diff --git a/client/src/components/FilesDialog/FilesDialog.vue b/client/src/components/FilesDialog/FilesDialog.vue
index 182553017c96..910461a4b3a7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/FilesDialog/FilesDialog.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/FilesDialog/FilesDialog.vue
@@ -11,14 +11,22 @@ import {
 } from "@/api/remoteFiles";
 import { UrlTracker } from "@/components/DataDialog/utilities";
 import { fileSourcePluginToItem, isSubPath } from "@/components/FilesDialog/utilities";
-import { SELECTION_STATES, type SelectionItem } from "@/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes";
+import {
+    ItemsProvider,
+    ItemsProviderContext,
+    SELECTION_STATES,
+    type SelectionItem,
+} from "@/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes";
 import { useConfig } from "@/composables/config";
+import { useFileSources } from "@/composables/fileSources";
 import { errorMessageAsString } from "@/utils/simple-error";
 
 import { Model } from "./model";
 
 import SelectionDialog from "@/components/SelectionDialog/SelectionDialog.vue";
 
+const filesSources = useFileSources();
+
 interface FilesDialogProps {
     /** Callback function to be called passing the results when selection is complete */
     callback?: (files: any) => void;
@@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ const selectedDirectories = ref<SelectionItem[]>([]);
 const errorMessage = ref<string>();
 const filter = ref();
 const items = ref<SelectionItem[]>([]);
+const itemsProvider = ref<ItemsProvider>();
 const modalShow = ref(true);
 const optionsShow = ref(false);
 const undoShow = ref(false);
@@ -232,6 +241,7 @@ function load(record?: SelectionItem) {
     optionsShow.value = false;
     undoShow.value = !urlTracker.value.atRoot();
     if (urlTracker.value.atRoot() || errorMessage.value) {
+        itemsProvider.value = undefined;
         errorMessage.value = undefined;
         getFileSources(props.filterOptions)
             .then((results) => {
@@ -260,6 +270,11 @@ function load(record?: SelectionItem) {
             showDetails.value = false;
             return;
         }
+
+        if (shouldUseItemsProvider()) {
+            itemsProvider.value = provideItems;
+        }
+
         browseRemoteFiles(currentDirectory.value?.url, false, props.requireWritable)
             .then((result) => {
                 items.value = filterByMode(result.entries).map(entryToRecord);
@@ -275,6 +290,47 @@ function load(record?: SelectionItem) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if the current file source supports server-side pagination.
+ * If it does, we will use the items provider to fetch items.
+ */
+function shouldUseItemsProvider(): boolean {
+    const fileSource = filesSources.getFileSourceById(currentDirectory.value?.id!);
+    const supportsPagination = fileSource?.supports?.pagination;
+    return Boolean(supportsPagination);
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Fetches items from the server using server-side pagination and filtering.
+ **/
+async function provideItems(ctx: ItemsProviderContext): Promise<SelectionItem[]> {
+    isBusy.value = true;
+    try {
+        if (!currentDirectory.value) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        const limit = ctx.perPage;
+        const offset = (ctx.currentPage - 1) * ctx.perPage;
+        const query = ctx.filter;
+        const response = await browseRemoteFiles(
+            currentDirectory.value?.url,
+            false,
+            props.requireWritable,
+            limit,
+            offset,
+            query
+        );
+        const result = response.entries.map(entryToRecord);
+        totalItems.value = response.totalMatches;
+        return result;
+    } catch (error) {
+        errorMessage.value = errorMessageAsString(error);
+        return [];
+    } finally {
+        isBusy.value = false;
+    }
+}
+
 function filterByMode(results: RemoteEntry[]): RemoteEntry[] {
     if (!fileMode.value) {
         // In directory mode, only show directories
@@ -350,6 +406,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
         :fields="fields"
         :is-busy="isBusy"
         :items="items"
+        :items-provider="itemsProvider"
         :total-items="totalItems"
         :modal-show="modalShow"
         :modal-static="modalStatic"
diff --git a/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/SelectionDialog.vue b/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/SelectionDialog.vue
index 710ae48c42cb..c3958b198003 100644
--- a/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/SelectionDialog.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/SelectionDialog.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome";
 import { BAlert, BButton, BLink, BModal, BPagination, BSpinner, BTable } from "bootstrap-vue";
 import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
 
-import { SELECTION_STATES } from "@/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes";
+import { ItemsProvider, SELECTION_STATES } from "@/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes";
 
 import { type FieldEntry, type SelectionItem } from "./selectionTypes";
 
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ interface Props {
     disableOk?: boolean;
     errorMessage?: string;
     fileMode?: boolean;
-    fields?: Array<FieldEntry>;
+    fields?: FieldEntry[];
     isBusy?: boolean;
     isEncoded?: boolean;
-    items?: Array<SelectionItem>;
+    items?: SelectionItem[];
+    itemsProvider?: ItemsProvider;
     totalItems?: number;
     leafIcon?: string;
     modalShow?: boolean;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
     isBusy: false,
     isEncoded: false,
     items: () => [],
+    itemsProvider: undefined,
     totalItems: 0,
     leafIcon: "fa fa-file-o",
     modalShow: true,
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
 
 const filter = ref("");
 const currentPage = ref(1);
-const perPage = ref(100);
+const perPage = ref(25);
 
 const fieldDetails = computed(() => {
     const fields = props.fields.slice().map((x) => {
@@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ function selectionIcon(variant: string) {
 
 /** Resets pagination when a filter/search word is entered **/
 function filtered(items: Array<SelectionItem>) {
-    currentPage.value = 1;
+    if (props.itemsProvider === undefined) {
+        currentPage.value = 1;
+    }
 }
 
 /** Format time stamp */
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ watch(
                     primary-key="id"
                     :busy="isBusy"
                     :current-page="currentPage"
-                    :items="items"
+                    :items="itemsProvider ?? items"
                     :fields="fieldDetails"
                     :filter="filter"
                     :per-page="perPage"
diff --git a/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes.ts b/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes.ts
index 793fa7844d2d..894030920918 100644
--- a/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/SelectionDialog/selectionTypes.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,14 @@ export interface SelectionItem {
     isLeaf: boolean;
     url: string;
 }
+
+export interface ItemsProviderContext {
+    apiUrl?: string;
+    currentPage: number;
+    perPage: number;
+    filter?: string;
+    sortBy?: string;
+    sortDesc?: boolean;
+}
+
+export type ItemsProvider = (ctx: ItemsProviderContext) => Promise<SelectionItem[]>;