diff --git a/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c b/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c
index f6e2a28..b9ef1ca 100644
--- a/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c
+++ b/contrib/vacuumlo/vacuumlo.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "libpq-fe.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq-fs.h"
+#include <limits.h>
 
 #define atooid(x)  ((Oid) strtoul((x), NULL, 10))
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ struct _param
 	char	   *pg_host;
 	int			verbose;
 	int			dry_run;
+	int			transaction_limit;
 };
 
 int			vacuumlo(char *, struct _param *);
@@ -286,6 +288,8 @@ vacuumlo(char *database, struct _param * param)
 		}
 		else
 			deleted++;
+		if (param->transaction_limit != 0 && deleted >= param->transaction_limit)
+			break;
 	}
 	PQclear(res);
 
@@ -311,6 +315,7 @@ usage(const char *progname)
 	printf("Usage:\n  %s [OPTION]... DBNAME...\n\n", progname);
 	printf("Options:\n");
 	printf("  -h HOSTNAME  database server host or socket directory\n");
+	printf("  -l LIMIT     stop after removing LIMIT large objects\n");
 	printf("  -n           don't remove large objects, just show what would be done\n");
 	printf("  -p PORT      database server port\n");
 	printf("  -U USERNAME  user name to connect as\n");
@@ -342,6 +347,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	param.pg_port = NULL;
 	param.verbose = 0;
 	param.dry_run = 0;
+	param.transaction_limit = 0;
 
 	if (argc > 1)
 	{
@@ -359,7 +365,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	while (1)
 	{
-		c = getopt(argc, argv, "h:U:p:vnwW");
+		c = getopt(argc, argv, "h:l:U:p:vnwW");
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
 
@@ -395,6 +401,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				}
 				param.pg_port = strdup(optarg);
 				break;
+			case 'l':
+				param.transaction_limit = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+				if ((param.transaction_limit < 0) || (param.transaction_limit > INT_MAX))
+				{
+					fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid transaction limit number: %s, valid range is form 0(disabled) to INT_MAX(%i).\n", progname, optarg, INT_MAX);
+					exit(1);
+				}
+				break;
 			case 'h':
 				param.pg_host = strdup(optarg);
 				break;
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/vacuumlo.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/vacuumlo.sgml
index 471a6ca..1a1ee98 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/vacuumlo.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/vacuumlo.sgml
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ vacuumlo [options] database [database2 ... databaseN]
    </varlistentry>
 
    <varlistentry>
+    <term><option>-l</option> <replaceable>limit</></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>Stop after removing LIMIT large objects. Useful to avoid exceeding max_locks_per_transaction.</para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
     <term><option>-w</></term>
     <term><option>--no-password</></term>
     <listitem>