diff --git a/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2
index 2684715d86..6124c75978 100644
--- a/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/mailman3/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ Q_CLUSTER = {
 #
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'PAGE_SIZE': 10,
+    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
     'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': [
         'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
     ],