diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/SaveResultsRequest.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/SaveResultsRequest.cs
index 53aa4030..467003fc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/SaveResultsRequest.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/SaveResultsRequest.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.QueryExecution.Contracts
         /// Encoding of the CSV file
         /// </summary>
         public string Encoding { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Maximum number of characters to store 
+        /// </summary>
+        public int MaxCharsToStore { get; set; }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/Serialization.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/Serialization.cs
index 4f8832d8..964dd5b5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/Serialization.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/Contracts/Serialization.cs
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.QueryExecution.Contracts
             get { return this.GetOptionValue<bool>(SerializationOptionsHelper.Formatted); }
             set { this.SetOptionValue<bool>(SerializationOptionsHelper.Formatted, value); }
         }
+
+        internal int MaxCharsToStore
+        {
+            get { return this.GetOptionValue<int>(SerializationOptionsHelper.MaxCharsToStore); }
+            set { this.SetOptionValue<int>(SerializationOptionsHelper.Formatted, value); }
+        }
     }
 
     public class SerializeDataResult
@@ -176,5 +182,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.QueryExecution.Contracts
         internal const string TextIdentifier = "textIdentifier";
         internal const string Encoding = "encoding";
         internal const string Formatted = "formatted";
+        internal const string MaxCharsToStore = "maxchars";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/SerializationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/SerializationService.cs
index 7bfd289c..d46f78e3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/SerializationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/QueryExecution/SerializationService.cs
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.QueryExecution
                 Delimiter = this.requestParams.Delimiter,
                 LineSeperator = this.requestParams.LineSeparator,
                 TextIdentifier = this.requestParams.TextIdentifier,
-                Encoding = this.requestParams.Encoding
+                Encoding = this.requestParams.Encoding,
+                MaxCharsToStore = this.requestParams.MaxCharsToStore
             };
         }
         private SaveResultsAsXmlRequestParams CreateXmlRequestParams()