diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.test.ts
index bb8945231b701..3a8c654b2979d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,26 @@ describe('getHitsTileRequest', () => {
     expect(path).toEqual('/my%20index/_mvt/my%20location/0/0/0');
   });
 
+  test(`Should use requestBody.size to set both track_total_hits and size parameters`, () => {
+    const searchRequest = {
+      size: 20000,
+      runtime_mappings: {},
+      query: {},
+    };
+    const { body } = getHitsTileRequest({
+      buffer: 5,
+      risonRequestBody: rison.encode(searchRequest),
+      geometryFieldName: 'my location',
+      hasLabels: true,
+      index: 'my index',
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      z: 0,
+    });
+    expect(body?.track_total_hits).toEqual(20001);
+    expect(body?.size).toEqual(20000);
+  });
+
   describe('sort', () => {
     test(`Should include sort`, () => {
       const searchRequest = {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.ts
index 9a765505960ef..d87707ad6b908 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/mvt_request_body.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export function getHitsTileRequest({
   if (!requestBody) {
     throw new Error('Required requestBody parameter not provided');
   }
+  const size = typeof requestBody.size === 'number' ? requestBody.size : 10000;
   const tileRequestBody = {
     buffer,
     grid_precision: 0, // no aggs
@@ -90,7 +91,12 @@ export function getHitsTileRequest({
     extent: 4096, // full resolution,
     query: requestBody.query,
     runtime_mappings: requestBody.runtime_mappings,
-    track_total_hits: typeof requestBody.size === 'number' ? requestBody.size + 1 : false,
+    // Number of hits matching the query to count accurately
+    // Used to notify users of truncated results
+    track_total_hits: size + 1,
+    // Maximum number of features to return in the hits layer
+    // Used to fetch number of hits that correspondes with track_total_hits
+    size,
     with_labels: hasLabels,
   } as SearchMvtRequest['body'];
   if (requestBody.fields) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/inspector/vector_tile_adapter/components/get_tile_request.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/inspector/vector_tile_adapter/components/get_tile_request.test.ts
index 922d45b2effc7..c8bb1a8fb81bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/inspector/vector_tile_adapter/components/get_tile_request.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/inspector/vector_tile_adapter/components/get_tile_request.test.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ test('Should return elasticsearch vector tile request for hits tiles', () => {
           type: 'long',
         },
       },
+      size: 10000,
       sort: [
         {
           '@timestamp': {