diff --git a/install/data/defaults.json b/install/data/defaults.json
index 090a1d4026..8d0112ba74 100644
--- a/install/data/defaults.json
+++ b/install/data/defaults.json
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     "hideFullname": 0,
     "hideEmail": 0,
     "allowGuestHandles": 0,
+    "recentMaxTopics": 200,
     "disableRecentCategoryFilter": 0,
     "maximumRelatedTopics": 0,
     "disableEmailSubscriptions": 0,
diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json
index da708f4c6c..a8d0046355 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/post.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 	"unread.cutoff": "Unread cutoff days",
 	"unread.min-track-last": "Minimum posts in topic before tracking last read",
 	"recent": "Recent Settings",
+	"recent.max-topics": "Maximum topics on /recent",
 	"recent.categoryFilter.disable": "Disable filtering of topics in ignored categories on the /recent page",
 	"signature": "Signature Settings",
 	"signature.disable": "Disable signatures",
diff --git a/src/topics/sorted.js b/src/topics/sorted.js
index 909f0dd250..28844ffee7 100644
--- a/src/topics/sorted.js
+++ b/src/topics/sorted.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 		}
 		data.tids = await getTids(params);
 		data.tids = await sortTids(data.tids, params);
-		data.tids = await filterTids(data.tids.slice(0, 200), params);
+		data.tids = await filterTids(data.tids.slice(0, meta.config.recentMaxTopics), params);
 		data.topicCount = data.tids.length;
 		data.topics = await getTopics(data.tids, params);
 		data.nextStart = params.stop + 1;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 		} else if (params.cids) {
 			tids = await getCidTids(params);
 		} else {
-			tids = await db.getSortedSetRevRange('topics:' + params.sort, 0, 199);
+			tids = await db.getSortedSetRevRange('topics:' + params.sort, 0, meta.config.recentMaxTopics - 1);
 		}
 
 		return tids;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			pinnedSets.push('cid:' + cid + ':tids:pinned');
 		});
 		const [tids, pinnedTids] = await Promise.all([
-			db.getSortedSetRevRange(sets, 0, 199),
+			db.getSortedSetRevRange(sets, 0, meta.config.recentMaxTopics - 1),
 			db.getSortedSetRevRange(pinnedSets, 0, -1),
 		]);
 		return pinnedTids.concat(tids);
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl
index 5ee1dbdc6c..082cd15973 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/post.tpl
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
 	<div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-12 settings-header">[[admin/settings/post:recent]]</div>
 	<div class="col-sm-10 col-xs-12">
 		<form>
+			<div class="form-group">
+				<label for="recentMaxTopics">[[admin/settings/post:recent.max-topics]]</label>
+				<input id="recentMaxTopics" type="text" class="form-control" value="200" data-field="recentMaxTopics">
+			</div>
 			<div class="checkbox">
 				<label class="mdl-switch mdl-js-switch mdl-js-ripple-effect">
 					<input class="mdl-switch__input" type="checkbox" data-field="disableRecentCategoryFilter">