diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
index 0e92b8723..0f1176990 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class PrefillAdder:
         rem_chunk_tokens: Optional[int],
         mixed_with_decode_tokens: int = 0,
         priority_scheduling_preemption_threshold: int = 0,
+        prefill_max_requests: Optional[int] = None,
     ):
         self.page_size = page_size
         self.tree_cache = tree_cache
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ class PrefillAdder:
             priority_scheduling_preemption_threshold
         )
         self.nsa_enable_prefill_cp = is_nsa_enable_prefill_cp()
+        self.prefill_max_requests = prefill_max_requests
 
     def _get_running_request_total_token_offset(self, req: Req) -> int:
         return (
@@ -575,6 +577,10 @@ class PrefillAdder:
         # therefore, the prefill-batch setting is temporarily set to 1.
         if self.nsa_enable_prefill_cp and len(self.can_run_list) >= 1:
             return AddReqResult.OTHER
+
+        if (x := self.prefill_max_requests) is not None and len(self.can_run_list) >= x:
+            return AddReqResult.OTHER
+
         if req.sampling_params.ignore_eos and getattr(self.tree_cache, "disable", True):
             return self.add_one_req_ignore_eos(req)
 
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
index db884c4a2..2c6bf662e 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
@@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@ class Scheduler(
             chunked_prefill_size,
             running_bs if self.is_mixed_chunk else 0,
             self.priority_scheduling_preemption_threshold,
+            prefill_max_requests=self.server_args.prefill_max_requests,
         )
 
         if self.chunked_req is not None:
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
index 42294937b..69f88b00b 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ class ServerArgs:
     chunked_prefill_size: Optional[int] = None
     enable_dynamic_chunking: bool = False
     max_prefill_tokens: int = 16384
+    prefill_max_requests: Optional[int] = None
     schedule_policy: str = "fcfs"
     enable_priority_scheduling: bool = False
     abort_on_priority_when_disabled: bool = False
@@ -2516,6 +2517,12 @@ class ServerArgs:
             default=ServerArgs.chunked_prefill_size,
             help="The maximum number of tokens in a chunk for the chunked prefill. Setting this to -1 means disabling chunked prefill.",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--prefill-max-requests",
+            type=int,
+            default=ServerArgs.prefill_max_requests,
+            help="The maximum number of requests in a prefill batch. If not specified, there is no limit.",
+        )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--enable-dynamic-chunking",
             action="store_true",