diff --git a/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js b/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js
index 20fbd9ec1a76e6df08fb5011e26fea484d627a3b..23f801667fdd294acf15227c7cb025100f332445 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ async function get(path, opts, retries = 5) {
     if (opts && opts.paginate) {
       // Check if result is paginated
       const linkHeader = parseLinkHeader(res.headers.link);
-      if (linkHeader && linkHeader.next && linkHeader.next.page !== '11') {
+      if (
+        linkHeader &&
+        linkHeader.next &&
+        (process.env.RENOVATE_PAGINATE_ALL || linkHeader.next.page !== '11')
+      ) {
         res.body = res.body.concat(
           (await get(linkHeader.next.url, opts, retries)).body
         );