diff --git a/extensions/json-language-features/client/src/jsonMain.ts b/extensions/json-language-features/client/src/jsonMain.ts
index 23c42f795c9..cb318b46518 100644
--- a/extensions/json-language-features/client/src/jsonMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/json-language-features/client/src/jsonMain.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ function getSchemaAssociation(_context: ExtensionContext): ISchemaAssociations {
 function getSettings(): Settings {
 	let httpSettings = workspace.getConfiguration('http');
 
+	let resultLimit: number = Math.trunc(Math.max(0, Number(workspace.getConfiguration().get('json.maxItemsComputed')))) || 5000;
+
 	let settings: Settings = {
 		http: {
 			proxy: httpSettings.get('proxy'),
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ function getSettings(): Settings {
 		},
 		json: {
 			schemas: [],
-			resultLimit: 5000
+			resultLimit
 		}
 	};
 	let schemaSettingsById: { [schemaId: string]: JSONSchemaSettings } = Object.create(null);
diff --git a/extensions/json-language-features/package.json b/extensions/json-language-features/package.json
index 69d898b9e7f..09f7c6c1643 100644
--- a/extensions/json-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/json-language-features/package.json
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@
                     "default": true,
                     "description": "%json.colorDecorators.enable.desc%",
                     "deprecationMessage": "%json.colorDecorators.enable.deprecationMessage%"
+                },
+                "json.maxItemsComputed": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "default": 5000,
+                    "description": "%json.maxItemsComputed.desc%"
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/extensions/json-language-features/package.nls.json b/extensions/json-language-features/package.nls.json
index c61e7b70e8f..5d132ccd776 100644
--- a/extensions/json-language-features/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/json-language-features/package.nls.json
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 	"json.colorDecorators.enable.desc": "Enables or disables color decorators",
 	"json.colorDecorators.enable.deprecationMessage": "The setting `json.colorDecorators.enable` has been deprecated in favor of `editor.colorDecorators`.",
 	"json.schemaResolutionErrorMessage": "Unable to resolve schema.",
-	"json.clickToRetry": "Click to retry."
+	"json.clickToRetry": "Click to retry.",
+	"json.maxItemsComputed.desc": "The maximum number of outline symbols and folding regions computed (limited for performance reasons)."
 }