diff --git a/src/app/components/chips/chips.spec.ts b/src/app/components/chips/chips.spec.ts
index 263dfce3d6d..e7b3737f9bf 100755
--- a/src/app/components/chips/chips.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/chips/chips.spec.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ describe('Chips', () => {
         expect(inputEl.nativeElement.disabled).toEqual(false);
     });
 
+    it('should set maxlength to input element', () => {
+        chips.max = 2;
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const inputEl = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('input'));
+        expect(inputEl.attributes.maxlength).toEqual('2');
+    });
+
     it('should delete item', () => {
         chips.value = ['primeng'];
         fixture.detectChanges();
diff --git a/src/app/components/chips/chips.ts b/src/app/components/chips/chips.ts
index 673910f4ed2..990e4faf433 100755
--- a/src/app/components/chips/chips.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/chips/chips.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export const CHIPS_VALUE_ACCESSOR: any = {
                         #inputtext
                         type="text"
                         [attr.id]="inputId"
+                        [attr.maxlength]="maxLength"
                         [attr.placeholder]="value && value.length ? null : placeholder"
                         [attr.tabindex]="tabindex"
                         (keydown)="onKeyDown($event)"
@@ -140,6 +141,11 @@ export class Chips implements AfterContentInit, ControlValueAccessor {
      * @group Props
      */
     @Input() max: number | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Maximum length of a chip.
+     * @group Props
+    */
+    @Input() maxLength: number | undefined;
     /**
      * Defines a string that labels the input for accessibility.
      * @group Props
diff --git a/src/app/showcase/doc/apidoc/index.json b/src/app/showcase/doc/apidoc/index.json
index 55e096e9ea3..d628759bbaa 100644
--- a/src/app/showcase/doc/apidoc/index.json
+++ b/src/app/showcase/doc/apidoc/index.json
@@ -7190,6 +7190,13 @@
                             "type": "number",
                             "description": "Maximum number of entries allowed."
                         },
+                        {
+                          "name": "maxLength",
+                          "optional": false,
+                          "readonly": false,
+                          "type": "number",
+                          "description": "Maximum length of a chip."
+                        },
                         {
                             "name": "ariaLabel",
                             "optional": false,
@@ -27736,4 +27743,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}