diff --git a/assets/js/autocomplete/suggestions.js b/assets/js/autocomplete/suggestions.js
index e21777227..7733da49b 100644
--- a/assets/js/autocomplete/suggestions.js
+++ b/assets/js/autocomplete/suggestions.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const SUGGESTION_CATEGORY = {
   section: 'section'
 }
 
+const DEFAULT_AUTOCOMPLETE_LIMIT = 10
+
 /**
  * Returns a list of autocomplete suggestion objects matching the given term.
  *
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ const SUGGESTION_CATEGORY = {
  * @param {Number} limit The maximum number of results to return.
  * @returns {Suggestion[]} List of suggestions sorted and limited.
  */
-export function getSuggestions (query, limit = 8) {
+export function getSuggestions (query, explicitLimit = null) {
+  const limit = explicitLimit || window.autocompleteLimit || DEFAULT_AUTOCOMPLETE_LIMIT
   if (isBlank(query)) {
     return []
   }
diff --git a/assets/js/search-bar.js b/assets/js/search-bar.js
index 2e50e04e4..9d57b07c3 100644
--- a/assets/js/search-bar.js
+++ b/assets/js/search-bar.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if (!isEmbedded) {
 
 function initialize () {
   addEventListeners()
+  setAutocompleteLimit()
 
   window.onTogglePreviewClick = function (event, open) {
     event.preventDefault()
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ export function focusSearchInput () {
   searchInput.focus()
 }
 
+function setAutocompleteLimit () {
+  const searchInput = qs(SEARCH_INPUT_SELECTOR)
+  const autocompleteLimit = parseInt(document.querySelector('meta[name="exdoc:autocomplete-limit"]').content)
+  if (autocompleteLimit) {
+    window.autocompleteLimit = autocompleteLimit
+  }
+  searchInput.setAttribute('autocomplete-limit', autocompleteLimit)
+}
+
 function addEventListeners () {
   const searchInput = qs(SEARCH_INPUT_SELECTOR)
 
diff --git a/assets/test/autocomplete/suggestions.spec.js b/assets/test/autocomplete/suggestions.spec.js
index 1f2357a9f..62b787341 100644
--- a/assets/test/autocomplete/suggestions.spec.js
+++ b/assets/test/autocomplete/suggestions.spec.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('getSuggestions', () => {
     })
 
     it('returns max 8 results', () => {
-      expect(getSuggestions('e').length).to.eql(8)
+      expect(getSuggestions('e').length).to.eql(10)
     })
 
     it('returns no results if no match found', () => {
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/docs.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/docs.ex
index 9a6389590..6e1d15edd 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/docs.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/docs.ex
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Docs do
 
     * `exdoc:autocomplete` - when set to "off", it disables autocompletion.
 
+    * `exdoc:autocomplete-limit` - Set to an integer to configure how many results
+      appear in the autocomplete dropdown. Defaults to 10.
+
     * `exdoc:full-text-search-url` - the URL to use when performing full text
       search. The search string will be appended to the URL as an encoded
       parameter. You could use this to bring a custom search engine to your