diff --git a/rpc/core/mempool.go b/rpc/core/mempool.go
index 77c8c8446..0e4772434 100644
--- a/rpc/core/mempool.go
+++ b/rpc/core/mempool.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func BroadcastTxCommit(tx types.Tx) (*ctypes.ResultBroadcastTxCommit, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Get unconfirmed transactions including their number.
+// Get unconfirmed transactions (maximum ?limit entries) including their number.
 //
 // ```shell
 // curl 'localhost:46657/unconfirmed_txs'
@@ -232,9 +232,18 @@ func BroadcastTxCommit(tx types.Tx) (*ctypes.ResultBroadcastTxCommit, error) {
 //   "id": "",
 //   "jsonrpc": "2.0"
 // }
+//
+// ### Query Parameters
+//
+// | Parameter | Type | Default | Required | Description                          |
+// |-----------+------+---------+----------+--------------------------------------|
+// | limit     | int  | 30      | false    | Maximum number of entries (max: 100) |
 // ```
-func UnconfirmedTxs() (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
-	txs := mempool.Reap(-1)
+func UnconfirmedTxs(limit int) (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
+	// reuse per_page validator
+	limit = validatePerPage(limit)
+
+	txs := mempool.Reap(limit)
 	return &ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs{len(txs), txs}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/core/routes.go b/rpc/core/routes.go
index ed6c69815..f26fadb62 100644
--- a/rpc/core/routes.go
+++ b/rpc/core/routes.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var Routes = map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc{
 	"validators":           rpc.NewRPCFunc(Validators, "height"),
 	"dump_consensus_state": rpc.NewRPCFunc(DumpConsensusState, ""),
 	"consensus_state":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(ConsensusState, ""),
-	"unconfirmed_txs":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(UnconfirmedTxs, ""),
+	"unconfirmed_txs":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(UnconfirmedTxs, "limit"),
 	"num_unconfirmed_txs":  rpc.NewRPCFunc(NumUnconfirmedTxs, ""),
 
 	// broadcast API