPatternSelectProps = Required<
   indexPatternId: string;
   fieldTypes?: string[];
   onNoIndexPatterns?: () => void;
+  maxIndexPatterns?: number;
 };
 
 export type IndexPatternSelectInternalProps = IndexPatternSelectProps & {
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ interface IndexPatternSelectState {
 // Needed for React.lazy
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
 export default class IndexPatternSelect extends Component<IndexPatternSelectInternalProps> {
+  static defaultProps: {
+    maxIndexPatterns: 1000;
+  };
+
   private isMounted: boolean = false;
   state: IndexPatternSelectState;
 
@@ -103,7 +108,10 @@ export default class IndexPatternSelect extends Component<IndexPatternSelectInte
 
   debouncedFetch = _.debounce(async (searchValue: string) => {
     const { fieldTypes, onNoIndexPatterns, indexPatternService } = this.props;
-    const indexPatterns = await indexPatternService.find(`${searchValue}*`, 100);
+    const indexPatterns = await indexPatternService.find(
+      `${searchValue}*`,
+      this.props.maxIndexPatterns
+    );
 
     // We need this check to handle the case where search results come back in a different
     // order than they were sent out. Only load results for the most recent search.