diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java
index fa5d9fdf7..c83abd00e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class NativeSearchQueryBuilder {
 	@Nullable private SearchType searchType;
 	@Nullable private IndicesOptions indicesOptions;
 	@Nullable private String preference;
+	@Nullable private Integer maxResults;
 
 	public NativeSearchQueryBuilder withQuery(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
 		this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
@@ -167,6 +168,11 @@ public class NativeSearchQueryBuilder {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	public NativeSearchQueryBuilder withMaxResults(Integer maxResults) {
+		this.maxResults = maxResults;
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	public NativeSearchQuery build() {
 
 		NativeSearchQuery nativeSearchQuery = new NativeSearchQuery(queryBuilder, filterBuilder, sortBuilders,
@@ -218,10 +224,15 @@ public class NativeSearchQueryBuilder {
 		if (indicesOptions != null) {
 			nativeSearchQuery.setIndicesOptions(indicesOptions);
 		}
+
 		if (preference != null) {
 			nativeSearchQuery.setPreference(preference);
 		}
 
+		if (maxResults != null) {
+			nativeSearchQuery.setMaxResults(maxResults);
+		}
+
 		return nativeSearchQuery;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/aggregation/ElasticsearchTemplateAggregationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/aggregation/ElasticsearchTemplateAggregationTests.java
index a13174cb7..311f476ef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/aggregation/ElasticsearchTemplateAggregationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/aggregation/ElasticsearchTemplateAggregationTests.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateAggregationTests {
 				.withQuery(matchAllQuery()) //
 				.withSearchType(SearchType.DEFAULT) //
 				.addAggregation(terms("subjects").field("subject")) //
+				.withMaxResults(0) //
 				.build();
 		// when
 		SearchHits<ArticleEntity> searchHits = operations.search(searchQuery, ArticleEntity.class,
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateAggregationTests {
 		// then
 		assertThat(aggregations).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(aggregations.asMap().get("subjects")).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(searchHits.hasSearchHits()).isFalse();
 	}
 
 	/**