diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index dc2133118..1ecdb23c3 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -1798,6 +1798,7 @@ export class AppSearchProvider {
         this.id = 'applications';
         this.isRemoteProvider = false;
         this.canLaunchSearch = false;
+        this.maxResults = 6;
 
         this._systemActions = new SystemActions.getDefault();
 
diff --git a/js/ui/search.js b/js/ui/search.js
index b938b0327..071f6332b 100644
--- a/js/ui/search.js
+++ b/js/ui/search.js
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ class GridSearchResults extends SearchResultsBase {
             child: this._grid,
             x_align: Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER,
         }));
+
+        this._maxResults = provider.maxResults ?? -1;
     }
 
     _onDestroy() {
@@ -510,11 +512,18 @@ class GridSearchResults extends SearchResultsBase {
     }
 
     _getMaxDisplayedResults() {
-        let width = this.allocation.get_width();
+        const width = this.allocation.get_width();
         if (width === 0)
-            return -1;
+            return this._maxResults;
 
-        return this._grid.layout_manager.columnsForWidth(width);
+        const nCols = this._grid.layout_manager.columnsForWidth(width);
+        if (nCols < 0)
+            return this._maxResults;
+
+        if (this._maxResults < 0)
+            return nCols;
+
+        return Math.min(nCols, this._maxResults);
     }
 
     _clearResultDisplay() {