diff --git a/libraries/app/api.cpp b/libraries/app/api.cpp
index f3cffa70ff..fb45123e03 100644
--- a/libraries/app/api.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/api.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ namespace graphene { namespace app {
     {
        FC_ASSERT( _app.chain_database() );
        const auto& db = *_app.chain_database();
-       FC_ASSERT( limit <= 100 );
+       const uint32_t max_account_history_operations_limit=_app.get_options().max_account_history_operations_limit;
+       FC_ASSERT(limit <= max_account_history_operations_limit);
        vector<operation_history_object> result;
        account_id_type account;
        try {
diff --git a/libraries/app/application.cpp b/libraries/app/application.cpp
index cc7828034f..ffa17aa72a 100644
--- a/libraries/app/application.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/application.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ void application_impl::startup()
    if ( _options->count("enable-subscribe-to-all") )
       _app_options.enable_subscribe_to_all = _options->at( "enable-subscribe-to-all" ).as<bool>();
 
+   if ( _options->count("max-account-history-operations-limit") )
+   {
+      _app_options.max_account_history_operations_limit = _options->at("max-account-history-operations-limit").as<uint32_t>();
+   }
+
+
    if( _active_plugins.find( "market_history" ) != _active_plugins.end() )
       _app_options.has_market_history_plugin = true;
 
@@ -982,6 +988,8 @@ void application::set_program_options(boost::program_options::options_descriptio
          ("enable-standby-votes-tracking", bpo::value<bool>()->implicit_value(true),
           "Whether to enable tracking of votes of standby witnesses and committee members. "
           "Set it to true to provide accurate data to API clients, set to false for slightly better performance.")
+         ("max-account-history-operations-limit",boost::program_options::value<uint32_t>()->default_value(100),
+          "For history_api::get_account_history_operations to increase its limited value default is 100")
          ;
    command_line_options.add(configuration_file_options);
    command_line_options.add_options()
diff --git a/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/application.hpp b/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/application.hpp
index 4892bb9a27..d301923ae8 100644
--- a/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/application.hpp
+++ b/libraries/app/include/graphene/app/application.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace graphene { namespace app {
       public:
          bool enable_subscribe_to_all = false;
          bool has_market_history_plugin = false;
+         uint32_t max_account_history_operations_limit=100;
    };
 
    class application