diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.h b/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.h
index d984e0b9e..d15aeba68 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.h
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
+extern NSString *const FBSnapshotMaxChildrenKey;
 extern NSString *const FBSnapshotMaxDepthKey;
 
 void FBSetCustomParameterForElementSnapshot (NSString* name, id value);
diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.m b/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.m
index 0d39ba0b2..8698eb734 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.m
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Categories/XCAXClient_iOS+FBSnapshotReqParams.m
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   @"maxDepth" : (int)2147483647
  */
 NSString *const FBSnapshotMaxDepthKey = @"maxDepth";
+NSString *const FBSnapshotMaxChildrenKey = @"maxChildren";
 
 static id (*original_defaultParameters)(id, SEL);
 static id (*original_snapshotParameters)(id, SEL);
diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Commands/FBSessionCommands.m b/WebDriverAgentLib/Commands/FBSessionCommands.m
index 86535eb7f..c70465073 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Commands/FBSessionCommands.m
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Commands/FBSessionCommands.m
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ + (NSArray *)routes
       FB_SETTING_KEYBOARD_AUTOCORRECTION: @([FBConfiguration keyboardAutocorrection]),
       FB_SETTING_KEYBOARD_PREDICTION: @([FBConfiguration keyboardPrediction]),
       FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_DEPTH: @([FBConfiguration snapshotMaxDepth]),
+      FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_CHILDREN: @([FBConfiguration snapshotMaxChildren]),
       FB_SETTING_USE_FIRST_MATCH: @([FBConfiguration useFirstMatch]),
       FB_SETTING_WAIT_FOR_IDLE_TIMEOUT: @([FBConfiguration waitForIdleTimeout]),
       FB_SETTING_ANIMATION_COOL_OFF_TIMEOUT: @([FBConfiguration animationCoolOffTimeout]),
@@ -404,6 +405,9 @@ + (NSArray *)routes
   if (nil != [settings objectForKey:FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_DEPTH]) {
     [FBConfiguration setSnapshotMaxDepth:[[settings objectForKey:FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_DEPTH] intValue]];
   }
+  if (nil != [settings objectForKey:FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_CHILDREN]) {
+    [FBConfiguration setSnapshotMaxChildren:[[settings objectForKey:FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_CHILDREN] intValue]];
+  }
   if (nil != [settings objectForKey:FB_SETTING_USE_FIRST_MATCH]) {
     [FBConfiguration setUseFirstMatch:[[settings objectForKey:FB_SETTING_USE_FIRST_MATCH] boolValue]];
   }
diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.h b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.h
index 20aa0a9d5..35fbf165a 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.h
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
+extern NSString *const FBSnapshotMaxChildrenKey;
 extern NSString *const FBSnapshotMaxDepthKey;
 
 /**
@@ -206,6 +207,22 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, FBConfigurationKeyboardPreference) {
  */
 + (int)snapshotMaxDepth;
 
+/**
+ Sets the maximum number of element children to traverse in each snapshot
+ while requesting XCElementSnapshot.
+ Used to set the `maxChildren` value in a dictionary provided by
+ XCAXClient_iOS's `defaultParameters` method.
+ The original XCAXClient_iOS `maxChildren` value is `INT_MAX`.
+
+ @param maxChildren The number of maximum element children for traversing elements tree
+ */
++ (void)setSnapshotMaxChildren:(int)maxChildren;
+
+/**
+  @return The maximum number of element children for traversing elements tree
+ */
++ (int)snapshotMaxChildren;
+
 /**
  * Whether to use fast search result matching while searching for elements.
  * By default this is disabled due to https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/10101
diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.m b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.m
index 1bae66e85..e6ce8d52f 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.m
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.m
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #import "TIPreferencesController.h"
 
 #include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
 #include "TargetConditionals.h"
@@ -385,6 +386,16 @@ + (int)snapshotMaxDepth
   return [FBGetCustomParameterForElementSnapshot(FBSnapshotMaxDepthKey) intValue];
 }
 
++ (void)setSnapshotMaxChildren:(int)maxChildren
+{
+  FBSetCustomParameterForElementSnapshot(FBSnapshotMaxChildrenKey, @(maxChildren));
+}
+
++ (int)snapshotMaxChildren
+{
+  return [FBGetCustomParameterForElementSnapshot(FBSnapshotMaxChildrenKey) intValue];
+}
+
 + (void)setShouldRespectSystemAlerts:(BOOL)value
 {
   FBShouldRespectSystemAlerts = value;
@@ -541,6 +552,7 @@ + (void)resetSessionSettings
   FBAnimationCoolOffTimeout = 2.;
   // 50 should be enough for the majority of the cases. The performance is acceptable for values up to 100.
   FBSetCustomParameterForElementSnapshot(FBSnapshotMaxDepthKey, @50);
+  FBSetCustomParameterForElementSnapshot(FBSnapshotMaxChildrenKey, @INT_MAX);
   FBUseClearTextShortcut = YES;
   FBLimitXpathContextScope = YES;
 #if !TARGET_OS_TV
diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.h b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.h
index afd37df97..08d8a7963 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.h
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_SCREENSHOT_QUALITY;
 extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_KEYBOARD_AUTOCORRECTION;
 extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_KEYBOARD_PREDICTION;
 extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_DEPTH;
+extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_CHILDREN;
 extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_USE_FIRST_MATCH;
 extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_BOUND_ELEMENTS_BY_INDEX;
 extern NSString* const FB_SETTING_REDUCE_MOTION;
diff --git a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.m b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.m
index 89f77a69c..65c6ed82f 100644
--- a/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.m
+++ b/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBSettings.m
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 NSString* const FB_SETTING_KEYBOARD_AUTOCORRECTION = @"keyboardAutocorrection";
 NSString* const FB_SETTING_KEYBOARD_PREDICTION = @"keyboardPrediction";
 NSString* const FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_DEPTH = @"snapshotMaxDepth";
+NSString* const FB_SETTING_SNAPSHOT_MAX_CHILDREN = @"snapshotMaxChildren";
 NSString* const FB_SETTING_USE_FIRST_MATCH = @"useFirstMatch";
 NSString* const FB_SETTING_BOUND_ELEMENTS_BY_INDEX = @"boundElementsByIndex";
 NSString* const FB_SETTING_REDUCE_MOTION = @"reduceMotion";
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index a592b37d4..57524388d 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface WDASettings {
   keyboardPrediction?: boolean;
   customSnapshotTimeout?: number;
   snapshotMaxDepth?: number;
+  snapshotMaxChildren?: number;
   useFirstMatch?: boolean;
   boundElementsByIndex?: boolean;
   reduceMotion?: boolean;