diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/odsadapter/query/ODSQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/odsadapter/query/ODSQuery.java
index dc10886..38748ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/odsadapter/query/ODSQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/odsadapter/query/ODSQuery.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 
 	private final ApplElemAccess applElemAccess;
 
+	private int limit;
+
 	// ======================================================================
 	// Constructors
 	// ======================================================================
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@
 	 */
 	ODSQuery(ApplElemAccess applElemAccess) {
 		this.applElemAccess = applElemAccess;
+		limit = 0;
 	}
 
 	// ======================================================================
@@ -121,6 +124,15 @@
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
 	@Override
+	public Query limit(int limit) {
+		this.limit = limit;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
 	public Query select(Attribute attribute, Aggregation aggregation) {
 		EntityType entityType = attribute.getEntityType();
 		entityTypesByID.put(Long.toString(ODSConverter.fromODSLong(((ODSEntityType) entityType).getODSID())),
@@ -219,7 +231,7 @@
 
 			List<Result> results = new ArrayList<>();
 			long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-			for (Result result : new ResultFactory(entityTypesByID, applElemAccess.getInstancesExt(qse, 0)[0])) {
+			for (Result result : new ResultFactory(entityTypesByID, applElemAccess.getInstancesExt(qse, limit)[0])) {
 				results.add(result);
 			}
 			long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();