diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java
index 31577604f..2670d3882 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public DelimiterChunker() {}
 
     public static String DELIMITER_FIELD = "delimiter";
 
+    public static String MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD = "max_chunk_limit";
+
     @Override
     public void validateParameters(Map<String, Object> parameters) {
         if (parameters.containsKey(DELIMITER_FIELD)) {
@@ -26,11 +28,26 @@ public void validateParameters(Map<String, Object> parameters) {
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("You must contain field:" + DELIMITER_FIELD + " in your parameter.");
         }
+        if (parameters.containsKey(MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD)) {
+            Object maxChunkLimit = parameters.get(MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD);
+            if (!(maxChunkLimit instanceof String)) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Parameter max_chunk_limit:" + maxChunkLimit.toString() + " cannot be converted to integer."
+                );
+            } else {
+                try {
+                    int maxChunkingNumber = Integer.valueOf((String) maxChunkLimit);
+                } catch (Exception exception) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter max_chunk_limit:" + maxChunkLimit + " cannot be converted to integer.");
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     public List<String> chunk(String content, Map<String, Object> parameters) {
         String delimiter = (String) parameters.get(DELIMITER_FIELD);
+        int maxChunkingNumber = Integer.valueOf((String) parameters.getOrDefault(MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD, "0"));
         List<String> chunkResult = new ArrayList<>();
         int start = 0;
         int end = content.indexOf(delimiter);
@@ -39,10 +56,16 @@ public List<String> chunk(String content, Map<String, Object> parameters) {
             chunkResult.add(content.substring(start, end + delimiter.length()));
             start = end + delimiter.length();
             end = content.indexOf(delimiter, start);
+            if (chunkResult.size() > maxChunkingNumber && maxChunkingNumber > 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Exceed max chunk number: " + maxChunkingNumber);
+            }
         }
 
         if (start < content.length()) {
             chunkResult.add(content.substring(start));
+            if (chunkResult.size() > maxChunkingNumber && maxChunkingNumber > 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Exceed max chunk number: " + maxChunkingNumber);
+            }
         }
         return chunkResult;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunkerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunkerTests.java
index d201ab574..147f91588 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunkerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunkerTests.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.opensearch.neuralsearch.processor.chunker.DelimiterChunker.DELIMITER_FIELD;
+import static org.opensearch.neuralsearch.processor.chunker.DelimiterChunker.MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD;
 
 public class DelimiterChunkerTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
 
@@ -24,6 +25,22 @@ public void testChunkerWithNoDelimiterField() {
         Assert.assertEquals("You must contain field:" + DELIMITER_FIELD + " in your parameter.", exception.getMessage());
     }
 
+    public void testChunkerWithWrongLimitFieldList() {
+        DelimiterChunker chunker = new DelimiterChunker();
+        String content = "a\nb\nc\nd";
+        Map<String, Object> inputParameters = Map.of(MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD, List.of("-1"), DELIMITER_FIELD, "\n");
+        Exception exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> chunker.validateParameters(inputParameters));
+        Assert.assertEquals("Parameter max_chunk_limit:" + List.of("-1") + " cannot be converted to integer.", exception.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    public void testChunkerWithWrongLimitField() {
+        DelimiterChunker chunker = new DelimiterChunker();
+        String content = "a\nb\nc\nd";
+        Map<String, Object> inputParameters = Map.of(MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD, "1000\n", DELIMITER_FIELD, "\n");
+        Exception exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> chunker.validateParameters(inputParameters));
+        Assert.assertEquals("Parameter max_chunk_limit:1000\n cannot be converted to integer.", exception.getMessage());
+    }
+
     public void testChunkerWithDelimiterFieldNotString() {
         DelimiterChunker chunker = new DelimiterChunker();
         String content = "a\nb\nc\nd";
@@ -40,6 +57,14 @@ public void testChunkerWithDelimiterFieldNoString() {
         Assert.assertEquals("delimiter parameters should not be empty.", exception.getMessage());
     }
 
+    public void testChunkerWithLimitNumber() {
+        DelimiterChunker chunker = new DelimiterChunker();
+        String content = "a\nb\nc\nd";
+        Map<String, Object> inputParameters = Map.of(DELIMITER_FIELD, "\n", MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD, "1");
+        Exception exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> chunker.chunk(content, inputParameters));
+        Assert.assertEquals("Exceed max chunk number: 1", exception.getMessage());
+    }
+
     public void testChunker() {
         DelimiterChunker chunker = new DelimiterChunker();
         String content = "a\nb\nc\nd";