diff --git a/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/jdbc/JDBCInterpreter.java b/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/jdbc/JDBCInterpreter.java
index 948914ff190..8415e67e379 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/jdbc/JDBCInterpreter.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/jdbc/JDBCInterpreter.java
@@ -681,6 +681,11 @@ private InterpreterResult executeSql(String propertyKey, String sql,
       for (int i = 0; i < sqlArray.size(); i++) {
         String sqlToExecute = sqlArray.get(i);
         statement = connection.createStatement();
+
+        // fetch n+1 rows in order to indicate there's more rows available (for large selects)
+        statement.setFetchSize(getMaxResult());
+        statement.setMaxRows(getMaxResult() + 1);
+
         if (statement == null) {
           return new InterpreterResult(Code.ERROR, "Prefix not found.");
         }