diff --git a/data-model/developer-schema/source-system/0.3.0/schema/source-system-request.json b/data-model/developer-schema/source-system/0.3.0/schema/source-system-request.json
index 9071593..12f03e7 100644
--- a/data-model/developer-schema/source-system/0.3.0/schema/source-system-request.json
+++ b/data-model/developer-schema/source-system/0.3.0/schema/source-system-request.json
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
         "Specify 7"
       ]
     },
+    "ods:maximumRecords": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 1,
+      "description": "An optional parameter to limit the number of records to be ingested from this sourceSystem, it will pick the first X number of records it encounters. If left empty or absent it will process all records."
+    },
     "ods:translatorType": {
       "description": "The serialisation of the data the endpoint provides indicating what type of Translator is required",
       "enum": [