diff --git a/crates/searcher/src/searcher/glue.rs b/crates/searcher/src/searcher/glue.rs
index 5db57019..3a6527a5 100644
--- a/crates/searcher/src/searcher/glue.rs
+++ b/crates/searcher/src/searcher/glue.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ pub(crate) struct MultiLine<'s, M, S> {
     core: Core<'s, M, S>,
     slice: &'s [u8],
     last_match: Option<Range>,
+    count: u64,
 }
 
 impl<'s, M: Matcher, S: Sink> MultiLine<'s, M, S> {
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ impl<'s, M: Matcher, S: Sink> MultiLine<'s, M, S> {
             core: Core::new(searcher, matcher, write_to, true),
             slice,
             last_match: None,
+            count: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ impl<'s, M: Matcher, S: Sink> MultiLine<'s, M, S> {
                 //
                 // See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1311
                 // And also the associated commit fixing #1311.
-                if last_match.end() >= line.start() {
+                if last_match.end() > line.start() {
                     self.last_match = Some(last_match.with_end(line.end()));
                     Ok(true)
                 } else {
@@ -325,10 +327,18 @@ impl<'s, M: Matcher, S: Sink> MultiLine<'s, M, S> {
     }
 
     fn find(&mut self) -> Result<Option<Range>, S::Error> {
+        // if let Some(limit) = self.config.max_matches
+        // && self.count >= limit
+        // {
+        // return Ok(None);
+        // }
         match self.core.matcher().find(&self.slice[self.core.pos()..]) {
             Err(err) => Err(S::Error::error_message(err)),
             Ok(None) => Ok(None),
-            Ok(Some(m)) => Ok(Some(m.offset(self.core.pos()))),
+            Ok(Some(m)) => {
+                self.count += 1;
+                Ok(Some(m.offset(self.core.pos())))
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/searcher/src/searcher/mod.rs b/crates/searcher/src/searcher/mod.rs
index c7d3b1d1..ccd8945d 100644
--- a/crates/searcher/src/searcher/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/searcher/src/searcher/mod.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Whether to stop searching when a non-matching line is found after a
     /// matching line.
     stop_on_nonmatch: bool,
+    /// The maximum number of matches this searcher should emit.
+    max_matches: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             encoding: None,
             bom_sniffing: true,
             stop_on_nonmatch: false,
+            max_matches: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -564,6 +567,23 @@ impl SearcherBuilder {
         self.config.stop_on_nonmatch = stop_on_nonmatch;
         self
     }
+
+    /// Sets the maximum number of matches that should be emitted by this
+    /// searcher.
+    ///
+    /// If multi line search is enabled and a match spans multiple lines, then
+    /// that match is counted exactly once for the purposes of enforcing this
+    /// limit, regardless of how many lines it spans.
+    ///
+    /// Note that `0` is a legal value. This will cause the searcher to
+    /// immediately quick without searching anything.
+    ///
+    /// By default, no limit is set.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn max_matches(&mut self, limit: Option<u64>) -> &mut SearcherBuilder {
+        self.config.max_matches = limit;
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 /// A searcher executes searches over a haystack and writes results to a caller
@@ -845,13 +865,27 @@ impl Searcher {
         self.config.multi_line
     }
 
-    /// Returns true if and only if this searcher is configured to stop when in
+    /// Returns true if and only if this searcher is configured to stop when it
     /// finds a non-matching line after a matching one.
     #[inline]
     pub fn stop_on_nonmatch(&self) -> bool {
         self.config.stop_on_nonmatch
     }
 
+    /// Returns the maximum number of matches emitted by this searcher, if
+    /// such a limit was set.
+    ///
+    /// If multi line search is enabled and a match spans multiple lines, then
+    /// that match is counted exactly once for the purposes of enforcing this
+    /// limit, regardless of how many lines it spans.
+    ///
+    /// Note that `0` is a legal value. This will cause the searcher to
+    /// immediately quick without searching anything.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn max_matches(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        self.config.max_matches
+    }
+
     /// Returns true if and only if this searcher will choose a multi-line
     /// strategy given the provided matcher.
     ///