diff --git a/lib/pleroma/following_relationship.ex b/lib/pleroma/following_relationship.ex
index c489ccbbe..d2515c240 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/following_relationship.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/following_relationship.ex
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.FollowingRelationship do
     |> Repo.aggregate(:count, :id)
   end
 
-  def get_follow_requests(%User{id: id}) do
+  def get_follow_requests_query(%User{id: id}) do
     __MODULE__
     |> join(:inner, [r], f in assoc(r, :follower))
     |> where([r], r.state == ^:follow_pending)
     |> where([r], r.following_id == ^id)
     |> where([r, f], f.is_active == true)
     |> select([r, f], f)
-    |> Repo.all()
+    |> order_by([r, f], r.inserted_at)
   end
 
   def following?(%User{id: follower_id}, %User{id: followed_id}) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index 1ddbd36a8..e5ec1a2c9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
   defdelegate following(user), to: FollowingRelationship
   defdelegate following?(follower, followed), to: FollowingRelationship
   defdelegate following_ap_ids(user), to: FollowingRelationship
-  defdelegate get_follow_requests(user), to: FollowingRelationship
+  defdelegate get_follow_requests_query(user), to: FollowingRelationship
+  def get_follow_requests(user) do
+    get_follow_requests_query(user)
+    |> Repo.all()
+  end
   defdelegate search(query, opts \\ []), to: User.Search
 
   @doc """
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/follow_request_operation.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/follow_request_operation.ex
index 784019699..ddaae0763 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/follow_request_operation.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/follow_request_operation.ex
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.FollowRequestOperation do
       summary: "Retrieve follow requests",
       security: [%{"oAuth" => ["read:follows", "follow"]}],
       operationId: "FollowRequestController.index",
+      parameters: pagination_params(),
       responses: %{
         200 =>
           Operation.response("Array of Account", "application/json", %Schema{
@@ -62,4 +63,23 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.FollowRequestOperation do
       required: true
     )
   end
+
+  defp pagination_params do
+    [
+      Operation.parameter(:max_id, :query, :integer, "Return items older than this ID"),
+      Operation.parameter(
+        :since_id,
+        :query,
+        :integer,
+        "Return the oldest items newer than this ID"
+      ),
+      Operation.parameter(
+        :limit,
+        :query,
+        %Schema{type: :integer, default: 20},
+        "Maximum number of items to return. Will be ignored if it's more than 40"
+      )
+    ]
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/follow_request_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/follow_request_controller.ex
index d915298f1..25246c210 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/follow_request_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/follow_request_controller.ex
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.FollowRequestController do
   use Pleroma.Web, :controller
-
+  import Pleroma.Web.ControllerHelper,
+         only: [add_link_headers: 2]
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
   alias Pleroma.Web.Plugs.OAuthScopesPlug
+  alias Pleroma.Pagination
 
   plug(Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.CastAndValidate)
   plug(:assign_follower when action != :index)
@@ -24,10 +26,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.FollowRequestController do
   defdelegate open_api_operation(action), to: Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.FollowRequestOperation
 
   @doc "GET /api/v1/follow_requests"
-  def index(%{assigns: %{user: followed}} = conn, _params) do
-    follow_requests = User.get_follow_requests(followed)
+  def index(%{assigns: %{user: followed}} = conn, params) do
+    params = Map.put(params, :id_type, :integer)
+    follow_requests =
+      followed
+      |> User.get_follow_requests_query()
+      |> Pagination.fetch_paginated(params)
 
-    render(conn, "index.json", for: followed, users: follow_requests, as: :user)
+    conn
+    |> add_link_headers(follow_requests)
+    |> render("index.json", for: followed, users: follow_requests, as: :user)
   end
 
   @doc "POST /api/v1/follow_requests/:id/authorize"
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index 653a50e20..190d6ebf2 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
          %User{id: user_id}
        ) do
     count =
-      User.get_follow_requests(user)
+      user
+      |> User.get_follow_requests()
       |> length()
 
     data
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validation_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validation_test.exs
index ad6190892..5e6757760 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validation_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validation_test.exs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.BlockValidationTest do
 
   describe "blocks" do
     setup do
+      clear_config([:activitypub, :outgoing_blocks], true)
       user = insert(:user, local: false)
       blocked = insert(:user)
 
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/common_api_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/common_api_test.exs
index 2b7a34be2..33709c8f3 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/common_api_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/common_api_test.exs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPITest do
 
     test "it blocks and federates", %{blocker: blocker, blocked: blocked} do
       clear_config([:instance, :federating], true)
+      clear_config([:activitypub, :outgoing_blocks], true)
 
       with_mock Pleroma.Web.Federator,
         publish: fn _ -> nil end do