diff --git a/admin/environment.xml b/admin/environment.xml
index 3a71aef8e67..495db2b5079 100644
--- a/admin/environment.xml
+++ b/admin/environment.xml
@@ -3527,6 +3527,8 @@
           <ON_CHECK message="sixtyfourbitswarning" />
         </FEEDBACK>
       </CUSTOM_CHECK>
+      <CUSTOM_CHECK file="lib/upgradelib.php" function="check_max_input_vars" level="optional">
+      </CUSTOM_CHECK>
     </CUSTOM_CHECKS>
   </MOODLE>
 </COMPATIBILITY_MATRIX>
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index fe867dc088a..95ccb83886c 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -1191,6 +1191,8 @@ $string['sessionhandling'] = 'Session handling';
 $string['sessiontimeout'] = 'Timeout';
 $string['settingdependenton'] = 'This setting may be hidden, based on the value of <strong>{$a}</strong>.';
 $string['settingfileuploads'] = 'File uploading is required for normal operation, please enable it in PHP configuration.';
+$string['settingmaxinputvars'] = 'PHP setting max_input_vars is recommended to be at least 5000.';
+$string['settingmaxinputvarsrequired'] = 'PHP setting max_input_vars must be at least 5000.';
 $string['settingmemorylimit'] = 'Insufficient memory detected, please set higher memory limit in PHP settings.';
 $string['settingsafemode'] = 'Moodle is not fully compatible with safe mode, please ask server administrator to turn it off. Running Moodle under safe mode is not supported, please expect various problems if you do so.';
 $string['setupsearchengine'] = 'Setup search engine';
diff --git a/lib/upgradelib.php b/lib/upgradelib.php
index 4b3ee394aa5..1d928ccf222 100644
--- a/lib/upgradelib.php
+++ b/lib/upgradelib.php
@@ -2617,3 +2617,27 @@ function check_libcurl_version(environment_results $result) {
 
     return null;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Environment check for the php setting max_input_vars
+ *
+ * @param environment_results $result
+ * @return environment_results|null
+ */
+function check_max_input_vars(environment_results $result) {
+    $max = (int)ini_get('max_input_vars');
+    if ($max < 5000) {
+        $result->setInfo('max_input_vars');
+        $result->setStatus(false);
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80000) {
+            // For PHP8 this check is required.
+            $result->setLevel('required');
+            $result->setFeedbackStr('settingmaxinputvarsrequired');
+        } else {
+            // For PHP7 this check is optional (recommended).
+            $result->setFeedbackStr('settingmaxinputvars');
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
+    return null;
+}