diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15d27b25d..129bf0ddf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## Added
 
+- ✨(backend) allow forcing page size within limits
 - 💄(frontend) add error pages #643
 
 ## Changed
diff --git a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
index e9616affc..51f24e497 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ class DocumentViewSet(
     metadata_class = DocumentMetadata
     ordering = ["-updated_at"]
     ordering_fields = ["created_at", "updated_at", "title"]
+    pagination_class = Pagination
     permission_classes = [
         permissions.DocumentAccessPermission,
     ]
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_list.py b/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_list.py
index f09ca58ce..4aa5c6c1c 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_list.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/documents/test_api_documents_list.py
@@ -328,6 +328,35 @@ def test_api_documents_list_pagination(
     assert document_ids == []
 
 
+def test_api_documents_list_pagination_force_page_size():
+    """Page size can be set via querystring."""
+    user = factories.UserFactory()
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    document_ids = [
+        str(access.document_id)
+        for access in factories.UserDocumentAccessFactory.create_batch(3, user=user)
+    ]
+
+    # Force page size
+    response = client.get(
+        "/api/v1.0/documents/?page_size=2",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    content = response.json()
+
+    assert content["count"] == 3
+    assert content["next"] == "http://testserver/api/v1.0/documents/?page=2&page_size=2"
+    assert content["previous"] is None
+
+    assert len(content["results"]) == 2
+    for item in content["results"]:
+        document_ids.remove(item["id"])
+
+
 def test_api_documents_list_authenticated_distinct():
     """A document with several related users should only be listed once."""
     user = factories.UserFactory()