diff --git a/pkg/common/configs/configs.go b/pkg/common/configs/configs.go
index 8d591afeb..83e8ec8c7 100644
--- a/pkg/common/configs/configs.go
+++ b/pkg/common/configs/configs.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const (
 	CMEventRingBufferCapacity = PrefixEvent + "ringBufferCapacity" // Ring Buffer Capacity
 	CMMaxEventStreams         = PrefixEvent + "maxStreams"
 	CMMaxEventStreamsPerHost  = PrefixEvent + "maxStreamsPerHost"
+	CMRESTResponseSize        = PrefixEvent + "RESTResponseSize"
 
 	// defaults
 	DefaultHealthCheckInterval     = 30 * time.Second
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultEventRingBufferCapacity = 100000
 	DefaultMaxStreams              = uint64(100)
 	DefaultMaxStreamsPerHost       = uint64(15)
+	DefaultRESTResponseSize        = uint64(10000)
 )
 
 var ConfigContext *SchedulerConfigContext
diff --git a/pkg/webservice/handlers.go b/pkg/webservice/handlers.go
index 5e37c80fe..6bb031b04 100644
--- a/pkg/webservice/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/webservice/handlers.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ const (
 var allowedActiveStatusMsg string
 var allowedAppActiveStatuses map[string]bool
 var streamingLimiter *StreamingLimiter
+var maxRESTResponseSize atomic.Uint64
 
 func init() {
 	allowedAppActiveStatuses = make(map[string]bool)
@@ -83,6 +85,22 @@ func init() {
 	allowedActiveStatusMsg = fmt.Sprintf("Only following active statuses are allowed: %s", strings.Join(activeStatuses, ","))
 
 	streamingLimiter = NewStreamingLimiter()
+
+	configs.AddConfigMapCallback("rest-response-size", func() {
+		newSize := common.GetConfigurationUint(configs.GetConfigMap(), configs.CMRESTResponseSize, configs.DefaultRESTResponseSize)
+		if newSize == 0 {
+			log.Log(log.REST).Warn("Illegal value `0` for config key, using default",
+				zap.String("key", configs.CMRESTResponseSize),
+				zap.Uint64("default", configs.DefaultRESTResponseSize))
+			newSize = configs.DefaultRESTResponseSize
+		}
+
+		log.Log(log.REST).Info("Reloading max REST event response size setting",
+			zap.Uint64("current", maxRESTResponseSize.Load()),
+			zap.Uint64("new", newSize))
+		maxRESTResponseSize.Store(newSize)
+	})
+	maxRESTResponseSize.Store(configs.DefaultRESTResponseSize)
 }
 
 func getStackInfo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -1117,9 +1135,8 @@ func getEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	count := uint64(10000)
-	var start uint64
-
+	maxCount := maxRESTResponseSize.Load()
+	count := maxCount
 	if countStr := r.URL.Query().Get("count"); countStr != "" {
 		var err error
 		count, err = strconv.ParseUint(countStr, 10, 64)
@@ -1127,12 +1144,16 @@ func getEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			buildJSONErrorResponse(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
+		if count > maxCount {
+			count = maxCount
+		}
 		if count == 0 {
 			buildJSONErrorResponse(w, `0 is not a valid value for "count"`, http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
+	var start uint64
 	if startStr := r.URL.Query().Get("start"); startStr != "" {
 		var err error
 		start, err = strconv.ParseUint(startStr, 10, 64)
diff --git a/pkg/webservice/handlers_test.go b/pkg/webservice/handlers_test.go
index dfbe729bd..3e72843ae 100644
--- a/pkg/webservice/handlers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/webservice/handlers_test.go
@@ -2064,6 +2064,11 @@ func TestGetEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	checkIllegalBatchRequest(t, "count=0", `0 is not a valid value for "count`)
 	checkIllegalBatchRequest(t, "start=xyz", `strconv.ParseUint: parsing "xyz": invalid syntax`)
 	checkIllegalBatchRequest(t, "start=-100", `strconv.ParseUint: parsing "-100": invalid syntax`)
+
+	// "count" too high
+	maxRESTResponseSize.Store(1)
+	defer maxRESTResponseSize.Store(configs.DefaultRESTResponseSize)
+	checkSingleEvent(t, appEvent, "count=3")
 }
 
 func TestGetEventsWhenTrackingDisabled(t *testing.T) {
@@ -2681,6 +2686,34 @@ func TestGetPartitionRuleHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, partitionRules[3].Name, types.Recovery)
 }
 
+func TestSetMaxRESTResponseSize(t *testing.T) {
+	current := configs.GetConfigMap()
+	defer configs.SetConfigMap(current)
+
+	configs.SetConfigMap(map[string]string{
+		configs.CMRESTResponseSize: "1234",
+	})
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(1234), maxRESTResponseSize.Load())
+
+	configs.SetConfigMap(map[string]string{})
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(10000), maxRESTResponseSize.Load())
+
+	configs.SetConfigMap(map[string]string{
+		configs.CMRESTResponseSize: "xyz",
+	})
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(10000), maxRESTResponseSize.Load())
+
+	configs.SetConfigMap(map[string]string{
+		configs.CMRESTResponseSize: "0",
+	})
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(10000), maxRESTResponseSize.Load())
+
+	configs.SetConfigMap(map[string]string{
+		configs.CMRESTResponseSize: "-1",
+	})
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(10000), maxRESTResponseSize.Load())
+}
+
 type ResponseRecorderWithDeadline struct {
 	*httptest.ResponseRecorder
 	setWriteFails   bool