diff --git a/src/fsAsync.spec.ts b/src/fsAsync.spec.ts
index b4fee377249..8f4b44bab8e 100644
--- a/src/fsAsync.spec.ts
+++ b/src/fsAsync.spec.ts
@@ -110,5 +110,22 @@ describe("fsAsync", () => {
         .sort();
       return expect(gotFileNames).to.deep.equal(expectFiles);
     });
+
+    it("should support maximum recursion depth", async () => {
+      const results = await fsAsync.readdirRecursive({ path: baseDir, maxDepth: 2 });
+
+      const gotFileNames = results.map((r) => r.name).sort();
+      const expectFiles = [".hidden", "visible", "subdir/subfile", "node_modules/subfile"];
+      const expectPaths = expectFiles.map((file) => path.join(baseDir, file)).sort();
+      return expect(gotFileNames).to.deep.equal(expectPaths);
+    });
+
+    it("should ignore invalid maximum recursion depth", async () => {
+      const results = await fsAsync.readdirRecursive({ path: baseDir, maxDepth: 0 });
+
+      const gotFileNames = results.map((r) => r.name).sort();
+      const expectFiles = files.map((file) => path.join(baseDir, file)).sort();
+      return expect(gotFileNames).to.deep.equal(expectFiles);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/fsAsync.ts b/src/fsAsync.ts
index 26123f9636b..33547f083c1 100644
--- a/src/fsAsync.ts
+++ b/src/fsAsync.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export interface ReaddirRecursiveOpts {
   isGitIgnore?: boolean;
   // Files in the ignore array to include.
   include?: string[];
+  // Maximum depth to recurse.
+  maxDepth?: number;
 }
 
 export interface ReaddirRecursiveFile {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ export interface ReaddirRecursiveFile {
 async function readdirRecursiveHelper(options: {
   path: string;
   filter: (p: string) => boolean;
+  maxDepth: number;
 }): Promise<ReaddirRecursiveFile[]> {
   const dirContents = readdirSync(options.path);
   const fullPaths = dirContents.map((n) => join(options.path, n));
@@ -35,7 +38,11 @@ async function readdirRecursiveHelper(options: {
     if (!fstat.isDirectory()) {
       continue;
     }
-    filePromises.push(readdirRecursiveHelper({ path: p, filter: options.filter }));
+    if (options.maxDepth > 1) {
+      filePromises.push(
+        readdirRecursiveHelper({ path: p, filter: options.filter, maxDepth: options.maxDepth - 1 }),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   const files = await Promise.all(filePromises);
@@ -70,8 +77,10 @@ export async function readdirRecursive(
       return rule(t);
     });
   };
+  const maxDepth = options.maxDepth && options.maxDepth > 0 ? options.maxDepth : Infinity;
   return await readdirRecursiveHelper({
     path: options.path,
     filter: filter,
+    maxDepth,
   });
 }