diff --git a/admin/settings/courses.php b/admin/settings/courses.php
index aff5e0f8a63..0326282ec23 100644
--- a/admin/settings/courses.php
+++ b/admin/settings/courses.php
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ if ($hassiteconfig or has_any_capability($capabilities, $systemcontext)) {
     $downloadcontentsitedefault->add_dependent_on('downloadcoursecontentallowed');
     $temp->add($downloadcontentsitedefault);
 
+    $temp->add(
+            new admin_setting_configtext(
+                'moodlecourse/participantsperpage',
+                new lang_string('participants:perpage', 'course'),
+                new lang_string('participants:perpage_help', 'course'),
+                20
+            )
+        );
+
     // Course format.
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_heading('courseformathdr', new lang_string('type_format', 'plugin'), ''));
 
diff --git a/lang/en/course.php b/lang/en/course.php
index 9af2dd07fa4..ee2906f7dd0 100644
--- a/lang/en/course.php
+++ b/lang/en/course.php
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ $string['norecentaccessesinfomessage'] = 'Hi {$a->userfirstname},
 <p>A number of students in {$a->coursename} have not accessed the course recently.</p>';
 $string['noteachinginfomessage'] = 'Hi {$a->userfirstname},
 <p>Courses with start dates in the next week have been identified as having no teacher or student enrolments.</p>';
+$string['participants:perpage'] = 'Number of participants per page';
+$string['participants:perpage_help'] = 'Specify the number of participants that are shown per page';
 $string['participantsnavigation'] = 'Participants tertiary navigation.';
 $string['privacy:perpage'] = 'The number of courses to show per page.';
 $string['privacy:completionpath'] = 'Course completion';
diff --git a/report/participation/index.php b/report/participation/index.php
index e9e53c36455..e718bc20233 100644
--- a/report/participation/index.php
+++ b/report/participation/index.php
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/lib/tablelib.php');
 require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/notes/lib.php');
 require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/report/participation/locallib.php');
 
-define('DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE', 20);
+$participantsperpage = intval(get_config('moodlecourse', 'participantsperpage'));
+define('DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE', (!empty($participantsperpage) ? $participantsperpage : 20));
 define('SHOW_ALL_PAGE_SIZE', 5000);
 
 $id         = required_param('id', PARAM_INT); // course id.
diff --git a/user/index.php b/user/index.php
index 56b2fcfe76f..bdc1829f165 100644
--- a/user/index.php
+++ b/user/index.php
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ use core_table\local\filter\filter;
 use core_table\local\filter\integer_filter;
 use core_table\local\filter\string_filter;
 
-define('DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE', 20);
+$participantsperpage = intval(get_config('moodlecourse', 'participantsperpage'));
+define('DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE', (!empty($participantsperpage) ? $participantsperpage : 20));
 
 $page         = optional_param('page', 0, PARAM_INT); // Which page to show.
 $perpage      = optional_param('perpage', DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE, PARAM_INT); // How many per page.