diff --git a/gitea/apiobject.py b/gitea/apiobject.py
index 5df39b7..209f9fc 100644
--- a/gitea/apiobject.py
+++ b/gitea/apiobject.py
@@ -426,11 +426,12 @@ class Repository(ApiObject):
         """Get all Issues of this Repository (open and closed)"""
         return self.get_issues_state(Issue.OPENED) + self.get_issues_state(Issue.CLOSED)
 
-    def get_commits(self) -> List["Commit"]:
+    def get_commits(self, page_limit: int = 0) -> List["Commit"]:
         """Get all the Commits of this Repository."""
         try:
             results = self.gitea.requests_get_paginated(
-                Repository.REPO_COMMITS % (self.owner.username, self.name)
+                Repository.REPO_COMMITS % (self.owner.username, self.name),
+                page_limit= page_limit
             )
         except ConflictException as err:
             logging.warning(err)
diff --git a/gitea/gitea.py b/gitea/gitea.py
index 1eaa70e..686a862 100644
--- a/gitea/gitea.py
+++ b/gitea/gitea.py
@@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ class Gitea:
         return self.parse_result(request)
 
     def requests_get_paginated(
-        self, endpoint: str, params=frozendict(), sudo=None, page_key: str = "page"
+        self,
+        endpoint: str,
+        params=frozendict(),
+        sudo=None,
+        page_key: str = "page",
+        page_limit: int = 0,
     ):
         page = 1
         combined_params = {}
@@ -103,6 +108,8 @@ class Gitea:
                 return aggregated_result
             aggregated_result.extend(result)
             page += 1
+            if page_limit and page > page_limit:
+                return aggregated_result
 
     def requests_put(self, endpoint: str, data: dict = None):
         if not data: