diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index 3b7b4b8e..150568e1 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ export interface ModuleOptions extends SitemapRoot {
    * @default true
    */
   discoverImages: boolean
+  /**
+   * When chunking the sitemaps into multiple files, how many entries should each file contain.
+   *
+   * Set to `false` to disabling chunking completely.
+   *
+   * @default 1000
+   */
+  defaultSitemapsChunkSize: number | false
   /**
    * Modify the cache behavior.
    *
@@ -173,6 +181,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
     credits: true,
     cacheTtl: 1000 * 60 * 60, // cache for 60 minutes
     debug: false,
+    defaultSitemapsChunkSize: 1000,
     autoLastmod: true,
     inferStaticPagesAsRoutes: true,
     discoverImages: true,
@@ -360,6 +369,7 @@ declare module 'nitropack/dist/runtime/types' {
       xsl: config.xsl,
       xslTips: config.xslTips,
       cacheTtl: config.cacheTtl,
+      defaultSitemapsChunkSize: config.defaultSitemapsChunkSize,
       // @ts-expect-error runtime types
       runtimeCacheStorage: typeof config.runtimeCacheStorage === 'boolean' ? 'default' : config.runtimeCacheStorage.driver,
       autoAlternativeLangPrefixes: config.autoAlternativeLangPrefixes,
diff --git a/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap-index.ts b/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap-index.ts
index f3405cfc..5e5cd401 100644
--- a/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap-index.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap-index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import type {
   SitemapRoot,
 } from '../../types'
 import { normaliseDate, normaliseSitemapData, resolveAsyncDataSources } from '../entries'
-import { MaxSitemapSize } from '../const'
 import { escapeValueForXml, wrapSitemapXml } from './util'
 
 export async function buildSitemapIndex(options: BuildSitemapIndexInput) {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export async function buildSitemapIndex(options: BuildSitemapIndexInput) {
     const urls = await normaliseSitemapData(rawEntries.map(e => e.urls).flat(), options)
     // split into the max size which should be 1000
     urls.forEach((url, i) => {
-      const chunkIndex = Math.floor(i / MaxSitemapSize)
+      const chunkIndex = Math.floor(i / (options.moduleConfig.defaultSitemapsChunkSize as number))
       chunks[chunkIndex] = chunks[chunkIndex] || { urls: [] }
       chunks[chunkIndex].urls.push(url)
     })
diff --git a/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap.ts b/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap.ts
index 023069e4..39c3f589 100644
--- a/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/sitemap/builder/sitemap.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import type { BuildSitemapInput, SitemapRenderCtx } from '../../types'
 import { normaliseSitemapData, resolveAsyncDataSources } from '../entries'
-import { MaxSitemapSize } from '../const'
 import { escapeValueForXml, wrapSitemapXml } from './util'
 
 export async function buildSitemap(options: BuildSitemapInput) {
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ export async function buildSitemap(options: BuildSitemapInput) {
   // dedupes data
   let entries = await normaliseSitemapData(sources.map(e => e.urls).flat(), options)
   // if we're rendering a partial sitemap, slice the entries
-  if (sitemapsConfig === true)
-    entries = entries.slice(Number(options.sitemap?.sitemapName) * MaxSitemapSize, (Number(options.sitemap?.sitemapName) + 1) * MaxSitemapSize)
+  if (sitemapsConfig === true && options.moduleConfig.defaultSitemapsChunkSize)
+    entries = entries.slice(Number(options.sitemap?.sitemapName) * options.moduleConfig.defaultSitemapsChunkSize, (Number(options.sitemap?.sitemapName) + 1) * options.moduleConfig.defaultSitemapsChunkSize)
 
   const ctx: SitemapRenderCtx = { urls: entries, sitemapName: options?.sitemap?.sitemapName || 'sitemap' }
   await options.callHook?.(ctx)
diff --git a/src/runtime/sitemap/const.ts b/src/runtime/sitemap/const.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b7b503b4..00000000
--- a/src/runtime/sitemap/const.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const MaxSitemapSize = 1000
diff --git a/src/runtime/types.ts b/src/runtime/types.ts
index 54896f2b..ed71c661 100644
--- a/src/runtime/types.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/types.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface DataSourceResult {
   timeTakenMs?: number
 }
 
-export type RuntimeModuleOptions = { urls: SitemapEntryInput[] } & Pick<ModuleOptions, 'sitemapName' | 'cacheTtl' | 'runtimeCacheStorage' | 'xslColumns' | 'xslTips' | 'debug' | 'discoverImages' | 'autoLastmod' | 'xsl' | 'autoAlternativeLangPrefixes' | 'credits' | 'defaults' | 'include' | 'exclude' | 'sitemaps' | 'dynamicUrlsApiEndpoint'>
+export type RuntimeModuleOptions = { urls: SitemapEntryInput[] } & Pick<ModuleOptions, 'defaultSitemapsChunkSize' | 'sitemapName' | 'cacheTtl' | 'runtimeCacheStorage' | 'xslColumns' | 'xslTips' | 'debug' | 'discoverImages' | 'autoLastmod' | 'xsl' | 'autoAlternativeLangPrefixes' | 'credits' | 'defaults' | 'include' | 'exclude' | 'sitemaps' | 'dynamicUrlsApiEndpoint'>
 
 export interface ModuleRuntimeConfig { moduleConfig: RuntimeModuleOptions; buildTimeMeta: ModuleComputedOptions }