diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/site-settings/integer.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/site-settings/integer.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3a297a4976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/site-settings/integer.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<NumberField @value={{this.value}} @classNames="input-setting-integer" />
+
+<SettingValidationMessage @message={{this.validationMessage}} />
+<div class="desc">{{html-safe this.setting.description}}</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/site-settings/integer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/site-settings/integer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6df18068c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/site-settings/integer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Component from "@ember/component";
+
+export default class Integer extends Component {}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/mixins/setting-component.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/mixins/setting-component.js
index 455991badf0..6ea8aeb9679 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/mixins/setting-component.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/mixins/setting-component.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import SiteSettingDefaultCategoriesModal from "../components/modal/site-setting-
 
 const CUSTOM_TYPES = [
   "bool",
+  "integer",
   "enum",
   "list",
   "url_list",
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/settings.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/settings.scss
index 59e68a27ede..99a27fb033e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/settings.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/settings.scss
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
       float: left;
     }
     .input-setting-string,
+    .input-setting-integer,
     .input-setting-textarea {
       width: 100%;
       @media (max-width: $mobile-breakpoint) {
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/site_settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/site_settings_controller.rb
index 55eaf550d8b..8ff483e388b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/site_settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/site_settings_controller.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ class Admin::SiteSettingsController < Admin::AdminController
 
     raise_access_hidden_setting(id)
 
-    if SiteSetting.type_supervisor.get_type(id) == :uploaded_image_list
+    case SiteSetting.type_supervisor.get_type(id)
+    when :integer
+      value = value.gsub(/\D/, "")
+    when :uploaded_image_list
       value = Upload.get_from_urls(value.split("|")).to_a
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
index e0f0a77ea7a..57fac97500e 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/site_settings_controller_spec.rb
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::SiteSettingsController do
         expect(SiteSetting.title).to eq("")
       end
 
+      it "sanitizes integer values" do
+        put "/admin/site_settings/suggested_topics.json", params: { suggested_topics: "1,000" }
+
+        expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+        expect(SiteSetting.suggested_topics).to eq(1000)
+      end
+
       context "with default user options" do
         let!(:user1) { Fabricate(:user) }
         let!(:user2) { Fabricate(:user) }