diff --git a/core/AppInfo/ConfigLexicon.php b/core/AppInfo/ConfigLexicon.php
index 8307acbc7eb1d..2c36a90770b1c 100644
--- a/core/AppInfo/ConfigLexicon.php
+++ b/core/AppInfo/ConfigLexicon.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 class ConfigLexicon implements IConfigLexicon {
 	public const UNIFIED_SEARCH_MIN_SEARCH_LENGTH = 'unified_search_min_search_length';
+	public const UNIFIED_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS_PER_REQUEST = 'unified_search_max_results_per_request';
 
 	public function getStrictness(): ConfigLexiconStrictness {
 		return ConfigLexiconStrictness::IGNORE;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public function getStrictness(): ConfigLexiconStrictness {
 	public function getAppConfigs(): array {
 		return [
 			new ConfigLexiconEntry(self::UNIFIED_SEARCH_MIN_SEARCH_LENGTH, ValueType::INT, 1, 'Minimum search length to trigger the request', lazy: false),
+			new ConfigLexiconEntry(self::UNIFIED_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS_PER_REQUEST, ValueType::INT, 25, 'Maximum number of results returned per request', lazy: false),
 		];
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/Controller/UnifiedSearchController.php b/core/Controller/UnifiedSearchController.php
index 169c1f348dc4b..a8566f3b9a3d6 100644
--- a/core/Controller/UnifiedSearchController.php
+++ b/core/Controller/UnifiedSearchController.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 namespace OC\Core\Controller;
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use OC\Core\AppInfo\ConfigLexicon;
+use OC\Core\Application;
 use OC\Core\ResponseDefinitions;
 use OC\Search\SearchComposer;
 use OC\Search\SearchQuery;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Attribute\NoCSRFRequired;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\DataResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\OCSController;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		private IRouter $router,
 		private IURLGenerator $urlGenerator,
 		private IL10N $l10n,
+		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct('core', $request);
 	}
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ public function getProviders(string $from = ''): DataResponse {
 	 * @param string $providerId ID of the provider
 	 * @param string $term Term to search
 	 * @param int|null $sortOrder Order of entries
-	 * @param int|null $limit Maximum amount of entries, limited to 25
+	 * @param int|null $limit Maximum amount of entries (capped by configurable unified-search.max-results-per-request, default: 25)
 	 * @param int|string|null $cursor Offset for searching
 	 * @param string $from The current user URL
 	 *
@@ -96,7 +100,8 @@ public function search(
 		[$route, $routeParameters] = $this->getRouteInformation($from);
 
 		$limit ??= SearchQuery::LIMIT_DEFAULT;
-		$limit = max(1, min($limit, 25));
+		$maxLimit = $this->appConfig->getValueInt(Application::APP_ID, ConfigLexicon::UNIFIED_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS_PER_REQUEST);
+		$limit = max(1, min($limit, $maxLimit));
 
 		try {
 			$filters = $this->composer->buildFilterList($providerId, $this->request->getParams());
diff --git a/core/openapi-full.json b/core/openapi-full.json
index b328436589881..006aad62ce9f7 100644
--- a/core/openapi-full.json
+++ b/core/openapi-full.json
@@ -7407,7 +7407,7 @@
                     {
                         "name": "limit",
                         "in": "query",
-                        "description": "Maximum amount of entries, limited to 25",
+                        "description": "Maximum amount of entries (capped by configurable unified-search.max-results-per-request, default: 25)",
                         "schema": {
                             "type": "integer",
                             "format": "int64",
diff --git a/core/openapi.json b/core/openapi.json
index 1004bd541ca3d..5e514a7b26603 100644
--- a/core/openapi.json
+++ b/core/openapi.json
@@ -7407,7 +7407,7 @@
                     {
                         "name": "limit",
                         "in": "query",
-                        "description": "Maximum amount of entries, limited to 25",
+                        "description": "Maximum amount of entries (capped by configurable unified-search.max-results-per-request, default: 25)",
                         "schema": {
                             "type": "integer",
                             "format": "int64",