diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go
index efcaf53e7dd..9a0565edc32 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@ type Filter struct {
 	Topic2       evmtypes.HashArray // list of possible values for topic2
 	Topic3       evmtypes.HashArray // list of possible values for topic3
 	Topic4       evmtypes.HashArray // list of possible values for topic4
-	Retention    time.Duration
-	LogsPerBlock *ubig.Big // rate limit ( maximum # of logs per block to save to db )
+	Retention    time.Duration      // maximum amount of time to retain logs
+	MaxLogsKept  *ubig.Big          // maximum number of logs to retain
+	LogsPerBlock *ubig.Big          // rate limit ( maximum # of logs per block to save to db )
 }
 
 // FilterName is a suggested convenience function for clients to construct unique filter names
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
index 3cab2b90546..184f406a2f2 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ func (o *DbORM) InsertFilter(filter Filter, qopts ...pg.QOpt) (err error) {
 	args, err := newQueryArgs(o.chainID).
 		withCustomArg("name", filter.Name).
 		withRetention(filter.Retention).
+		withMaxLogsKept(filter.MaxLogsKept).
 		withLogsPerBlock(filter.LogsPerBlock).
 		withAddressArray(filter.Addresses).
 		withEventSigArray(filter.EventSigs).
@@ -121,14 +122,14 @@ func (o *DbORM) InsertFilter(filter Filter, qopts ...pg.QOpt) (err error) {
 	}
 	query := fmt.Sprintf(`
 		INSERT INTO evm.log_poller_filters
-	  		(name, evm_chain_id, retention, logs_per_block, created_at, address, event %s)
+	  		(name, evm_chain_id, retention, max_logs_kept, logs_per_block, created_at, address, event %s)
 		SELECT * FROM
-			(SELECT :name, :evm_chain_id ::::NUMERIC, :retention ::::BIGINT, :logs_per_block ::::NUMERIC, NOW()) x,
+			(SELECT :name, :evm_chain_id ::::NUMERIC, :retention ::::BIGINT, :max_logs_kept ::::NUMERIC, :logs_per_block ::::NUMERIC, NOW()) x,
 			(SELECT unnest(:address_array ::::BYTEA[]) addr) a,
 			(SELECT unnest(:event_sig_array ::::BYTEA[]) ev) e
 			%s
 		ON CONFLICT  (hash_record_extended((name, evm_chain_id, address, event, topic2, topic3, topic4), 0))
-		DO UPDATE SET retention=:retention ::::BIGINT, logs_per_block=:logs_per_block ::::NUMERIC`,
+		DO UPDATE SET retention=:retention ::::BIGINT, max_logs_kept=:max_logs_kept ::::NUMERIC, logs_per_block=:logs_per_block ::::NUMERIC`,
 		topicsColumns.String(),
 		topicsSql.String())
 	return o.q.WithOpts(qopts...).ExecQNamed(query, args)
@@ -151,7 +152,8 @@ func (o *DbORM) LoadFilters(qopts ...pg.QOpt) (map[string]Filter, error) {
 			ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT topic3 ORDER BY topic3) FILTER(WHERE topic3 IS NOT NULL) AS topic3,
 			ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT topic4 ORDER BY topic4) FILTER(WHERE topic4 IS NOT NULL) AS topic4,
 			MAX(logs_per_block) AS logs_per_block,
-			MAX(retention) AS retention
+			MAX(retention) AS retention,
+			MAX(max_logs_kept) AS max_logs_kept
 		FROM evm.log_poller_filters WHERE evm_chain_id = $1
 		GROUP BY name`, ubig.New(o.chainID))
 	filters := make(map[string]Filter)
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go
index 6b366dfb66f..db55d601785 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go
@@ -499,9 +499,10 @@ func TestLogPollerFilters(t *testing.T) {
 		Topic2:    types.HashArray{topicA},
 		Topic4:    types.HashArray{topicC, topicD},
 	}, {
-		Name:         "10 logs per block rate limit",
+		Name:         "10 lpb rate limit, 1M max logs",
 		Addresses:    types.AddressArray{address},
 		EventSigs:    types.HashArray{event1},
+		MaxLogsKept:  ubig.NewI(1000000),
 		LogsPerBlock: ubig.NewI(10),
 	}, { // ensure that the UNIQUE CONSTRAINT isn't too strict (should only error if all fields are identical)
 		Name:      "duplicate of filter by topic4",
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/query.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/query.go
index e0df974c115..097c8c049fa 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/query.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/query.go
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ func (q *queryArgs) withLogsPerBlock(logsPerBlock *ubig.Big) *queryArgs {
 	return q.withCustomArg("logs_per_block", logsPerBlock)
 }
 
+func (q *queryArgs) withMaxLogsKept(maxLogsKept *ubig.Big) *queryArgs {
+	return q.withCustomArg("max_logs_kept", maxLogsKept)
+}
+
 func (q *queryArgs) withCustomHashArg(name string, arg common.Hash) *queryArgs {
 	return q.withCustomArg(name, arg.Bytes())
 }
diff --git a/core/store/migrate/migrations/0223_log_poller_filters_add_topics_logs_per_block.sql b/core/store/migrate/migrations/0223_log_poller_filters_add_topics_logs_per_block.sql
index 60034b7d4c3..f16313b7d49 100644
--- a/core/store/migrate/migrations/0223_log_poller_filters_add_topics_logs_per_block.sql
+++ b/core/store/migrate/migrations/0223_log_poller_filters_add_topics_logs_per_block.sql
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ALTER TABLE evm.log_poller_filters
     ADD COLUMN topic2 BYTEA CHECK (octet_length(topic2) = 32),
     ADD COLUMN topic3 BYTEA CHECK (octet_length(topic3) = 32),
     ADD COLUMN topic4 BYTEA CHECK (octet_length(topic4) = 32),
+    ADD COLUMN max_logs_kept NUMERIC(78,0),
     ADD COLUMN logs_per_block NUMERIC(78,0),
     DROP CONSTRAINT evm_log_poller_filters_name_evm_chain_id_address_event_key;
 -- Ordinary UNIQUE CONSTRAINT can't work for topics because they can be NULL. Any row with any column being NULL automatically satisfies the unique constraint (NULL != NULL)
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ ALTER TABLE evm.log_poller_filters
     DROP COLUMN topic2,
     DROP COLUMN topic3,
     DROP COLUMN topic4,
+    DROP COLUMN max_logs_kept,
     DROP COLUMN logs_per_block;