diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php
index a3e51bdc5f4e550951673003aa4902ccfc6e7b24..fd90345e4a839e2c057ab9aa3225b00a2da235f3 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 		$settings = $this->configurationManager->getConfiguration(ConfigurationManagerInterface::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_SETTINGS);
 		if ($settings['automaticRelatedNews'] && !$this->_isNew() && $this->relatedNews->count() === 0) {
 			$newsRepository = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(NewsRepository::class);
-			$this->relatedNews = $newsRepository->findRelated($this);
+			$this->relatedNews = $newsRepository->findRelated($this, $settings['limitRelatedNews']);
 		}
 
 		return $this->relatedNews;
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
index 60d516693a8dcfe1079eff82a1f0b675b9091eec..25da9fb7a147ccf182ba84dfc550157f596ac1be 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
@@ -510,11 +510,15 @@ class NewsRepository extends AbstractRepository {
 	 * This method finds news related by Tag or Category to the given news record
 	 *
 	 * @param News $news The news to find related news to
+	 * @param int $limit Limit the amount of related news
 	 * @return QueryResultInterface
 	 */
-	public function findRelated(News $news) {
+	public function findRelated(News $news, int $limit = 0) {
 		$query = $this->createQuery();
 		$query->getQuerySettings()->setRespectStoragePage(FALSE);
+		$query->setOrderings([
+			'crdate' => QueryInterface::ORDER_DESCENDING
+		]);
 		$contains = [];
 		$tags = $news->getTags();
 		if ($tags->count() > 0) {
@@ -528,6 +532,10 @@ class NewsRepository extends AbstractRepository {
 		$query->matching(
 			$contains
 		);
+		if ($limit > 0) {
+			$query->setLimit($limit);
+		}
+
 		return $query->execute();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
index af0e2c0f7e045f2ea8b3715ebcc834f5dadebea7..6da22e82464b101d0e2f617c1952e00e7b94881a 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ plugin.tx_sgnews {
 
 		# Enable fetching of related news by tag or category, if related news are not set manually
 		automaticRelatedNews = 1
+
+		# Set a limit for fetched related news (for no limit, set to 0)
+		limitRelatedNews = 5
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
index c85638a53a154f330b4268b94250998efa65ba0b..1d41c089b2b11274a1deef16126d3237281b2daf 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ plugin.tx_sgnews {
 
 		# Enable fetching of related news by tag or category, if related news are not set manually
 		automaticRelatedNews = {$plugin.tx_sgnews.settings.automaticRelatedNews}
+
+		# Set a limit for fetched related news (for no limit, set to 0)
+		limitRelatedNews = {$plugin.tx_sgnews.settings.limitRelatedNews}
 	}
 
 	features {