diff --git a/metaflow/client/core.py b/metaflow/client/core.py
index 4edbcdac00c..9296bb43614 100644
--- a/metaflow/client/core.py
+++ b/metaflow/client/core.py
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@ def __init__(
             raise MetaflowNamespaceMismatch(self._current_namespace)
 
     def _get_object(self, *path_components):
-        result = self._metaflow.metadata.get_object(
+        result_iter = self._metaflow.metadata.get_object(
             self._NAME, "self", None, self._attempt, *path_components
         )
+        result = next(result_iter, None)
         if not result:
             raise MetaflowNotFound("%s does not exist" % self)
         return result
diff --git a/metaflow/metadata_provider/metadata.py b/metaflow/metadata_provider/metadata.py
index b7256eb2924..6264920070b 100644
--- a/metaflow/metadata_provider/metadata.py
+++ b/metaflow/metadata_provider/metadata.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ def get_object(cls, obj_type, sub_type, filters, attempt, *args):
 
         Return
         ------
-            object or list :
+            object or iterator :
                 Depending on the call, the type of object return varies
         """
         type_order = ObjectOrder.type_to_order(obj_type)
diff --git a/metaflow/plugins/metadata_providers/service.py b/metaflow/plugins/metadata_providers/service.py
index 1bcc2a1ef2a..c832e5a4635 100644
--- a/metaflow/plugins/metadata_providers/service.py
+++ b/metaflow/plugins/metadata_providers/service.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ServiceMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider):
 
     _supports_attempt_gets = None
     _supports_tag_mutation = None
+    _supports_pagination = None
 
     def __init__(self, environment, flow, event_logger, monitor):
         super(ServiceMetadataProvider, self).__init__(
@@ -252,6 +253,12 @@ def _mutate_user_tags_for_run(
     def _get_object_internal(
         cls, obj_type, obj_order, sub_type, sub_order, filters, attempt, *args
     ):
+        if cls._supports_pagination is None:
+            version = cls._version(None)
+            cls._supports_pagination = version is not None and version_parse(
+                version
+            ) >= version_parse("2.5.0")
+
         if attempt is not None:
             if cls._supports_attempt_gets is None:
                 version = cls._version(None)
@@ -275,10 +282,12 @@ def _get_object_internal(
                 url = ServiceMetadataProvider._obj_path(*args[:obj_order])
             try:
                 v, _ = cls._request(None, url, "GET")
-                return MetadataProvider._apply_filter([v], filters)[0]
+                yield MetadataProvider._apply_filter([v], filters)[0]
+                return
             except ServiceException as ex:
                 if ex.http_code == 404:
-                    return None
+                    yield None
+                    return
                 raise
 
         # For the other types, we locate all the objects we need to find and return them
@@ -292,12 +301,36 @@ def _get_object_internal(
             url += "/attempt/%s/artifacts" % attempt
         else:
             url += "/%ss" % sub_type
+
+        # make the request paginated if we are querying for child objects
+        paginated_results = cls._supports_pagination and (
+            obj_type != sub_type and sub_type != "self"
+        )
         try:
-            v, _ = cls._request(None, url, "GET")
-            return MetadataProvider._apply_filter(v, filters)
+            if paginated_results:
+                limit = 100
+                url += "?_limit=%s" % limit
+                page = 1
+                while True:
+                    # print("paginated request: page %s - limit %s" % (page, limit))
+                    _url = url + "&_page=%s" % page
+                    v, _ = cls._request(None, _url, "GET")
+                    for obj in v:
+                        yield obj
+                    if len(v) < limit:
+                        # print("REACHED THE END OF PAGINATION")
+                        # no more results expected, we are on the last page.
+                        break
+                    page += 1
+            else:
+                # print("REGULAR REQUEST")
+                v, _ = cls._request(None, url, "GET")
+                yield MetadataProvider._apply_filter(v, filters)
+                return
         except ServiceException as ex:
             if ex.http_code == 404:
-                return None
+                yield None
+                return
             raise
 
     def _new_run(self, run_id=None, tags=None, sys_tags=None):