diff --git a/src/controllers/search.js b/src/controllers/search.js
index 833092ee70..62b453e266 100644
--- a/src/controllers/search.js
+++ b/src/controllers/search.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ searchController.search = function (req, res, next) {
 				sortBy: req.query.sortBy || meta.config.searchDefaultSortBy || '',
 				sortDirection: req.query.sortDirection,
 				page: page,
+				itemsPerPage: req.query.itemsPerPage,
 				uid: req.uid,
 				qs: req.query,
 			};
diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index 7d8a6f3e09..2beeb85863 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function searchInContent(data, callback) {
 			next(null, Object.assign({
 				posts: posts,
 				matchCount: matchCount,
-				pageCount: Math.max(1, Math.ceil(parseInt(matchCount, 10) / 10)),
+				pageCount: Math.max(1, Math.ceil(parseInt(matchCount, 10) / itemsPerPage)),
 			}, metadata));
 		},
 	], callback);