diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/inbox/GET-inbox_messages.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/inbox/GET-inbox_messages.test.js
index 188b961a10..39e5e37c37 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/inbox/GET-inbox_messages.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/inbox/GET-inbox_messages.test.js
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ describe('GET /inbox/messages', () => {
       toUserId: user.id,
       message: 'fourth',
     });
-
-    await user.sync();
   });
 
   it('returns the user inbox messages as an array of ordered messages (from most to least recent)', async () => {
@@ -45,4 +43,21 @@ describe('GET /inbox/messages', () => {
     expect(messages[2].text).to.equal('second');
     expect(messages[3].text).to.equal('first');
   });
+
+  it('returns four messages when using page-query ', async () => {
+    const promises = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      promises.push(user.post('/members/send-private-message', {
+        toUserId: user.id,
+        message: 'fourth',
+      }));
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(promises);
+
+    const messages = await user.get('/inbox/messages?page=1');
+
+    expect(messages.length).to.equal(4);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/inbox.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/inbox.js
index 54a577de46..be32148a12 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/inbox.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/inbox.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ let api = {};
  * @apiGroup Inbox
  * @apiDescription Get inbox messages for a user
  *
+ * @apiParam (Query) {Number} page Load the messages of the selected Page - 10 Messages per Page
+ *
  * @apiSuccess {Array} data An array of inbox messages
  */
 api.getInboxMessages = {
@@ -19,8 +21,11 @@ api.getInboxMessages = {
   middlewares: [authWithHeaders()],
   async handler (req, res) {
     const user = res.locals.user;
+    const page = req.query.page;
 
-    const userInbox = await inboxLib.getUserInbox(user);
+    const userInbox = await inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, {
+      page,
+    });
 
     res.respond(200, userInbox);
   },
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/user.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/user.js
index 641adf93c8..839c7cd06f 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/user.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/user.js
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ api.deleteMessage = {
 
     await inboxLib.deleteMessage(user, req.params.id);
 
-    res.respond(200, ...[await inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, false)]);
+    res.respond(200, ...[await inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, {asArray: false})]);
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/top-level/dataexport.js b/website/server/controllers/top-level/dataexport.js
index 710f620fa2..e9f4448a3f 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/top-level/dataexport.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/top-level/dataexport.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ async function _getUserDataForExport (user, xmlMode = false) {
       userId: user._id,
     }).exec(),
 
-    inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, false),
+    inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, { asArray: false }),
   ]);
 
   userData.inbox.messages = messages;
diff --git a/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js b/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js
index 26524ecac0..c131d11fa4 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/inbox/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 import { inboxModel as Inbox } from '../../models/message';
 
-export async function getUserInbox (user, asArray = true) {
-  const messages = (await Inbox
-    .find({ownerId: user._id})
-    .sort({timestamp: -1})
-    .exec()).map(msg => msg.toJSON());
+const PM_PER_PAGE = 10;
 
-  if (asArray) {
+export async function getUserInbox (user, options = {asArray: true, page: 0}) {
+  if (typeof options.asArray === 'undefined') {
+    options.asArray = true;
+  }
+
+  let query = Inbox
+    .find({ownerId: user._id})
+    .sort({timestamp: -1});
+
+  if (typeof options.page !== 'undefined') {
+    query = query
+      .limit(PM_PER_PAGE)
+      .skip(PM_PER_PAGE * Number(options.page));
+  }
+
+  const messages = (await query.exec()).map(msg => msg.toJSON());
+
+  if (options.asArray) {
     return messages;
   } else {
     const messagesObj = {};
diff --git a/website/server/models/user/methods.js b/website/server/models/user/methods.js
index 9bf3a5e975..2be8135fa1 100644
--- a/website/server/models/user/methods.js
+++ b/website/server/models/user/methods.js
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ schema.methods.toJSONWithInbox = async function userToJSONWithInbox () {
   const toJSON = user.toJSON();
 
   if (toJSON.inbox) {
-    toJSON.inbox.messages = await inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, false);
+    toJSON.inbox.messages = await inboxLib.getUserInbox(user, {asArray: false});
   }
 
   return toJSON;