diff --git a/github/provider.go b/github/provider.go
index 8f44c9509..71cc00ec3 100644
--- a/github/provider.go
+++ b/github/provider.go
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			// https://developer.github.com/guides/traversing-with-pagination/#basics-of-pagination
+			"max_per_page": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeInt,
+				Optional:    true,
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GITHUB_MAX_PER_PAGE", "100"),
+				Description: descriptions["max_per_page"],
+			},
 		},
 
 		ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
@@ -305,6 +312,8 @@ func init() {
 			"Defaults to [500, 502, 503, 504]",
 		"max_retries": "Number of times to retry a request after receiving an error status code" +
 			"Defaults to 3",
+		"max_per_page": "Number of items per page for pagination" +
+			"Defaults to 100",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -425,6 +434,13 @@ func providerConfigure(p *schema.Provider) schema.ConfigureContextFunc {
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Setting retriableErrors to %v", retryableErrors)
 		}
 
+		_maxPerPage := d.Get("max_per_page").(int)
+		if _maxPerPage <= 0 {
+			return nil, diag.FromErr(fmt.Errorf("max_per_page must be greater than than 0"))
+		}
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Setting max_per_page to %d", _maxPerPage)
+		maxPerPage = _maxPerPage
+
 		parallelRequests := d.Get("parallel_requests").(bool)
 
 		if parallelRequests && isGithubDotCom {
diff --git a/github/provider_test.go b/github/provider_test.go
index ef925a901..79a2e51bf 100644
--- a/github/provider_test.go
+++ b/github/provider_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/terraform"
 )
 
 var testAccProviders map[string]*schema.Provider
@@ -187,4 +188,34 @@ func TestAccProviderConfigure(t *testing.T) {
 
 	})
 
+	t.Run("can be configured with max per page", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+		config := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			provider "github" {
+				token = "%s"
+				owner = "%s"
+				max_per_page = 999
+			}`,
+			testToken, testOwnerFunc(),
+		)
+
+		resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+			PreCheck:  func() { skipUnlessMode(t, individual) },
+			Providers: testAccProviders,
+			Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+				{
+					Config:             config,
+					ExpectNonEmptyPlan: false,
+					Check: func(_ *terraform.State) error {
+						if maxPerPage != 999 {
+							return fmt.Errorf("max_per_page should be set to 999, got %d", maxPerPage)
+						}
+						return nil
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+
+	})
+
 }
diff --git a/github/util.go b/github/util.go
index 321a201fb..86f4759f1 100644
--- a/github/util.go
+++ b/github/util.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 )
 
-const (
+var (
 	// https://developer.github.com/guides/traversing-with-pagination/#basics-of-pagination
 	maxPerPage = 100
 )