diff --git a/conntrackt/views.py b/conntrackt/views.py
--- a/conntrackt/views.py
+++ b/conntrackt/views.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import json
 # Django imports.
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import permission_required
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import HttpResponse
@@ -1039,7 +1040,10 @@ class APISearchView(MultiplePermissionsR
         "all": ("conntrackt.view",),
         }
 
-    def get(self, request, search_term):
+    # Raise authorisation denied exception for unmet permissions.
+    raise_exception = True
+
+    def get(self, request, search_term=""):
         """
         Implements response handling for a GET request.
         """
@@ -1051,6 +1055,11 @@ class APISearchView(MultiplePermissionsR
         # Set-up a list that will contain found items.
         items = []
 
+        # Fetch the maximum number of items that should be returned.
+        limit = int(request.GET.get("limit", 0))
+        if limit < 0:
+            raise ValidationError("Limit may not be a negative value.")
+
         # Don't perform search with empty search term.
         if search_term != "":
 
@@ -1058,6 +1067,11 @@ class APISearchView(MultiplePermissionsR
             entities = Entity.objects.search(search_term).select_related("project")
             projects = Project.objects.search(search_term)
 
+            # If maximum number of items was provided, narrow-down the results.
+            if limit > 0:
+                entities = entities[:limit]
+                projects = projects[:limit]
+
             # Add found entities.
             for entity in entities:
                 items.append({"name": entity.name,