diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index 04a19e32c4ebc..29947c090d0be 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
                 IndicesQueryCache.INDICES_CACHE_QUERY_SIZE_SETTING,
                 IndicesQueryCache.INDICES_CACHE_QUERY_COUNT_SETTING,
                 IndicesQueryCache.INDICES_QUERIES_CACHE_ALL_SEGMENTS_SETTING,
+                IndicesQueryCache.INDICES_QUERY_CACHE_HISTORY_SIZE,
                 IndicesService.CLUSTER_DEFAULT_INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING,
                 IndicesService.CLUSTER_MINIMUM_INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING,
                 IndicesService.INDICES_ID_FIELD_DATA_ENABLED_SETTING,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index eb3999718ca5b..7e343b327c467 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.warmer.ShardIndexWarmerService;
 import org.opensearch.index.warmer.WarmerStats;
 import org.opensearch.indices.IndexingMemoryController;
+import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesQueryCache;
 import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService;
 import org.opensearch.indices.RemoteStoreSettings;
 import org.opensearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService;
@@ -472,7 +473,8 @@ public boolean shouldCache(Query query) {
                 }
             };
         } else {
-            cachingPolicy = new UsageTrackingQueryCachingPolicy();
+            int cachingPolicyHistorySize = IndicesQueryCache.INDICES_QUERY_CACHE_HISTORY_SIZE.get(settings);
+            cachingPolicy = new UsageTrackingQueryCachingPolicy(cachingPolicyHistorySize);
         }
         indexShardOperationPermits = new IndexShardOperationPermits(shardId, threadPool);
         readerWrapper = indexReaderWrapper;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesQueryCache.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesQueryCache.java
index d52532d2f548e..c8af8e40add37 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesQueryCache.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesQueryCache.java
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ public class IndicesQueryCache implements QueryCache, OpenSearchQueryCache {
         Property.NodeScope
     );
 
+    // Passed to the policy controlling access to the query cache. Plug this into TieredQueryCache too.
+    public static final Setting<Integer> INDICES_QUERY_CACHE_HISTORY_SIZE = Setting.intSetting(
+        "indices.queries.cache.history_size",
+        256,
+        1,
+        10_000,
+        Property.NodeScope
+    );
+
     private final LRUQueryCache cache;
     private final ShardCoreKeyMap shardKeyMap = new ShardCoreKeyMap();
     private final Map<ShardId, Stats> shardStats = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();