diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_retirement_views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_retirement_views.py
index b8a3a02e66..8f34d4ba42 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_retirement_views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_retirement_views.py
@@ -776,6 +776,18 @@ class TestAccountRetirementList(RetirementTestCase):
 
         self.assert_status_and_user_list(retirement_values, states_to_request=self._get_non_dead_end_states())
 
+    def test_user_limit_works(self):
+        """
+        Verify that request limiting works to limit returned amount.
+        """
+        state = 'PENDING'
+        for _ in range(5):
+            create_retirement_status(UserFactory(), state=RetirementState.objects.get(state_name=state))
+        data = {'cool_off_days': 0, 'states': state, 'limit': '2'}
+        response = self.client.get(self.url, data, **self.headers)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        assert len(response.json()) == 2
+
     def test_date_filter(self):
         """
         Verifies the functionality of the `cool_off_days` parameter by creating 1 retirement per day for
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
index a558227b24..13b7ad39f6 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ class AccountRetirementStatusView(ViewSet):
     def retirement_queue(self, request):
         """
         GET /api/user/v1/accounts/retirement_queue/
-        {'cool_off_days': 7, 'states': ['PENDING', 'COMPLETE']}
+        {'cool_off_days': 7, 'states': ['PENDING', 'COMPLETE'], 'limit': 500}
 
         Returns the list of RetirementStatus users in the given states that were
         created in the retirement queue at least `cool_off_days` ago.
@@ -936,6 +936,16 @@ class AccountRetirementStatusView(ViewSet):
                 found = [s.state_name for s in state_objs]
                 raise RetirementStateError(f'Unknown state. Requested: {states} Found: {found}')
 
+            limit = request.GET.get('limit')
+            if limit:
+                try:
+                    limit_count = int(limit)
+                except ValueError:
+                    return Response(
+                        f'Limit could not be parsed: {limit}, please ensure this is an integer',
+                        status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+                    )
+
             earliest_datetime = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.UTC) - datetime.timedelta(days=cool_off_days)
 
             retirements = UserRetirementStatus.objects.select_related(
@@ -945,6 +955,8 @@ class AccountRetirementStatusView(ViewSet):
             ).order_by(
                 'id'
             )
+            if limit:
+                retirements = retirements[:limit_count]
             serializer = UserRetirementStatusSerializer(retirements, many=True)
             return Response(serializer.data)
         # This should only occur on the int() conversion of cool_off_days at this point