diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b87c73e6..8827f9e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -215,13 +215,14 @@ Each of these methods will have a value associated with it - this is an integer,
 For "age", this will be converted into days; for "number", it is the minimum number of records to keep, sorted by LastEdited.
 The default value is 30, as we are expecting days.
 
-You can also determine which JobStatuses are allowed to be cleaned up. The default setting is to clean up "Broken" and "Complete" jobs. All other statuses can be configured with `cleanup_statuses`.
+You can determine which JobStatuses are allowed to be cleaned up. The default setting is to clean up "Broken" and "Complete" jobs. All other statuses can be configured with `cleanup_statuses`. You can also define `query_limit` to limit the number of rows queried/deleted by the cleanup job (defaults to 100k).
 
 The default configuration looks like this:
 
 ```yaml
 CleanupJob:
   is_enabled: false
+  query_limit: 100000
   cleanup_method: "age"
   cleanup_value: 30
   cleanup_statuses:
diff --git a/code/jobs/CleanupJob.php b/code/jobs/CleanupJob.php
index 67f6fa2f..60c21b7d 100644
--- a/code/jobs/CleanupJob.php
+++ b/code/jobs/CleanupJob.php
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ class CleanupJob extends AbstractQueuedJob implements QueuedJob {
 		// "Waiting",
 	);
 
+	/**
+	 * Database query limit
+	 * @config
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	private static $query_limit = 100000;
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether is enabled or not for BC
 	 * @config
@@ -79,6 +86,13 @@ public function getJobType() {
 	 * Clear out stale jobs based on the cleanup values
 	 */
 	public function process() {
+		// construct limit statement if query_limit is valid int value
+		$limit = '';
+		$query_limit = $this->config()->get('query_limit');
+		if (is_numeric($query_limit) && $query_limit >= 0) {
+			$limit = ' LIMIT ' . ((int)$query_limit);
+		}
+
 		$statusList = implode('\', \'', $this->config()->cleanup_statuses);
 		switch($this->config()->cleanup_method) {
 			// If Age, we need to get jobs that are at least n days old
@@ -94,8 +108,8 @@ public function process() {
 					'SELECT "ID" 
 					FROM "QueuedJobDescriptor" 
 					WHERE "JobStatus" 
-					IN (\'' . $statusList . '\')
-					AND "LastEdited" < \'' . $cutOff .'\''
+					IN (\'' . $statusList . '\') 
+					AND "LastEdited" < \'' . $cutOff . '\'' . $limit
 				);
 				$staleJobs = $stale->column("ID");
 				break;
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ public function process() {
 					WHERE "ID" 
 					NOT IN (\'' . $freshJobIDs . '\') 
 					AND "JobStatus" 
-					IN (\'' . $statusList . '\')'
+					IN (\'' . $statusList . '\')' . $limit
 				);
 				$staleJobs = $stale->column("ID");
 				break;
@@ -151,4 +165,4 @@ private function reenqueue()
 		}
 	}
 
-}
+}
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