diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/EmailSenderHandler.php b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/EmailSenderHandler.php
index fe8f1685fe525..7c7005bf0da75 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/EmailSenderHandler.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/EmailSenderHandler.php
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public function sendEmails()
         if ($this->globalConfig->getValue('sales_email/general/async_sending')) {
             $this->entityCollection->addFieldToFilter('send_email', ['eq' => 1]);
             $this->entityCollection->addFieldToFilter('email_sent', ['null' => true]);
+            $this->entityCollection->setPageSize(
+                $this->globalConfig->getValue('sales_email/general/sending_limit')
+            );
 
             /** @var \Magento\Store\Api\Data\StoreInterface[] $stores */
             $stores = $this->getStores(clone $this->entityCollection);
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/EmailSenderHandlerTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/EmailSenderHandlerTest.php
index 56ec763a31cfe..e26b6e52b8d17 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/EmailSenderHandlerTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/Test/Unit/Model/EmailSenderHandlerTest.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public function testExecute($configValue, $collectionItems, $emailSendingResult)
         $path = 'sales_email/general/async_sending';
 
         $this->globalConfig
-            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->expects($this->at(0))
             ->method('getValue')
             ->with($path)
             ->willReturn($configValue);
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index 9d6d11d56c81f..7d06e0f7b74c4 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@
                     <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Enabledisable</source_model>
                     <backend_model>Magento\Sales\Model\Config\Backend\Email\AsyncSending</backend_model>
                 </field>
+                <field id="sending_limit" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="2" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="0" showInStore="0" canRestore="1">
+                    <label>Limit per cron run</label>
+                    <comment>Limit how many entities (orders/shipments/etc) will be processed during one cron run.</comment>
+                    <validate>required-number validate-number validate-greater-than-zero</validate>
+                    <depends>
+                        <field id="async_sending">1</field>
+                    </depends>
+                </field>
             </group>
             <group id="order" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="1" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
                 <label>Order</label>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/config.xml b/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/config.xml
index da2408416133d..d4d10bfa6dcce 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/config.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/config.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         <sales_email>
             <general>
                 <async_sending>0</async_sending>
+                <sending_limit>50</sending_limit>
             </general>
             <order>
                 <enabled>1</enabled>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/di.xml
index 0f69389c2969e..3c246b02393fe 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sales/etc/di.xml
@@ -354,43 +354,43 @@
 
     <virtualType name="SalesOrderSendEmailsObserver" type="Magento\Sales\Observer\Virtual\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <virtualType name="SalesOrderInvoiceSendEmailsObserver" type="Magento\Sales\Observer\Virtual\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderInvoiceSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderInvoiceSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <virtualType name="SalesOrderShipmentSendEmailsObserver" type="Magento\Sales\Observer\Virtual\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderShipmentSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderShipmentSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <virtualType name="SalesOrderCreditmemoSendEmailsObserver" type="Magento\Sales\Observer\Virtual\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderCreditmemoSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderCreditmemoSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
 
     <virtualType name="SalesOrderSendEmailsCron" type="Magento\Sales\Cron\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <virtualType name="SalesInvoiceSendEmailsCron" type="Magento\Sales\Cron\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderInvoiceSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderInvoiceSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <virtualType name="SalesShipmentSendEmailsCron" type="Magento\Sales\Cron\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderShipmentSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderShipmentSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <virtualType name="SalesCreditmemoSendEmailsCron" type="Magento\Sales\Cron\SendEmails">
         <arguments>
-            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object">SalesOrderCreditmemoSendEmails</argument>
+            <argument name="emailSenderHandler" xsi:type="object" shared="false">SalesOrderCreditmemoSendEmails</argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <type name="Magento\SalesSequence\Model\EntityPool">